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Halard-Decugis and Kournikova win Gold Coast doubles crown
Julie Halard-Decugis and Anna Kournikova claimed the doubles title at the 2000 Thalgo Australian Women’s Hardcourt Championships on the Gold Coast.
2000-01-02 – 2000-01-08 · Gold Coast
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The result
Julie Halard-Decugis and Anna Kournikova claimed the doubles title at the 2000 Thalgo Australian Women’s Hardcourt Championships on the Gold Coast. The top seeds defeated Sabine Appelmans and Rita Grande 6–3, 6–0 in the final, closing their campaign within the official 2–8 January tournament window.
The competition
The French-Russian combination had been tested earlier in the draw. Trudi Musgrave and Bryanne Stewart took a set from them in the quarter-finals before Halard-Decugis and Kournikova prevailed 7–6(7), 1–6, 6–0. Third seeds Irina Selyutina and Elena Tatarkova also forced a deciding set in the semi-finals, which the eventual champions won 6–2, 3–6, 6–1.
The wider context
Appelmans and Grande reached the title match by defeating Nicole Arendt and Alicia Molik 6–4, 6–3 in their semi-final. Their challenge ended in straight sets against the draw’s highest-seeded team. The result concluded the women’s doubles competition on the tournament’s hard courts in Queensland, providing a separate championship outcome from the singles draw.
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