Serena Williams beat Julie Halard-Decugis at Paris 2000

The match

Serena Williams advanced past Julie Halard-Decugis 6-4, 6-2 in the semi-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 6-4 from Serena Williams's perspective. Set 2 was recorded as 6-2 from Serena Williams'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

Serena Williams advanced from the semi-final; Julie Halard-Decugis's run in this draw ended at that stage. 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