Julie Halard-Decugis (born September 10, 1970) is a former professional
female tennis player from
VersaillesVersailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial center...
, France.
Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to
PullyPully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lausanne.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux...
, Switzerland. She turned professional in June 1987 after winning the French Open junior singles title in 1986 and 1988 and reaching the
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
junior singles final in 1987.
Julie Halard-Decugis (born September 10, 1970) is a former professional
female tennis player from
VersaillesVersailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial center...
, France.
Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to
PullyPully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lausanne.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux...
, Switzerland. She turned professional in June 1987 after winning the French Open junior singles title in 1986 and 1988 and reaching the
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
junior singles final in 1987. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit at the end of the 2000 season. Her highest WTA Tour singles and doubles rankings was number seven and number one respectively. She had been coached by Arnaud Decugis since 1989.
Halard-Decugis won her first WTA Tour singles title in Puerto Rico. She enjoyed her best season in 1996, when she won her first WTA Tour Tier II singles title in Paris and finished the year with a career-high season-ending singles ranking of number 15 and as the number one singles player from France. This occurred despite the fact that her playing schedule in the second half of 1996 was curtailed because of a wrist injury sustained during the
Fed CupFed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
semi-final match against Spain. She only played two tournaments in late 1997 because of injuries.
By winning the singles title in
RosmalenRosmalen is a city in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. It is located near 's-Hertogenbosch and belongs to its municipality....
in 1998, she became the 20th player to have won singles titles on all four surfaces in the Open Era. Halard also won the singles and doubles titles in
PattayaPattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
that year, and broke into the top 10 singles ranking in August 1999, becoming the fifth Frenchwoman after
Françoise DurrFrançoise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles...
,
Mary PierceMary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....
,
Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
and
Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud in Lyon, France is a former professional female tennis player from France.-Career:Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 1999, she became the fourth Frenchwoman after Françoise Durr, Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat to break into singles top 10...
to do so. In 1999, she won two WTA Tour singles titles and was runner-up on three other occasions. Between November 15, 1999 and January 9, 2000, Halard-Decugis, Nathalie Tauziat,
Amélie MauresmoAmélie Simone Mauresmo ; born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
and Mary Pierce were all ranked inside the singles Top 10, the first time France had four players ranked among the singles Top 10.
2000 was to be the final and perhaps the finest year of Halard's professional playing career. She reached the
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
singles quarter-final for the second time, captured the second WTA Tour Tier II title of her career in
EastbourneEastbourne is a large town and borough of East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with an estimated population of 106,652 as of 2009. The area has seen human activity since the stone age and it remained one of small settlements until the 19th century when its four hamlets gradually merged to...
and reached her career-high singles ranking of number 7 in February. Halard was also runner-up in Tokyo's Princess Cup in the month of October and won the doubles title with
Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
. The following week, she won both the singles and doubles titles at the Japan Open in Tokyo, saving three match points in the final to defeat the defending champion
Amy FrazierAmy Frazier is a professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was still an active player as of the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
.
On her 30th birthday, Halard won the 2000 US Open women's doubles title with
Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
, her only
Grand SlamThe four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open...
title as a professional. The pair also reached the final at Wimbledon, the semi-final at the French Open and the quarter-final at the
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
that year. Halard-Decugis won nine other doubles titles in 2000, five of them with Sugiyama, and became the first Frenchwoman to attain the number one WTA Tour doubles ranking in the Open Era.
Halard-Decugis represented her country in the Federation Cup
Fed CupFed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
from 1990 to 2000 and in the Olympics Games in 1992 and 2000.
She married her coach, Arnaud Decugis, on September 22, 1995. Arnaud Decugis is the great nephew of
Max DecugisMaxime "Max" Omer Decugis was a male tennis player from France who holds the French Open record of winning the tournament eight times and his three Olympic medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics...
, a leading tennis player from France during the early 20th century. The couple have 2 children: Camille, born February 10, 2002 and another child born in July 2003.
Win (1)
| Year |
Championship |
Partnering |
Opponents in Final |
Score in Final |
| 2000 |
U.S. OpenThe US Open, formally the United States Open tennis championships, is a tennis tournament which is the modern incarnation of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the U.S. National Championship, which for mens' singles was first contested in 1881...
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JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
RUS Elena LikhovtsevaElena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( Елена Лиховцева (jelena lixɔvtseva; born 8 September 1975 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) is a Russian tennis player, She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16....
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6–0, 1–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up (1)
| Year |
Championship |
Partnering |
Opponents in Final |
Score in Final |
| 2000 Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu were the defending champions, but did not play in the doubles.Serena and Venus Williams won in the final, 6-3 6-2, against Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama and became the first sister partnership to win the Wimbledon doubles crown...
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WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
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JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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USA Serena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and current World No. 1. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions...
USA Venus WilliamsVenus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate occasions; as of October 19, 2009, she is ranked World No. 4...
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6–3, 6–2 |
Wins (12)
| Legend (Singles) |
| WTA Championship (0) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (2) |
| Tier III (3) |
| Tier IV/V (7) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (5) |
| Clay (3) |
| Grass (3) |
| Carpet (1) |
|
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
October 21, 1991 |
San Juan The Puerto Rico Open is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The first edition dates back to 1971 but only from 1986 to 1993 was the tournament played every year. In 1988, the Tier categories were first introduced on the WTA Tour and the Puerto Rico Open became...
, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands...
|
Hard |
RSA Amanda CoetzerAmanda Coetzer is the most accomplished female professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
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7–5, 7–5 |
| 2. |
April 27, 1992 |
Taranto The Ilva Trophy is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1984 and from 1988 to 1994. It was held in Taranto in Italy and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V tournament until 1992 and was promoted to Tier IV for its last two years....
, Italy |
Clay |
SUI Emanuela Zardo |
6–0, 7–5 |
| 3. |
April 25, 1994 |
Taranto The Ilva Trophy is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1984 and from 1988 to 1994. It was held in Taranto in Italy and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V tournament until 1992 and was promoted to Tier IV for its last two years....
, Italy |
Clay |
ROM Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world...
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6–2, 6–3 |
| 4. |
May 8, 1995 |
Prague The ECM Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic . Held since 1992 but interrupted between 1999 and 2005, this WTA Tour event is a WTA International Tournaments and is played on outdoor clay courts...
, Czech Republic |
Clay |
CZE Ludmila Richterová |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. |
January 8, 1996 |
Hobart The Moorilla Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association Tour and is classed as an International tournament...
, Australia |
Hard |
JPN Mana Endo is a retired Japanese professional tennis player who played on the WTA Tour from 1991 until 1998. She was born on February 6, 1971 in Hiroshima, Japan and resides in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.She started playing tennis at age 7 with father and coached Hiroshi...
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6–1, 6–2 |
| 6. |
February 12, 1996 |
Paris Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
, France |
Carpet (i) |
CRO Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Marić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won eight singles titles and one women's doubles title during her career.-Career:Majoli turned professional in 1991 at the age...
|
7–5, 7–64 |
| 7. |
June 15, 1996 |
Rosmalen The Ordina Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.-Singles:-Doubles:-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*...
, Netherlands |
Grass |
NED Miriam Oremans Miriam Oremans is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25....
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6–3, 6–4 |
| 8. |
November 16, 1998 |
Pattaya City The PTT Pattaya Open is a tennis tournament held in Pattaya City, Thailand. Held since 1991, this WTA Tour event is currently classified as an International Series tournament and is played on hardcourts....
, ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
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Hard |
CHN Li Fang Li Fang is a retired female professional tennis player from China. Li turned pro in 1990, and won 2 WTA Tour doubles titles in her career. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Li played 7 years on the China Fed Cup team...
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6–1, 6–2 |
| 9. |
January 4, 1999 |
Auckland The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year....
, New Zealand |
Hard |
BEL Dominique Monami Dominique Monami is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.In 1995 she married her coach Bart Van Roost and played under the name Van Roost or Van Roost-Monami, until their divorce....
