# 2000 US Open – Women's doubles

The 2000 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States of America. It was the 120th edition of the US Open and was held from 28 August through 10 September 2000.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but withdrew from their semifinal match against Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama won the title, defeating Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 in the final. It was the first and only Grand Slam doubles title for Halard-Decugis, and the first Grand Slam doubles title for Sugiyama, in their respective careers.

## Seeds

* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
* Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
* Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce (third round)
* Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (first round)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (third round)
* Anke Huber / Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
* Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (first round)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
* Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (final)
* Kimberly Po / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (third round)
* Els Callens / Dominique van Roost (semifinals)
* Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (third round)
* Jennifer Capriati / Anna Kournikova (second round)
* Tina Križan / Irina Selyutina (third round)
* Liezel Horn / Laura Montalvo (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | 10 | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | w/o | | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud | 6 | 1 | 3 | WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | | | | | | | |
| WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 10 | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Els Callens Dominique van Roost | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 3 | 6$^2$ | | 12 | Els Callens Dominique van Roost | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Anke Huber Barbara Schett | 4$^r$ | | | 2 | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki S Noorlander | 1 | 2 | | 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Irvin M Tu | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7 | WC | M Irvin M Tu | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Bachmann A Glass | 6$^1$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Li T Li | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 11 | K Po A-G Sidot | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | E Martincová M Paštiková | 3 | 7 | 6$^0$ | | N Li T Li | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | K Po A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | K Po A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 |
| | T Poutchek A Zaporozhanova | 0 | 4 | | 10 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S De Beer N Miyagi | 6 | 2 | 6 | | S De Beer N Miyagi | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Wartusch V Webb | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 10 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Garbin J Husárová | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | M Díaz Oliva L Domínguez Lino | 2 | 1 | | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin J Husárová | 6 | 7 | | | T Garbin J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | C Rubin S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Jidkova G León García | 4 | 3 | | 4 | C Rubin S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina Elia K Habšudová | 1 | 6 | 3 | | N Petrova P Schnyder | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Petrova P Schnyder | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | C Rubin S Testud | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Serna M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan L McShea | 0 | 2 | | | M Serna M Shaughnessy | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Matevžič S Schmidle | 4 | 5 | | 13 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Rubin S Testud | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | L Horn L Montalvo | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | C Barclay N de Villiers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | L Horn L Montalvo | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Clijsters L Courtois | 2 | 6 | 6 | | K Clijsters L Courtois | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood A Molik | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | K Clijsters L Courtois | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | | | |
| | K Boogert M Oremans | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Osterloh A Stevenson | 2 | 7 | 6 | WC | L Osterloh A Stevenson | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Marosi-Aracama L Woodroffe | 3 | 4 | | 6 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pullin Y Yoshida | 6 | 5 | 2 | | J Dokic A Hopmans | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Dokic A Hopmans | 0 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | M Maleeva H Nagyová | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 12 | E Callens D van Roost | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 7 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Krivencheva N Ostrovskaya | 1 | 6$^1$ | | 12 | E Callens D van Roost | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | E Callens D van Roost | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | E Callens D van Roost | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 9 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 3 | 6$^2$ |
| | G Casoni I Tulyaganova | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | 9 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Canepa E Dyrberg | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | A Canepa E Dyrberg | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | RM Andrés Rodríguez C Martínez Granados | 6$^2$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | 9 | C Martínez P Tarabini | w/o | | | | | | |
| | T Musgrave B Stewart | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | M Hingis M Pierce | | | | | | | |
| | L Bacheva C Torrens Valero | 6 | 6 | | | L Bacheva C Torrens Valero | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Curran A Jensen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | M Hingis M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Hingis M Pierce | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | A Huber B Schett | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat T Tanasugarn | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | A Huber B Schett | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Cochran K Schlukebir | 3 | 2 | | | D Graham K Srebotnik | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | D Graham K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Huber B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | S Appelmans L Wild | 7 | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | M Navratilova A Sánchez Vicario | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | M Navratilova A Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | M Navratilova A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande É Loit | 1 | 4 | | 14 | J Capriati A Kournikova | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | J Capriati A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Huber B Schett | 4$^r$ |
| 15 | T Križan I Selyutina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama | 3 |
| | M de Swardt C Vis | 4 | 4 | | 15 | T Križan I Selyutina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kostanić T Snyder | 6 | 6 | | | J Kostanić T Snyder | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bes G Riera | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 15 | T Križan I Selyutina | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | K Hrdličková B Rittner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | C Cristea R Dragomir | 4 | 0 | | | K Hrdličková B Rittner | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Načuk T Pisnik | 6$^1$ | 4 | | 2 | J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |