Nathalie Tauziat beat Serena Williams at Paris 2000

The match

Nathalie Tauziat advanced past Serena Williams 7-5, 6-2 in the final of the 2000 Open Gaz de France in Paris. The completed WTA main draw identifies the participants and the advancing side with the printed set scores.

The recorded result

Set 1 was recorded as 7-5 from Nathalie Tauziat's perspective. Set 2 was recorded as 6-2 from Nathalie Tauziat's perspective. The knockout result is treated as one underlying match development and is not divided into separate set or player reports.

Draw context and date precision

Nathalie Tauziat secured the singles title, while Serena Williams finished runner-up. The official draw establishes the competition interval as 7–13 February 2000 but not this match's exact day, so iintroo discloses competition-range precision and keeps the historical interval separate from the later archive-publication timestamp. The WTA tournament page and ITF archive confirm the event framework; the independently reproduced draw was checked as corroboration.

Set by set