Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Tournai, Belgium |
Born | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 21 February 1979
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]