# 2000 Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic – Singles

Jan-Michael Gambill was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.
Lleyton Hewitt won the title, defeating Tim Henman 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Andre Agassi (second round)
* Pete Sampras (second round, withdrew)
* Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals, retired)
* Nicolás Lapentti (quarterfinals)
* Tim Henman (final)
* Lleyton Hewitt (champion)
* Álbert Costa (semifinals)
* Patrick Rafter (first 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 6 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 | 6 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | 5 | Tim Henman | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| 5 | Tim Henman | 6 | 6 | 5 | Tim Henman | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| 7 | Álbert Costa | 3 | 3 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Ondruska | 2 | 1 | | 1 | A Agassi | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | F Clavet | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | J C Ferrero | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Moyà | 7 | 7 | | | C Moyà | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J C Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | J C Ferrero | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Rafter | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J C Ferrero | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 |
| | V Spadea | 4 | 4 | | 3 | M Ríos | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 6 | 7 | | | A Martín | 6$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Grosjean | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | M Ríos | 6$^5$ | 2$^r$ | | | | | |
| WC | C Woodruff | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | L Hewitt | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | S Doseděl | 5 | 4 | | WC | C Woodruff | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 1 | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | L Hewitt | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | T Henman | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 3 | 6$^3$ | | 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 2 | 3 | | Q | B Black | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Black | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | N Lapentti | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | W Ferreira | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | Q | W Ferreira | 6$^4$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ilie | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | N Lapentti | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Lapentti | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Á Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Á Costa | 3 | 3 |
| SE | P Goldstein | 3 | 1 | | 7 | Á Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | A Pavel | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | Á Calatrava | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | Á Costa | 6 | 4 | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| WC | J Blake | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | À Corretja | 2 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | À Corretja | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rusedski | 3 | 4 | | WC/2 | P Sampras | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC/2 | P Sampras | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |