Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Country (sports)	France
Born	3 May 1970 (age 54)
Retired	2000
Prize money	$949,605
Singles
Career record	234-229
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	46 (17 August 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1991, 1992)
French Open	4R (1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1990)
US Open	3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	165-173
Career titles	6 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	22 (22 March 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1989)
French Open	2R (1990, 91, 92, 1994, 95, 96, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1988, 1996)
US Open	3R (1996)

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born 3 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France.

In her career, she reached three finals on the WTA Tour: at Taranto in 1990, she lost to Raffaella Reggi, and in New York in 1991, she lost to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 2–6.

Her best Grand Slam performance was the fourth round at the 1994 French Open. As a wild-card entrant and the world No. 197, she beat Emanuela Zardo, Wiltrud Probst and Marzia Grossi, then lost to third seed Conchita Martínez, 1–6, 2–6.

She achieved more notable success in doubles, winning six titles, four with Florencia Labat, and ranking as high as No. 22 in the WTA rankings. On 17 August 1992, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 46.

She retired after a first-round defeat at the hands of Emmanuelle Gagliardi at the 2000 Australian Open.

Dechaume-Balleret is married to Bernard Balleret.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Championships
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	6 May 1990	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	25 August 1991	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Brenda Schultz	6–7, 2–6
Loss	3.	18 May 1997	Cardiff, Wales	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Winner - Legend
Grand Slam tournaments	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	1
Tier IV & V	5

Titles by surface
Hard	2
Clay	4
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	25 September 1988	Paris, France	Clay	Emmanuelle Derly	Louise Field Nathalie Herreman	6–0, 6–2
Loss	1.	23 September 1990	Paris, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Kristin Godridge Kirrily Sharpe	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win	2.	5 May 1991	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Florencia Labat	Laura Golarsa Ann Grossman	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2.	22 September 1991	Paris, France	Clay	Julie Halard	Petra Langrová Radomira Zrubáková	4–6, 4–6
Win	3.	12 July 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Florencia Labat	Amanda Coetzer Wiltrud Probst	6–3, 6–3
Win	4.	26 July 1992	San Marino	Clay	Florencia Labat	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	7–6, 7–5
Win	5.	30 August 1992	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Florencia Labat	Ginger Helgeson Shannan McCarthy	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	3.	6 August 1995	San Diego, United States	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	5 May 1996	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6.	20 April 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Kerry-Anne Guse Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5.	16 January 1999	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	21 March 1988	Bayonne, France	Hard	Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	17 May 1998	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 February 1990	Wels, Austria	Clay	Pascale Paradis	Hana Fukárková Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head record against other players in the top 10

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