Nathalie Dechy
Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Tournai, Belgium |
Born | (1979-02-21) 21 February 1979 (age 45) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | 21 July 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$4,216,795 |
Singles | |
Career record | 429–337 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 11 (9 January 2006) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2005) |
French Open | 3R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1999, 2005) |
US Open | 4R (1998, 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 189–178 |
Career titles | 7 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (21 May 2007) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2009) |
French Open | QF (2000, 2003, 2006) |
Wimbledon | SF (2008) |
US Open | W (2006, 2007) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | W (2007) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (2003) |
Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara Safina. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open.
At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced world No. 1 and reigning French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic. She had a match point during the second set, before losing in the super-tiebreak, 7–6, 6–7, 8–10.
Since 2015, Nathalie Dechy has been the director of the Biarritz Tennis Tournament, a women's tennis tournament organized every year by the Quarterback agency at Biarritz Olympic Tennis. This tournament is part of the ITF (International Tennis Federation) category and has $80,000 in prize money.[1]
Grand Slam finals
Women's doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2006 | US Open | Hard | Vera Zvonareva | Katarina Srebotnik Dinara Safina | 7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Win | 2007 | US Open | Hard | Dinara Safina | Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung | 6–4, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2007 | French Open | Clay | Andy Ram | Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | Andy Ram | Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi | 3–6, 1–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R |
French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R |
US Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A |
Year-end ranking | 586 | 294 | 84 | 90 | 48 | 25 | 27 | 44 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 51 | 69 | 72 | n/a |
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Feb 2000 | Cellular South Cup, United States | Hard (i) | Monica Seles | 1–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 2 | Apr 2000 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Anke Huber | 2–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
Win | 3. | Jan 2003 | Australian Hardcourts | Hard | Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 4. | Aug 2004 | New Haven Open, United States | Hard | Elena Bovina | 2–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
Loss | 5. | Aug 2008 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Hard | Nadia Petrova | 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Oct 2001 | Bratislava Open, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Meilen Tu | Elena Bovina Dája Bedáňová | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1. | Feb 2002 | Paris Indoors, France | Carpet (i) | Meilen Tu | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová | w/o |
Loss | 2. | Feb 2002 | Antwerp Open, Belgium | Hard (i) | Meilen Tu | Magdalena Maleeva Patty Schnyder | 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6 |
Loss | 3. | Oct 2002 | Bratislava Open, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Meilen Tu | Maja Matevžič Henrieta Nagyová | 4–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | Dec 2002 | Australian Hardcourts | Hard | Émilie Loit | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | Feb 2003 | Antwerp Open, Belgium | Carpet (i) | Émilie Loit | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 2–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 6. | Oct 2004 | Linz Open, Austria | Hard (i) | Patty Schnyder | Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva | 2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2. | Sep 2006 | US Open | Hard | Vera Zvonareva | Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik | 7–6(5), 7–5 |
Win | 3. | May 2007 | Rome Masters, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 4. | Sep 2007 | US Open | Hard | Dinara Safina | Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 5. | Jan 2009 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Mara Santangelo | Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja | 4–6, 7–6(3), [12–10] |
Loss | 7. | Jan 2009 | Sydney International, Australia | Hard | Casey Dellacqua | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 0–6, 1–6 |
Win | 6. | Mar 2009 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | Hard | Mara Santangelo | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 7. | May 2009 | Strasbourg Open, France | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz | 6–0, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (1–2)
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 9 May 1994 | ITF Mollet, Spain | Clay | Mariam Ramón Climent | 0–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 14 December 1997 | ITF Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet (i) | Els Callens | 6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 December 1998 | ITF Cergy-Pontoise, France | Hard (i) | Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(4) |
Doubles (1–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 20 March 1995 | ITF Moulins, France | Hard (i) | Catherine Tanvier | Jessica Fernández Aarthi Venkatesan | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 March 1997 | ITF Woodlands, United States | Hard | Lea Ghirardi | Els Callens Liezel Horn | 4–6, 2–6 |
Personal life
Dechy was born to a father from continental France and a Canadian mother from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She holds dual French-Canadian citizenship. On 25 January 2010 she gave birth to a son.[2]
References
- ^ "Engie open de Biarritz". www.engie-open-biarritz.fr. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "La championne de tennis Nathalie Dechy est maman !". PurePeople (in French). 5 February 2010.
External links
- Nathalie Dechy at the Women's Tennis Association
- Nathalie Dechy at the International Tennis Federation
- Nathalie Dechy at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Nathalie Dechy at ESPN.com
- Nathalie Dechy at Olympedia
- Nathalie Dechy at Olympics.com
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