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6–4, 6–1 |
| 10. |
June 7, 1999 |
BirminghamThe AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
, United Kingdom |
Grass |
FRA Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 11. |
June 19, 2000 |
Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
Grass |
BEL Dominique Monami Dominique Monami is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.In 1995 she married her coach Bart Van Roost and played under the name Van Roost or Van Roost-Monami, until their divorce....
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7–64, 6–4 |
| 12. |
October 9, 2000 |
Tokyo The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
, Japan |
Hard |
USA Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was still an active player as of the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
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5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
Runners-up (9)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
October 5, 1987 |
Athens The Athens Open is a defunct tennis event on the WTA and ATP Tour. It was held annually in Athens, Greece, from 1986-1994 and was played on clay courts. Then in 2008 the tournament was renewed, under the new name 'Athens Status Open' for the men, an ATP Challenger that awarded $75,000, and 'Vogue...
, Greece |
Clay |
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...
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6–0, 6–1 |
| 2. |
August 5, 1991 |
Albuquerque The Virginia Slims of Alberquerque was a WTA Tour event held annually in August from 1989 through 1991. The tournament was held on outdoor hard courts and was a Tier IV event.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional Puerto Rican tennis player, the first female Puerto Rican athlete to turn professional and the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal...
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6–0, 6–2 |
| 3. |
February 14, 1994 |
Paris Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
, France |
Carpet (i) |
USA Martina NavrátilováMartina Navrátilová is a Czech-American tennis player. A former World No. 1...
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7–5, 6–3 |
| 4. |
February 26, 1996 |
Linz The Generali Ladies Linz is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is a Tier II-tournament and is played on indoor hardcourts...
, Austria |
Carpet (i) |
BEL Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium.-Career:Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first trainer, Fred Debruyn, saw immediately that she was very talented. Although right-handed, she played left-handed...
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6–2, 6–4 |
| 5. |
May 18, 1998 |
Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg is a tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is an International-level tournament played on outdoor clay courts....
, France |
Clay |
ROM Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world...
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7–65, 6–3 |
| 6. |
April 26, 1999 |
Bol Croatian Bol Ladies Open was the annual women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, on the Croatians island of Brač, in a small town of Bol. Tournament was held in late April in 1991, and from 1995 until 2003, when it was replaced by Western & Southern Women's Open on the WTA Tour.-Singles:- Doubles...
, CroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a country in southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Zagreb...
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Clay |
USA Corina MorariuCorina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage....
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6–2, 6–0 |
| 7. |
May 10, 1999 |
Berlin, Germany |
Clay |
SUI Martina HingisMartina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
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6–0, 6–1 |
| 8. |
August 9, 1999 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Serena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and current World No. 1. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions...
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6–1, 6–4 |
| 9. |
October 2, 2000 |
Tokyo The Toyota Princess Cup was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament held annually from 1997-2002. It was played in Tokyo, Japan and was categorized as a Tier II event....
, Japan |
Hard |
USA Serena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and current World No. 1. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions...
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7–5, 6–1 |
Wins (15)
| Legend (Singles) |
| WTA Championship (0) |
| Grand Slam (1) |
| Tier I (2) |
| Tier II (6) |
| Tier III (4) |
| Tier IV/V (2) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (11) |
| Clay (1) |
| Grass (1) |
| Carpet (2) |
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| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
August 8, 1994 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
Hard |
FRA Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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CZE Jana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career...
USA Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No...
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6–1, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 2. |
September 19, 1994 |
Tokyo The Nichirei International Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament played from 1990 to 1996. It was held in Tokyo in Japan and was played on indoor carpet courts in 1990 and on outdoor hard courts from 1991 to 1996....
, Japan |
Hard |
ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
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USA Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was still an active player as of the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
JPN Rika HirakiRika Hiraki is a former professional female tennis player from Japan.She has won 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles title, the 1997 French Open...
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6–1, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 3. |
January 1, 1996 |
Auckland The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year....
, New Zealand |
Hard |
BEL Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
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CAN Jill Hetherington Jill Hetherington is a retired professional tennis player from Canada. Before turning professional, she played at the University of Florida from 1984–87, and was chosen as an All-American all four years. She won one singles title and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career...
