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2000 Japan Open Tennis Championships

combined WTA/ATP tournament

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ1683179 ↗
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The 2000 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 October until 15 October 2000. Sjeng Schalken and Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Sjeng Schalken defeated Nicolás Lapentti, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

It was Schalken's only singles title of the year and the 5th of his career.

Women's singles

Julie Halard-Decugis defeated Amy Frazier, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4

It was Halard-Decugis' 2nd and last singles title of the year and the 12th and last of her career.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Japan, Tennis and Championships can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “2000 Japan Open Tennis Championships” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.