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11 Facts About Julie Halard

1.

Julie Halard-Decugis was born on 10 September 1970 and is a French former professional tennis player.

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Julie Halard won the French Open junior singles title in 1988 and was the Wimbledon junior singles runner-up in 1987.

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3.

Julie Halard retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit at the end of the 2000 season.

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4.

Julie Halard-Decugis won her first WTA Tour singles title in Puerto Rico.

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Julie Halard 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 No 15 and as the No 1 singles player from France.

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6.

Julie Halard only played two tournaments in late 1997 because of injuries.

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Julie Halard 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 Francoise Durr, Mary Pierce, Nathalie Tauziat and Amelie Mauresmo to do so.

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On her 30th birthday, Julie Halard won the 2000 US Open women's doubles title with Ai Sugiyama, her only Grand Slam title as a professional.

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Julie Halard-Decugis won nine other doubles titles in 2000, five of them with Sugiyama, and became the first Frenchwoman to attain the No 1 doubles ranking in the Open Era.

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10.

Julie Halard-Decugis represented her country in the Federation Cup Fed Cup from 1990 to 2000 and in the Olympic Games in 1992 and 2000.

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11.

Julie Halard married her coach, Arnaud Decugis, on 22 September 1995.

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