Julie Halard-Decugis
French tennis player
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| Intro | French tennis player | ||||
| Places | France | ||||
| is | Athlete Tennis player | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 10 September 1970, Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France | ||||
| Age | 54 years | ||||
| Residence | Pully | ||||
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Biography
Julie Halard-Decugis (born 10 September 1970) is a French former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned professional in 1986. She won the French Open junior singles title in 1988 and was the Wimbledon junior singles runner-up 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 Cup semi-final match against Spain. She only played two tournaments in late 1997 because of injuries.
By winning the singles title in Rosmalen 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 Pattaya that year, and broke into the top 10 singles ranking in August 1999, becoming the fifth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, Nathalie Tauziat and Amélie Mauresmo to do so. In 1999, she won two WTA Tour singles titles and was runner-up on three other occasions. Between 15 November 1999 and 9 January 2000, Julie Halard, Nathalie Tauziat, Amélie Mauresmo 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 Open singles quarter-final for the second time, captured the second WTA Tour Tier II title of her career in Eastbourne 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 Sugiyama. 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 Frazier.
On her 30th birthday, Halard won the 2000 US Open women's doubles title with Ai Sugiyama, her only Grand Slam 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 Open 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 Cup from 1990 to 2000 and in the Olympics Games in 1992 and 2000.
Personal life
She married her coach, Arnaud Decugis, on 22 September 1995. Arnaud Decugis is the great nephew of Max Decugis, a leading tennis player from France during the early 20th century. The couple have 2 children: Camille, born on 10 February 2002 and another child born in July 2003.
Grand Slam women's doubles finals
Win (1)
| Year | Championship | Partnering | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 2000 | US Open | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up (1)
| Year | Championship | Partnering | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 2000 | Wimbledon | Ai Sugiyama | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6–3, 6–2 |
WTA Tour singles finals
Wins (12)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | October 21, 1991 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Hard | Amanda Coetzer | 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2. | April 27, 1992 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | Emanuela Zardo | 6–0, 7–5 |
| 3. | April 25, 1994 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 4. | May 8, 1995 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Ludmila Richterová | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. | January 8, 1996 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | Mana Endo | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 6. | February 12, 1996 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Iva Majoli | 7–5, 7–64 |
| 7. | June 15, 1996 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | Grass | Miriam Oremans | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 8. | November 16, 1998 | Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | Li Fang | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 9. | January 4, 1999 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Dominique Monami | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 10. | June 7, 1999 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Nathalie Tauziat | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 11. | June 19, 2000 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | Dominique Monami | 7–64, 6–4 |
| 12. | October 9, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Amy Frazier | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
Runners-up (9)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | October 5, 1987 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Katerina Maleeva | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 2. | August 5, 1991 | Albuquerque, U.S. | Hard | Gigi Fernández | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 3. | February 14, 1994 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 4. | February 26, 1996 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Sabine Appelmans | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 5. | May 18, 1998 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | 7–65, 6–3 |
| 6. | April 26, 1999 | Bol, Croatia | Clay | Corina Morariu | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 7. | May 10, 1999 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Martina Hingis | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 8. | August 9, 1999 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Serena Williams | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 9. | October 2, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Serena Williams | 7–5, 6–1 |
WTA Tour doubles finals
Wins (15)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | August 8, 1994 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | Jana Novotná Lisa Raymond | 6–1, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 2. | September 19, 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki | 6–1, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 3. | January 1, 1996 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Els Callens | Jill Hetherington Kristine Kunce | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 4. | June 8, 1998 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Els Callens | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. | November 16, 1998 | Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | Els Callens | Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 6. | January 3, 2000 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | Anna Kournikova | Sabine Appelmans Rita Grande | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 7. | January 10, 2000 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Martina Hingis Mary Pierce | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 8. | February 7, 2000 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Sandrine Testud | Émilie Loit Åsa Svensson | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 9. | March 20, 2000 | Miami, U.S. | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 10. | May 1, 2000 | Bol, Croatia | Clay | Corina Morariu | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 11. | August 21, 2000 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
| 12. | August 28, 2000 | US Open | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva | 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 13. | October 2, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Nana Miyagi Paola Suárez | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 14. | October 9, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Corina Morariu | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 15. | October 23, 2000 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova | 4–6, 6–4, 7–65 |
Runners-up (10)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | September 16, 1991 | Paris, France | Clay | Alexia Dechaume | Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. | April 18, 1994 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Nathalie Tauziat | Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 3. | February 12, 1996 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Nathalie Tauziat | Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 4. | March 4, 1996 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 5. | September 15, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Chanda Rubin | Monica Seles Ai Sugiyama | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 6. | January 5, 1998 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Janette Husárová | Nana Miyagi Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–61, 6–4 |
| 7. | January 12, 1998 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | Janette Husárová | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7–66, 6–3 |
| 8. | October 18, 1999 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Anke Huber | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 9. | June 26, 2000 | Wimbledon | Grass | Ai Sugiyama | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 10. | August 14, 2000 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Martina Hingis Nathalie Tauziat | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Grand Slam doubles history
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | ||||||||
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 3R | QF | 0 / 10 | 10–10 | ||||||||
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | QF | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | SF | 0 / 12 | 18–12 | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | A | QF | 2R | F | 0 / 8 | 14–8 | ||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | A | A | 3R | 3R | W | 1 / 8 | 13–7 | ||||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 6–4 | 9–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 18–3 | 1 / 38 | 55–37 | ||||||||
Head-to-Head record
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4—8
- Dominique Monami 2—2
- Serena Williams 0—4
- Martina Hingis 0—5
- Venus Williams 1—1
- Anna Kournikova 1—1
- Elena Dementieva 1—0
- Jelena Dokic 1—0
- Steffi Graf 1—9
- Lindsay Davenport 2—9
- Mary Pierce 3-0