# 2000 Gold Flake Open – Singles

Jérôme Golmard defeated Markus Hantschk 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–3 to win the 2000 Chennai Open singles event. Byron Black was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Jamie Delgado.

## Seeds

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
* Cédric Pioline (semifinals)
* Carlos Moyá (withdrew)
* Jérôme Golmard (champion)
* Byron Black (first round)
* Laurence Tieleman (first round)
* Ronald Agénor (second round)
* Andreas Vinciguerra (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Martin Damm | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Jérôme Golmard | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Jérôme Golmard | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Jérôme Golmard | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | Markus Hantschk | 3 | 7$^8$ | 3 |
| | Markus Hantschk | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | Markus Hantschk | 3 | 7$^8$ | 3 |
| 2 | Cédric Pioline | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tabara | 6 | 6 | | M Tabara | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Zíb | 5 | 2 | | L Manta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Manta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | L Manta | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | C Rochus | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | M Damm | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 6 | 6 | | M Damm | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kumar | 4 | 4 | 7 | R Agénor | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Agénor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Damm | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | J Golmard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Golmard | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | M Spöttl | 3 | 4 | 4 | J Golmard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Jonsson | 6 | 6 | | F Jonsson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | J Golmard | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | O Stanoytchev | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | Q | J Delgado | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | P Kilderry | 4 | 6$^4$ | | O Santoytchev | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Delgado | 6 | 7$^7$ | Q | J Delgado | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Black | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | L Tieleman | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hantschk | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Hantschk | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Behrend | 6 | 4 | 6 | | T Behrend | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Popp | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | M Hantschk | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Y Ishii | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | LL | T Ketola | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| LL | J Vaněk | 6 | 6 | | LL | J Vaněk | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 5 | 6 | 4 | LL | T Ketola | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | T Ketola | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Hantschk | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ |
| 8 | A Vinciguerra | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Pioline | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ |
| | Á López Morón | 4 | 2 | | 8 | A Vinciguerra | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | D Sanguinetti | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | D Sanguinetti | 6 | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| WC | L Paes | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | 2 | C Pioline | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | J Boutter | 4 | 6$^6$ | | WC | L Paes | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Ram | 3 | 1 | | 2 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |