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SLAM! Sports 2000 in Review A LOOK BACK INTERACTIVE CONTESTS ALSO ON SLAM! 
| Squash to TennisSQUASHU.S. Championships Men -- Marty Clark, New York Women -- Latasha Khan, Seattle SUMO WRESTLING New Year Grand Sumo -- Musoyama Spring Grand Sumo -- Takatoriki Summer Grand Sumo -- Kaio Nagoya Grand Sumo -- Akebono Autumn Grand Sumo -- Musashimaru Kyushu Grand Sumo -- Akebono SWIMMING Olympics Men 50 freestyle -- Anthony Ervin, Athens, Ga., and Gary Hall Jr., Phoenix 100 freestyle -- Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands 200 freestyle -- van den Hoogenband 400 freestyle -- Ian Thorpe, Australia 1,500 freestyle -- Grant Hackett, Australia 100 backstroke -- Lenny Krayzelburg, Studio City, Calif. 200 backstroke -- Krayzelburg 100 breaststroke -- Domenico Fioravanti, Italy 200 breaststroke -- Fioravanti 100 butterfly -- Lars Froelander, Sweden 200 butterfly -- Tom Malchow, St. Paul, Minn. 200 individual medley -- Massimiliano Rosolino, Italy 400 individual medley -- Tom Dolan, Arlington, Va. 400 freestyle relay -- Australia 400 medley relay -- United States 800 freestyle relay -- Australia Women 50 freestyle -- Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 100 freestyle -- de Bruijn 200 freestyle -- Susie O'Neill, Australia 400 freestyle -- Brooke Bennett, Plant City, Fla. 800 freestyle -- Bennett 100 backstroke -- Diana Mocanu, Romania 200 backstroke -- Mocanu 100 breaststroke -- Megan Quann, Puyallup, Wash. 200 breaststroke -- Agnes Kovacs, Hungary 100 butterfly -- de Bruijn 200 butterfly -- Misty Hyman, Phoenix 200 individual medley -- Yana Klochkova, Ukraine 400 individual medley -- Klochkova 400 freestyle relay -- United States 400 medley relay -- United States 800 freestyle relay -- United States College NCAA Men Division I -- Texas Division II -- Cal State Bakersfield Division III -- Kenyon, Ohio Women Division I -- Georgia Division II -- Drury, Mo. Division III -- Kenyon, Ohio World Open Water Championships Men 5k -- Evgeny Bezroutchenko, Russia 10k -- David Meca, Spain 25k -- Iouri Koudinov, Russia Women 5k -- Peggy Buechse, Germany 10k -- Edith van Dyk, Netherlands 25k -- van Dyk Team 5k -- Italy 10k -- Germany SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING Olympics Duet -- Olga Brusnikina and Maria Kisseleva, Russia Team -- Russia TABLE TENNIS Olympics Men Singles -- Kong Linghui, China Doubles -- Wang Liqin and Yan Sen, China Women Singles -- Wang Nan, China Doubles -- Li Ju and Wang Nan, China USA Nationals Men's singles -- David Zhuang, North Brunswick, N.J. Women's singles -- Jun Gao Chang, Gaithersburg, Md. Men's doubles -- Zhuang and Todd Sweeris, Bethesda, Md. Women's doubles -- Chang and Michelle Do, Milpitas, Calif. U.S. Open Men's singles -- Wang Liqin, China Women's singles -- Wang Nan, China Men's doubles -- Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang, China Women's doubles -- Chen Jing and Xu Jing, China TAEKWONDO Olympics Men 58kg -- Michail Mouroutsos, Greece 68kg -- Steven Lopez, Sugarland, Texas 80kg -- Angel Matos Fuentes, Cuba 80kg-plus -- Kim Kyong-hun, South Korea Women 49kg -- Lauren Burns, Australia 57kg -- Jung Jae-eun, South Korea 67kg -- Lee Sun-hee, South Korea 67kg-plus -- Chen Zhong, China TEAM HANDBALL Olympics Men -- Russia Women -- Denmark TENNIS Grand Slams Australian Open Men's singles -- Andre Agassi (1), United States Women's singles -- Lindsay Davenport (2), United States Men's doubles -- Ellis Ferreira, South Africa, and Rick Leach (5), United States Women's doubles -- Lisa Raymond, United States, and Rennae Stubbs (1), Australia Mixed doubles -- Rennae Stubbs, Australia, and Jared Palmer (3), United States Legends men's doubles -- Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald, Australia Legends mixed doubles -- Fred Stolle and Diane Balestrat, Australia Boy's singles -- Andy Roddick (2), United States Girl's singles -- Aniko Kapros (1), Hungary Boy's doubles -- Nicolas Mahut, France, and Tommy Robredo (2), Spain Girl's doubles -- Aniko Kapros, Hungary, and Christina Wheeler (2), Australia French Open Men's singles -- Gustavo Kuerten (5), Brazil Women's singles -- Mary Pierce (6), France Men's doubles -- Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (2), Australia. Women's doubles -- Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Mary Pierce (3), France Mixed