Open Gaz de France

Open Gaz de France
$585,000 women's tournament
At Paris
Singles
First round
Silvia Farina Elia (8), Italy, def. Angeles Montolio, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

Natalie Dechy, France, def. Daja Bedanova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Monica Seles (5), United States, def. Barbara Schett, Austria, 6-2, 6-3.

Adriana Serra Zanetti, Italy, def. Magui Serna, Spain, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, def. Anne-Gaelle Sidot, France, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5).

Second round
Amelie Mauresmo (3), France, def. Anna Kournikova, Russia, 6-3, 7-5.

Venus Williams (1), United States, def. Meilen Tu, United States, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles
First round
Tathiana Garbin and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Stephanie Cohen Aloro and Stephanie Foretz, France, 6-2, 6-2.

Jelena Dokic, Yugoslavia, and Magdalena Maleeva (4), Bulgaria, def. Emilie Loit and Virginie Razzano, France, 6-1, 6-4.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Elena Likhovtseva (1), Russia, def. Daja Bedanova, Czech Republic, and Elena Bovina, Russia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Elena Dementieva, Russia, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, def. Eva Bes and Marta Marrero, Spain, 6-4, 6-3.