Julie Halard-Decugis

Julie Halard-Decugis
Nation:	France
Birthday:	September 10, 1970
Size:	173 cm
1st professional season:	1986
Resignation:	2000
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 3,081,132
singles
Career record:	386: 233
Career title:	12 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	7 (February 14, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	253: 156
Career title:	15 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (September 11, 2000)
Weeks as No. 1:	14th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Julie Halard-Decugis (born September 10, 1970 in Versailles ) is a former French tennis player .

Career

She began her professional career in 1986 and won her first ITF title in 1987 in Haddonfield (USA), Neumünster and Erlangen . She celebrated her first title on the WTA Tour in 1991 at the Puerto Rico Open . Between 1990 and 2000 she played 35 games for the French Fed Cup team , of which she won 22 (doubles: 9: 3).

At the end of 1995, Julie Halard was number 1 in France for the first time when she reached number 15 in the world rankings . In the same year, she injured her wrist and knee several times and was out for almost two years. In 1998 she came back to the tour and won the WTA tournaments in Rosmalen and Pattaya . In 1999 she reached the top ten of the WTA world rankings. At the German Open in Berlin, she defeated Steffi Graf in the quarter-finals , which only five other players achieved at a tournament in Germany.

She achieved her best marks in the world rankings in her last professional year with place 7 in singles and number 1 in doubles. In the same year she managed the only title win in a Grand Slam tournament , when she won the competition in women's doubles at the US Open alongside Ai Sugiyama (with her she won a total of six double titles). After the WTA Tour Championships in November 2000, she ended her professional career.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 27, 1991	San Juan	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Amanda Coetzer	7: 5, 7: 5
2.	May 3, 1992	Tarent	WTA Tier V	sand	Emanuela Zardo	6-0, 7-5
3.	May 1, 1994	Tarent	WTA Tier IV	sand	Irina Spîrlea	6: 2, 6: 3
4th	May 14, 1995	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Ludmila Richterová	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	January 14, 1996	Hobart	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Mana Endo	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	February 18, 1996	Paris	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Iva Majoli	7: 5, 7: 6 4
7th	June 20, 1998	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA Tier III	race	Miriam Oremans	6: 3, 6: 4
8th.	November 22, 1998	Pattaya	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Li Fang	6: 1, 6: 2
9.	January 9, 1999	Auckland	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Dominique van Roost	6: 4, 6: 1
10.	July 13, 1999	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Nathalie Tauziat	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
11.	June 24, 2000	Eastbourne	WTA Tier II	race	Dominique van Roost	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
12.	October 15, 2000	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Amy Frazier	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	August 14, 1994	los Angeles	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Lisa Raymond	6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 1
2.	September 25, 1994	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 1
3.	January 6, 1996	Auckland	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Els Callens	Jill Hetherington Kristine Radford	6: 1, 6: 0
4th	June 14, 1998	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Els Callens	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
5.	November 22, 1998	Pattaya	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Els Callens	Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
6th	January 8, 2000	Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Anna Kurnikowa	Sabine Appelman's Rita Grande	6: 3, 6: 0
7th	January 15, 2000	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Ai Sugiyama	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6: 0, 6: 3
8th.	February 13, 2000	Paris	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Sandrine Testud	Åsa Carlsson Émilie Loit	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
9.	April 2, 2000	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Ai Sugiyama	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
10.	May 7, 2000	Bol	WTA Tier III	sand	Corina Morariu	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6: 2, 6: 2
11.	August 26, 2000	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2
12.	August 28, 2000	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Ai Sugiyama	Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 1
13.	October 8, 2000	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Ai Sugiyama	Nana Miyagi Paola Suarez	6-0, 6-2
14th	October 15, 2000	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Corina Morariu	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6: 1, 6: 2
15th	October 29, 2000	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Ai Sugiyama	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 5

Web links

• WTA profile Julie Halard-Decugis (English)
• ITF profile of Julie Halard-Decugis (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Julie Halard-Decugis (English)