doubles -- Mariaan de Swardt and David Adams (12), South Africa Under 50 doubles -- Guy Forget and Yannick Noah, France Over 50 doubles -- Manuel Santana, Spain, and Stan Smith, United States Boy's singles -- Paul-Henri Mathieu, France Girl's singles -- Virginie Razzano, France Boy's doubles -- Marc Lopez and Tommy Robredo, Spain Girl's doubles -- Maria Jose Martinez and Anabel Medina, Spain Wimbledon Men's singles -- Pete Sampras (1), United States Women's singles -- Venus Williams (5), United States Men's doubles -- Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (1), Australia Women's doubles -- Serena and Venus Williams (8), United States Mixed doubles -- Donald Johnson and Kimberly Po (8), United States Men's over 35 doubles -- Final not contested Men's over 45 doubles -- Peter Fleming and Sandy Mayer, United States Women's over 35 doubles -- Ros Nideffer and Yvonne Vermaak, South Africa Boy's singles -- Nicolas Mahut (1), France Girl's singles -- Maria Salerni (4), Argentina Boy's doubles -- Dominique Coene and Kristof Vliegen (7), Belgium Girl's doubles -- Ioana Gaspar, Romania, and Tatiana Perebiynis (2), Ukraine U.S. Open Men's singles -- Marat Safin (6), Russia Women's singles -- Venus Williams (3), United States Men's doubles -- Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus Women's doubles -- Julie Halard-Decugis, France, and Ai Sugiyama (2), Japan Mixed doubles -- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Spain, and Jared Palmer (2), United States Men's 35 doubles -- Scott Davis and David Pate, United States Men's 45 doubles -- Tom Gullikson and Dick Stockton, United States Men's super senior doubles -- Marty Riessen and Sherwood Stewart, United States Women's masters doubles -- Jo Durie, Britain, and Wendy Turnbull, Australia Mixed masters doubles -- Gigi Fernandez, United States, and Phil Dent, Australia Boy's singles -- Andy Roddick (1), United States Girl's singles -- Maria Emilia Salerni (1), Argentina Boy's doubles -- Lee Childs and James Nelson (1), Britain Girl's doubles -- Gisela Dulko and Maria Emilia Salerni (4), Argentina Olympics Men's singles -- Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia Men's doubles -- Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor, Canada Women's singles -- Venus Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Women's doubles -- Serena and Venus Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Other Professional ATP Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells -- Alex Corretja, Spain Ericsson Open -- Pete Sampras, United States Monte Carlo -- Cedric Pioline, France Roma -- Magnus Norman, Sweden Hamburg -- Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil Toronto -- Marat Safin, Russia Cincinnati -- Thomas Enqvist, Sweden Stuttgart Indoors -- Wayne Ferreira, South Africa Paris Indoors -- Safin Tennis Masters Cup-Lisboa -- Kuerten Other ATP Kroger St. Jude -- Magnus Larsson, Sweden ABN-AMRO World Tennis Tournament -- Cedric Pioline, France Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Pegaso -- Juan Ignacio Chela, Spain AXA Cup -- Marc Rosset, Switzerland Open Seat Godo -- Marat Safin, Russia Mercedes Cup -- Franco Squillari, Argentina Generali Open Kitzbuhel -- Alex Corretja, Spain RCA Championships -- Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil Legg Mason Tennis Classic -- Corretja CA Tennis Trophy -- Tim Henman, Britain Japan Open -- Sjeng Schalken, Netherlands ARAG/ATP Tour World Team Championship -- Slovakia ATP Tour World Doubles Championship -- Donald Johnson, United States, and Piet Norval, South Africa Davis Cup -- Spain WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open -- Martina Hingis Tennis Masters Series-Indian Wells -- Lindsay Davenport Ericsson Open -- Hingis Family Circle Cup -- Mary Pierce German Open -- Conchita Martinez Tennis Masters Series-Roma -- Seles duMaurier Open -- Hingis Swisscom Challenge -- Hingis Ladies Kremlin Cup -- Hingis Chase Championships -- Hingis College NCAA Men Division I -- Stanford; Alex Kim, Stanford Division II -- Lander, S.C. Division III -- Trinity, Texas; Kayvon Fatahalian, Carnegie-Mellon NAIA -- Oklahoma City Women Division I -- Georgia; Laura Granville, Stanford Division II -- Brigham Young-Hawaii Division III -- Trinity, Texas; Jamie Cohen, Amherst NAIA -- Auburn-Montgomery, Ala. Compiled by ROBBIE MENDELSON, The Associated Press |