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French tennis player
Nathalie Dechy Country (sports) France Residence Tournai , BelgiumBorn (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 Career record 429–337 Career titles 1 WTA, 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 11 (9 January 2006) Australian Open SF (2005 ) French Open 3R (1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 ) Wimbledon 4R (1999 , 2005 ) US Open 4R (1998 , 2005 ) Career record 189–178 Career titles 7 WTA, 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 8 (21 May 2007) Australian Open SF (2009) French Open QF (2000, 2003, 2006) Wimbledon SF (2008) US Open W (2006, 2007)French Open W (2007 )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 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)
Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
1.
Feb 2000
Cellular South Cup , United States
Hard (i)
Monica Seles
1–6, 6–7(3)
Loss
2
Apr 2000
Estoril Open , Portugal
Clay
Anke Huber
2–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win
3.
Jan 2003
Australian Hardcourts
Hard
Marie-Gayanay 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
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
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)
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]
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