Samarkand Challenger
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
May 15-21, 2000
32 Draw - $25,000+H
Surface - Clay

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Srinath Prahlad - 331)
1. Andrei Stoliarov
2. Oleg Ogorodov
3. Vadim Kutsenko
4. Martin Spottl
5. Mark Nielsen
6. Mikhail Youzhny
7. Marcello Craca
8. Ivo Heuberger

First Round
Alexander Shvec d. (1)Andrei Stoliarov 6-3 4-6 6-4
(q)Ignacio Hirigoyen d. (q)Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 6-1 6-3
Igor Kunitcin d. Manuel Sala 6-4 7-6(2)
Artem Derepasko d. (8)Ivo Heuberger 4-6 6-4 7-6(6)
(4)Martin Spottl d. (q)Denis Golovanov 7-6(4) 6-3
Stefano Galvani d. Aisam Qureshi 6-1 4-6 6-3
Jan Frode Andersen d. (WC)Dmitri Tomashevich 6-2 7-5
(5)Mark Nielsen d. (WC)Dimitri Mazur 7-6(2) 6-3
(6)Mikhail Youzhny d. (WC)Anton Kokurin 6-1 6-2
Srinath Prahlad d. (WC)Abdul-Hamid Makhkamov 6-3 6-2
Daniel Melo d. (q)Alexander Sikanov 6-0 6-1
(3)Vadim Kutsenko d. Olivier Patience 6-3 7-5
(7)Marcello Craca d. Alexandre Simoni 6-7(3) 7-5 7-5
Rodolphe Cadart d. Daniel Elsner 6-1 7-6(3)
Filippo Volandri d. Albert Montanes 6-3 6-1
(2)Oleg Ogorodov d. David Caballero 6-3 6-4

Second Round
Alexander Shvec d. (q)Ignacio Hirigoyen 6-1 7-6(5)
Igor Kunitcin d. Artem Derepasko 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2
Stefano Galvani d. (4)Martin Spottl 5-7 7-6(9) 6-2
Jan Frode Andersen d. (5)Mark Nielsen 5-2 ret.
(6)Mikhail Youzhny d. Srinath Prahlad 6-1 6-2
(3)Vadim Kutsenko d. Daniel Melo 6-4 6-4
(7)Marcello Craca d. Rodolphe Cadart 6-2 6-4
Filippo Volandri d. (2)Oleg Ogorodov 4-6 7-5 6-2

Quarterfinals
Alexander Shvec d. Igor Kunitcin 6-3 6-2
Jan Frode Andersen d. Stefano Galvani 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2
(6)Mikhail Youzhny d. (3)Vadim Kutsenko 6-2 7-5
Filippo Volandri d. (7)Marcello Craca 6-3 6-4

Semifinals
Jan Frode Andersen d. Alexander Shvec 7-6(6) 6-4
(6)Mikhail Youzhny d. Filippo Volandri 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3

Finals
(6)Mikhail Youzhny d. Jan Frode Andersen 7-6(7) 2-6 7-6(8)


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Kokurin/Makhkamov - 1979)
1. Daniel Melo/Alexandre Simoni
2. Stefano Galvani/Andrei Stoliarov
3. Aisam Qureshi/Dmitri Tomashevich
4. Vadim Kutsenko/Oleg Ogorodov

First Round
(1)Daniel Melo/Alexandre Simoni d. (WC)Makhmud Akhundjanov/Alexander Maltsev 6-1 6-3
Denis Golovanov/Igor Kunitcin d. Artem Derepasko/Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2
(4)Vadim Kutsenko/Oleg Ogorodov d. Ignacio Hirigoyen/Filippo Volandri 7-5 7-5
Alexey Kedriouk/Alexander Shvec d. Anton Kokurin/Abdul-Hamid Makhkamov 6-1 7-5
(LL)Pavel Baranov/Evgueni Smirnov d. (q)Alexey Gavrilov/Alexander Sikanov 6-1 7-6(3)   [Baranov/Smirnov replace Timur Ablaev/Srinath Prahlad]
(3)Aisam Qureshi/Dmitri Tomashevich d. (WC)Timur Ganiev/Dimitri Mazur 6-1 6-2
Andrei Youzhny/Mikhail Youzhny d. (WC)Vladimir Bistryavichus/Denis Kurmatov 6-4 7-5
(2)Stefano Galvani/Andrei Stoliarov d. David Caballero/Mark Nielsen 7-5 7-5

Quarterfinals
(1)Daniel Melo/Alexandre Simoni d. Denis Golovanov/Igor Kunitcin 6-2 6-4
Alexey Kedriouk/Alexander Shvec d. (4)Vadim Kutsenko/Oleg Ogorodov 7-6(6) 6-3
(3)Aisam Qureshi/Dmitri Tomashevich d. (LL)Pavel Baranov/Evgueni Smirnov 6-1 6-1
(2)Stefano Galvani/Andrei Stoliarov d. Andrei Youzhny/Mikhail Youzhny 4-6 6-4 6-2

Semifinals
(1)Daniel Melo/Alexandre Simoni d. Alexey Kedriouk/Alexander Shvec 7-6(3) 6-3
(2)Stefano Galvani/Andrei Stoliarov d. (3)Aisam Qureshi/Dmitri Tomashevich 7-6(0) 6-7(2) 7-6(4)

Finals
(2)Stefano Galvani/Andrei Stoliarov d. (1)Daniel Melo/Alexandre Simoni w/o