AUS Kristine KunceKristine Kunce , also known as Kristine Radford, was an Australian professional tennis player who competed during the mid-80s through the 1990s....
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6–0, 6–1 |
| 4. |
June 8, 1998 |
BirminghamThe AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
, United Kingdom |
Grass |
BEL Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
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USA Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No...
AUS Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....
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2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. |
November 16, 1998 |
Pattaya City The PTT Pattaya Open is a tennis tournament held in Pattaya City, Thailand. Held since 1991, this WTA Tour event is currently classified as an International Series tournament and is played on hardcourts....
, ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
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Hard |
BEL Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
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JPN Rika Hiraki Rika Hiraki is a former professional female tennis player from Japan.She has won 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles title, the 1997 French Open...
POL Aleksandra OlszaAleksandra Olsza is a retired Polish tennis player. Her career highlights include winning of 1995 Wimbledon Championships in both girls' singles and doubles. At the 1996 U.S. Open Olsza defeated World No...
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3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 6. |
January 3, 2000 |
Gold Coast, Australia |
Hard |
RUS Anna Kournikovais a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. Her celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis players worldwide...
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BEL Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium.-Career:Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first trainer, Fred Debruyn, saw immediately that she was very talented. Although right-handed, she played left-handed...
ITA Rita Grande Rita Grande is a professional female tennis player from Italy.-Singles :*2001: Hobart, Australia*2001: Bratislava, Slovakia*2003: Casablanca, Morocco-Singles finalist :*1999: Hobart...
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6–3, 6–0 |
| 7. |
January 10, 2000 |
Sydney, Australia |
Hard |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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SUI Martina HingisMartina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
FRA Mary PierceMary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....
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6–0, 6–3 |
| 8. |
February 7, 2000 |
Paris Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
, France |
Carpet (i) |
FRA Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud in Lyon, France is a former professional female tennis player from France.-Career:Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 1999, she became the fourth Frenchwoman after Françoise Durr, Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat to break into singles top 10...
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FRA Émilie Loit Émilie Loit is a French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American Serena Williams 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in this tough match at first round of Australian Open 2003....
SWE Åsa SvenssonÅsa Svensson is a female tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 1 April 1996, when she became the number 28 of the world....
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 9. |
March 20, 2000 |
Miami The Sony Ericsson Open is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The tournament is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
, U.S. |
Hard |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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USA Nicole Arendt Nicole Arendt is a female tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1991. She won 16 doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she became number 49 in the world. She reached her career-high...
NED Manon BollegrafManon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-History:...
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4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 10. |
May 1, 2000 |
Bol Croatian Bol Ladies Open was the annual women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, on the Croatians island of Brač, in a small town of Bol. Tournament was held in late April in 1991, and from 1995 until 2003, when it was replaced by Western & Southern Women's Open on the WTA Tour.-Singles:- Doubles...
, CroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a country in southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Zagreb...
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Clay |
USA Corina MorariuCorina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage....
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SLO Tina Križan Tina Križan is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, she reached a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002. She has won 6 WTA titles and 10 ITF tournaments...
SLO Katarina SrebotnikKatarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006. Her nickname amongst fans is...
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6–2, 6–2 |
| 11. |
August 21, 2000 |
New Haven The Pilot Pen Tennis is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
, U.S. |
Hard |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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ESP Virginia Ruano PascualVirginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 42 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Virginia Ruano Pascual (born September 21, 1973) is...
ARG Paola SuárezPaola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...
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6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
| 12. |
August 28, 2000 |
U.S. OpenThe US Open, formally the United States Open tennis championships, is a tennis tournament which is the modern incarnation of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the U.S. National Championship, which for mens' singles was first contested in 1881...
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Hard |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
RUS Elena LikhovtsevaElena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( Елена Лиховцева (jelena lixɔvtseva; born 8 September 1975 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) is a Russian tennis player, She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16....
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6–0, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 13. |
October 2, 2000 |
Tokyo The Toyota Princess Cup was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament held annually from 1997-2002. It was played in Tokyo, Japan and was categorized as a Tier II event....
