title: 2000 Paris Masters – Doubles
text: # 2000 Paris Masters – Doubles
  
  Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien were the defending champions. Lareau did not participate this year. O'Brien partnered Jared Palmer, losing in the semifinals.
  
  Nicklas Kulti and Max Mirnyi won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against Paul Haarhuis and Daniel Nestor.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  All seeds receive a bye into the second round.
  
  * Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (second round)
  * Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer (semifinals)
  * Jiří Novák / David Rikl (second round)
  * Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
  * Nicklas Kulti / Max Mirnyi (champions)
  * Paul Haarhuis / Daniel Nestor (final)
  * David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (quarterfinals, retired)
  * Roger Federer / Dominik Hrbatý (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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Martín García Diego Nargiso | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | 6 | Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 6 | Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor | 4 | 5 |
  | | | | | | 5 | Nicklas Kulti Max Mirnyi | 6 | 7 |
  | 5 | Nicklas Kulti Max Mirnyi | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | Nicklas Kulti Max Mirnyi | 6 | 7 |
  | 2 | Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira R Leach | 5 | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Barnard R Koenig | $6^4$ | 3 | | | M García D Nargiso | 7 | $6^2$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M García D Nargiso | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | M García D Nargiso | 3 | | | | | | |
  | | M Bhupathi S Humphries | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | D Adams J-L de Jager | $1^r$ | | | | | | |
  | | J Björkman D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | J Björkman D Prinosil | $7^7$ | 3 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 7 | D Adams J-L de Jager | $6^4$ | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M García D Nargiso | 6 | 4 | 3 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | P Haarhuis D Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 4 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 1 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Albano J Oncins | $6^2$ | 2 | | | W Arthurs N Zimonjić | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | W Arthurs N Zimonjić | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | W Arthurs N Zimonjić | 3 | $6^7$ | | | | | |
  | | C Haggard D Orsanic | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 6 | P Haarhuis D Nestor | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | |
  | WC | A Clément N Mahut | 6 | $6^5$ | 2 | | C Haggard D Orsanic | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 6 | P Haarhuis D Nestor | 6 | 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 | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 5 | N Kulti M Mirnyi | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Macpherson P Norval | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | WC | J Boutter F Santoro | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Boutter F Santoro | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | 5 | N Kulti M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | B Black K Ullyett | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | N Lapentti C Moyá | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Lapentti C Moyá | 7 | 6 | | Q | N Lapentti C Moyá | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | J Novák D Rikl | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | N Kulti M Mirnyi | 5 | 7 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 7 | 5 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 8 | R Federer D Hrbatý | $6^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Hill J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | M Hill J Tarango | $7^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Benneteau P-H Mathieu | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Hill J Tarango | 3 | 6 | $6^2$ | | | | | |
  | WC | N Escudé M Llodra | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | WC | A Di Pasquale M Safin | $6^7$ | 2 | | WC | N Escudé M Llodra | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  