2000 Du Maurier Open
The 2000 du Maurier Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition of the event known that year as the du Maurier Open, and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour, and of the WTA Tier I Events, Tier I Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the National Tennis Centre (Canada), National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 31 through August 6, 2000, and the women's event at the Uniprix Stadium, du Maurier Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 14 through August 20, 2000. The men's field featured List of ATP number 1 ranked players, World No. 1, 2000 Australian Open, Australian Open champion, 2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles#Finals, Wimbledon semifinalist Andre Agassi, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP No. 2 and 2000 Wimbledon Championships, seven-time Wimbledon champion and 2000 Miami Masters, Miami winner Pete Sampras, and 2000 French Open, French Open runner- ...
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Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player and former politician. He achieved the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 1 singles ranking on 20 November 2000. Safin is also the older brother of former WTA world No. 1 player Dinara Safina. They are the only brother-sister tandem in tennis history who have both achieved No. 1 rankings. Safin began his professional tennis career in 1997, and held the No. 1 ranking for a total of 9 weeks between November 2000 and April 2001. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2000 US Open, defeating Pete Sampras in the final, and won the 2005 Australian Open, defeating Lleyton Hewitt in the final. Safin helped lead Russia to Davis Cup victories in 2002 and 2006. Despite his dislike of grass courts, he became the first Russian man ...
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