, Japan |
Hard |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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JPN Nana Miyagi Nana Smith Rogers, previously is a Japanese American tennis player, born in Seattle, Washington. She plays right-handed, and hits both forehand and backhand double-handed. She turned pro in March, 1988, and retired in 2006...
ARG Paola SuárezPaola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...
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6–0, 6–2 |
| 14. |
October 9, 2000 |
Tokyo The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
, Japan |
Hard |
USA Corina MorariuCorina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage....
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SLO Tina Križan Tina Križan is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, she reached a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002. She has won 6 WTA titles and 10 ITF tournaments...
SLO Katarina SrebotnikKatarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006. Her nickname amongst fans is...
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6–1, 6–2 |
| 15. |
October 23, 2000 |
Moscow The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
, Russia |
Carpet (i) |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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SUI Martina HingisMartina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
RUS Anna Kournikovais a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. Her celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis players worldwide...
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4–6, 6–4, 7–65 |
Runners-up (10)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
September 16, 1991 |
Paris The Clarins Open is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held from 1987 to 1992, it was played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V tournament until 1989 and was subsequently promoted to Tier IV, also raising the prize money from $50,000 to $150,000. In 1993, it was...
, France |
Clay |
FRA Alexia Dechaume |
CZE Petra Langrová Petra Píchalová Langrová is a retired professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runners-up :...
CZE Radka ZrubákováRadomira "Radka" Zrubáková is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia. Zrubáková gained professional status in 1986. She won three single and two double titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She was a member of the Czechoslovakia Federation Cup team that won the 1988 Federation...
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6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. |
April 18, 1994 |
Barcelona Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona, Spain and is played on red clay. It is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of US$220,000. It was a Tier V event from 1988 to 1989, and for 1990, it was Tier IV...
, Spain |
Clay |
FRA Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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Latvia Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainian-born tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...
ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioAránzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
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6–2, 6–4 |
| 3. |
February 12, 1996 |
Paris Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
, France |
Carpet (i) |
FRA Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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NED Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert was a professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29....
CZE Jana NovotnáJana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career...
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6–4, 6–3 |
| 4. |
March 4, 1996 |
Indian Wells, U.S. |
Hard |
FRA Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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USA Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is a professional tennis player from the United States.Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries...
NED Brenda Schultz |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 5. |
September 15, 1997 |
Tokyo The Toyota Princess Cup was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament held annually from 1997-2002. It was played in Tokyo, Japan and was categorized as a Tier II event....
, Japan |
Hard |
USA Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is a professional tennis player from the United States.Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries...
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USA Monica SelesMonica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994...
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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6–1, 6–0 |
| 6. |
January 5, 1998 |
Auckland The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year....
, New Zealand |
Hard |
SVK Janette Husárová Janette Husárová is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She's probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva...
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JPN Nana Miyagi Nana Smith Rogers, previously is a Japanese American tennis player, born in Seattle, Washington. She plays right-handed, and hits both forehand and backhand double-handed. She turned pro in March, 1988, and retired in 2006...
THA Tamarine TanasugarnTamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. and turned professional in 1994...
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7–61, 6–4 |
| 7. |
January 12, 1998 |
Hobart The Moorilla Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association Tour and is classed as an International tournament...
, Australia |
Hard |
SVK Janette Husárová Janette Husárová is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She's probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva...
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ESP Virginia Ruano PascualVirginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 42 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Virginia Ruano Pascual (born September 21, 1973) is...
ARG Paola SuárezPaola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...
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7–66, 6–3 |
| 8. |
October 18, 1999 |
Moscow The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
, Russia |
Carpet (i) |
GER Anke Huber Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:...
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USA Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No...
AUS Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....
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6–0, 6–1 |
| 9. |
June 26, 2000 |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
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Grass |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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USA Serena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and current World No. 1. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions...
USA Venus WilliamsVenus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate occasions; as of October 19, 2009, she is ranked World No. 4...
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6–3, 6–2 |
| 10. |
August 14, 2000 |
MontrealThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
, Canada |
Hard |
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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SUI Martina HingisMartina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
FRA Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
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