The 2000 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association.

However, this was the first year she finished number one without winning a Grand Slam women's singles title.

Hingis led the titles list with nine throughout the season, including the prestigious WTA Tour Championships.

Mary Pierce won her second Grand Slam title five years after her last, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win at home since Françoise Dürr in 1967.

In doubles competition, the Grand Slam titles were split between four teams: Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs, Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama.