2000 US Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
2000 US Open
Champions	Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi
Runners-up	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
Final score	6–4, 5–7, 7–6

The 2000 US Open was held between August 28 – September 10, 2000.

Alex O'Brien and Sébastien Lareau were the defending champions but chose not to participate with each other. Sébastien partnered with Daniel Nestor and lost in the quarterfinals. Alex partnered with Jared Palmer and lost in the semi finals. Both teams lost to first time team and eventual champions Lleyton Hewitt and Max Mirnyi for their maiden Grand Slam.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Lleyton Hewitt   Max Mirnyi	7	6
	7	Sébastien Lareau   Daniel Nestor	65	4
									Lleyton Hewitt   Max Mirnyi	6	3	7
								3	Alex O'Brien   Jared Palmer	4	6	68
	3	Alex O'Brien   Jared Palmer	6	6
		David Macpherson   Grant Stafford	0	4
																Lleyton Hewitt   Max Mirnyi	6	5	7
															4	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	4	7	65
		Mike Bryan   Bob Bryan	1	2
	4	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	6	6
								4	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	6	5	6
								8	Wayne Ferreira   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	7	3
	8	Wayne Ferreira   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	7
	2	Paul Haarhuis   Sandon Stolle	3	65

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
		C Mamiit J Thomas	4	1				1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	1	6	64
		L Hewitt M Mirnyi	6	6					L Hewitt M Mirnyi	6	4	7
		J Stark E Taino	3	4												L Hewitt M Mirnyi	6	6
		J Oncins D Orsanic	4	7	6											J Oncins D Orsanic	3	2
		M Bhupathi L Paes	6	65	2				J Oncins D Orsanic	7	6
		C Haggard T Vanhoudt	6	5	6				C Haggard T Vanhoudt	64	3
	16	T Carbonell M García	4	7	4																		L Hewitt M Mirnyi	7	6
		N Kulti M Tillström	6	6																		7	S Lareau D Nestor	65	4
		M Bertolini C Brandi	3	4					N Kulti M Tillström	7	7
		P Goldstein C Woodruff	6	64	7				P Goldstein C Woodruff	65	63
		W Black K Ullyett	2	7	68											N Kulti M Tillström	65	3
		P Albano L Arnold	68	6	6										7	S Lareau D Nestor	7	6
		T Davis R Ginepri	7	3	1				P Albano L Arnold	3	3
	7	S Lareau D Nestor	6	7				7	S Lareau D Nestor	6	6
		M-K Goellner M Kohlmann	4	5

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	A O'Brien J Palmer	6	6
		J Gimelstob M Knowles	3	2				3	A O'Brien J Palmer	7	7
		J Balcells JI Carrasco	7	6					J Balcells JI Carrasco	62	68
		A Martín E Ran	65	4											3	A O'Brien J Palmer	6	7
		J-M Gambill S Humphries	7	6												F Bergh P Nyborg	4	5
		D Bowen J Erlich	61	3					J-M Gambill S Humphries	64	7	5
		F Bergh P Nyborg	4	6	7				F Bergh P Nyborg	7	6	7
	13	D Johnson P Norval	6	4	65																	3	A O'Brien J Palmer	6	6
		M Damm D Hrbatý	6	6																			D Macpherson G Stafford	0	4
		H Armando M Sprengelmeyer	4	2					M Damm D Hrbatý	6	6
		L Manta L Tieleman	7	6					L Manta L Tieleman	2	;4
		P Kilderry P Tramacchi	66	2												M Damm D Hrbatý	64	7	3
		J Blake K Kim	7	6												D Macpherson G Stafford	7	65	6
		P Pála P Vízner	64	1					J Blake K Kim	4	63
		D Macpherson G Stafford	6	6					D Macpherson G Stafford	6	7
	5	J Novák D Rikl	3	4

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
		B Bryan M Bryan	6	7
	6	D Adams J-L de Jager	4	66					B Bryan M Bryan	6	7
		G Etlis S Prieto	7	6					G Etlis S Prieto	3	5
		P Kovačka P Kudrnáč	65	4												B Bryan M Bryan	6	2	6
		P Hanley N Healey	64	6	7											J Coetzee B Haygarth	3	6	4
		T Cibulec L Friedl	7	4	63				P Hanley N Healey	4	3
		J Coetzee B Haygarth	6	6					J Coetzee B Haygarth	6	6
	12	J Björkman B Black	2	2																			B Bryan M Bryan	1	2
	14	R Federer A Kratzmann	6	6																		4	E Ferreira R Leach	6	6
		A Kitinov J Siemerink	4	4				14	R Federer A Kratzmann	4	66
		W Arthurs N Zimonjić	6	6					W Arthurs N Zimonjić	6	7
		K Braasch L Burgsmüller	1	4												W Arthurs N Zimonjić	4	6	65
		M Hood J Waite	6	7											4	E Ferreira R Leach	6	3	7
		Á López Morón A Portas	3	63					M Hood J Waite	68	5
	4	E Ferreira R Leach	3	6	6			4	E Ferreira R Leach	7	7
		M Llodra D Nargiso	6	1	4

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov	3	6	6
		C Suk J Weir-Smith	6	2	4			8	W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov	7	7
		A Gaudenzi M Rosset	2	6	7				A Gaudenzi M Rosset	5	5
		M Ondruska A Prieto	6	4	65										8	W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov	6	6
		T Dent A Roddick	7	5	6											J Knippschild J Tarango	3	0
		N Godwin M Hill	69	7	4				T Dent A Roddick	6	3	4
		J Knippschild J Tarango	6	7					J Knippschild J Tarango	3	6	6
	10	J Eagle A Florent	3	64																		8	W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov	6	7
		J Boutter F Santoro	6	6																		2	P Haarhuis S Stolle	3	65
	15	A Olhovskiy D Prinosil	2	2					J Boutter F Santoro	65	5
		M Barnard R Koenig	5	7	6				M Barnard R Koenig	7	7
		C Franklin G Oliver	7	5	1											M Barnard R Koenig	7	61	5
		P Galbraith B MacPhie	6	7											2	P Haarhuis S Stolle	62	7	7
		T Shimada M Wakefield	3	65					P Galbraith B MacPhie	4	7	5
	2	P Haarhuis S Stolle	4	7	6			2	P Haarhuis S Stolle	6	65	7
		S Aspelin J Landsberg	6	66	4