{{TennisEventInfo|2000|Open Gaz de France| | date=7–13 February | edition=8th | category=[[WTA Tier II tournaments|Tier II]] | draw=28S / 16D | prize_money=$535,000 | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Paris]], France | venue=[[Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris)|Stade Pierre de Coubertin]] | champs={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]] | champd={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]] <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandrine Testud]] }}
The '''2000 Open Gaz de France''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris)|Stade Pierre de Coubertin]] in [[Paris]], [[France]] and was part of [[WTA Tier II tournaments|Tier II]] of the [[2000 WTA Tour]]. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from 7 February until 13 February 2000. Second-seeded [[Nathalie Tauziat]] won the singles title and earned $87,000 first-prize money.<ref name=wot2001>{{cite book|title=International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2001|year=2001|publisher=HarperCollins|location=London|isbn=9780007111299|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]|pages=174, 181}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Winsor Dobbin|title=Tauziat beats ailing Williams in Paris|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/tauziat-beats-ailing-williams-in-paris-334423|website=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|IOL]]|date=13 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=David Revault d'Allonnes|title=Tennis. A 32 ans, la Française gagne l'Open Gaz de France face à la cadette des Williams. Tauziat calme Serena|url=http://www.liberation.fr/sports/2000/02/14/tennis-a-32-ans-la-francaise-gagne-l-open-gaz-de-france-face-a-la-cadette-des-williams-tauziat-calme_315826|website=[[Libération]]|language=French|date=14 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Injured Williams falls to Tauziat|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-14-sp-64269-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=14 February 2000}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|2000 Open Gaz de France – Singles}} {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–1 * It was Tauziat's only singles title of the year and the 7th of her career.
===Doubles=== {{main|2000 Open Gaz de France – Doubles}} {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandrine Testud]] defeated {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Åsa Carlsson]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Émilie Loit]] 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/paris/fra/2000/w-t2-fra-01a-2000/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2000/604.pdf WTA tournament draws]
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