CALCUTTA, INDIA:
Official name: "The Indian Oil Servo Cup ATP Challenger 2000".
Date: 14 - 20/2, 2000.
Surface: Grass.
Draw: 32 players.
SINGLES QUALIFYING DRAW:
SEEDED PLAYERS:
1) Nir Weelgren (Israel)
2) Stefano Cobolli (Italy)
3) Kobi Ziv (Israel)
4) Damien Roberts (Southafrica)
5) Ashley Fisher (Australia)
6) Sander Groen (Holland)
7) Tomas Anzari (Czech Republic)
8) Rohan Bopanna (India)
WILCARDS: No Wildcard entries needed.
1st ROUND:
Nir Weelgren (Israel / 1) - bye
Enrique Abaroa (Mexico) - Amit Wadhwani (India) 6-0, 6-0
Ravishankar Pathanjali (India) - Nareandran Ranganathan (India) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Rohan Bopanna (India / 8) - Kamalesh Shukla (India) 7-5, 6-0
Stefano Cobolli (Italy / 2) - bye
Benjamin Xavier (India) - Kamala Kannan (India) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6
Abhishek Jagnani (India) - Saif Ali (India) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Tomas Anzari (Czech Republic / 7) - bye
Kobi Ziv (Israel / 3) - bye
Rajagopalan Arunprakash (India) - Sharad Khaitan (India) 6-0, 6-3
Jason Cook (USA) - Shivshankar Kanbargimath (India) 6-3, 7-5
Ashley Fisher (Australia / 5) - bye
Damien Roberts (Southafrica / 4) - bye
Rishi Sridhar (India) - Sanzaruz Zaman (India) 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
Manoj Mahadevan (India) - Anand Radhakrishnan (India) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Sander Groen (Holland / 6) - bye
2nd ROUND:
Nir Weelgren (Israel / 1) - Enrique Abaroa (Mexico) 7-5, 7-6
Rohan Bopanna (India / 8) - Ravishankar Pathanjali (India) 6-1, 6-4
Stefano Cobolli (Italy / 2) - Benjamin Xavier (India) 6-3, 6-4
Tomas Anzari (Czech Republic / 7) - Abishek Jagnani (India) 6-1, 6-1
Kobi Ziv (Israel / 3) - Rajagopalan Arunprakash (India) 6-2, 6-3
Ashley Fisher (Australia / 5) - Jason Cook (USA) 6-3, 6-2
Damien Roberts (Southafrica / 4) - Rishi Sridhar (India) 6-2, 6-2
Sander Groen (Holland / 6) - Manoj Mahadevan (India) 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
QUALIFYING ROUND:
Nir Welgreen (Israel / 1) - Rohan Bopanna (India / 8) 7-6, 6-3
Tomas Anzari (Czech Republic / 7) - Stefano Cobolli (Italy / 2) 6-1, 6-4
Ashley Fisher (Australia / 5) - Kobi Ziv (Israel / 3) 7-6, 7-6
Damien Roberts (Southafrica / 4) - Sander Groen (Holland / 6) 6-1, 7-6
Nir Welgreen (Israel), the no.1 seed in the Qualifying Draw, went trough to the Main Draw, by beating Rohan Bopanna (India) 7-6, 6-3 in the qualifying round!