title: 2000 Nottingham Open – Singles
text: # 2000 Nottingham Open – Singles
  
  Cédric Pioline was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Arvind Parmar. Sébastien Grosjean defeated Byron Black $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 6–3 in the final to secure the title.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Cédric Pioline (first round)
  * Tim Henman (first round)
  * Fabrice Santoro (second round)
  * Sébastien Grosjean (champion)
  * Marc Rosset (second round)
  * Stefan Koubek (first round)
  * Roger Federer (first round)
  * Andrew Ilie (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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Byron Black | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | Jan-Michael Gambill | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | |
  | | Jan-Michael Gambill | $6^5$ | 1 | | Byron Black | $6^7$ | 3 |
  | | | | | 4 | Sébastien Grosjean | $7^9$ | 6 |
  | 4 | Sébastien Grosjean | $7^7$ | 6 | 4 | Sébastien Grosjean | $7^9$ | 6 |
  | | Jonas Björkman | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | |
  
  ### Section 1
  
  | First round | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | C Pioline | 5 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Parmar | 7 | $7^7$ | | WC | A Parmar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | B Cowan | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | Q | B Cowan | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Bastl | 6 | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | WC | A Parmar | 4 | 4 | | | |
  | | A Sá | 1 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | B Black | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | B Black | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | B Black | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | S Sargsian | $6^5$ | 6 | 5 | | S Sargsian | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | A Ilie | $7^7$ | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | B Black | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 3 | F Santoro | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | J Gambill | $6^5$ | 1 |
  | Q | J Palmer | 6 | $6^5$ | 4 | 3 | F Santoro | $6^0$ | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | J Gambill | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Lee | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | G Pozzi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Pozzi | 4 | 4 | | | |
  | | D Sanguinetti | 5 | 4 | | | G Pozzi | 6 | $6^0$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | A Clément | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | | A Clément | 4 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | S Koubek | 6 | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J I Chela | 4 | 4 | | 5 | M Rosset | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Gimelstob | 5 | $7^8$ | 3 | Q | W Ferreira | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | W Ferreira | 7 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | | Q | W Ferreira | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | |
  | | W Arthurs | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 4 | S Grosjean | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | R Schüttler | $6^5$ | $6^1$ | | | W Arthurs | $6^4$ | $6^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Spadea | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | S Grosjean | $7^7$ | $7^{13}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | S Grosjean | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Grosjean | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 7 | R Federer | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Björkman | $6^5$ | 4 |
  | | R Fromberg | 7 | 6 | | | R Fromberg | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Massú | $7^7$ | 6 | | | N Massú | $7^7$ | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | J Landsberg | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | R Fromberg | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | A Martín | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Björkman | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | M Mirnyi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Björkman | 5 | 6 | 7 | | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | T Henman | 7 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  