Nathalie Dechy
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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) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (2003) |
Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional tour 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 before losing 6–7, 7–6, 10–8.
Grand Slam finals
Women's doubles
Wins (2)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
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Winner | 2006 | US Open | Vera Zvonareva | Katarina Srebotnik Dinara Safina |
7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Winner | 2007 | US Open | Dinara Safina | Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang |
6–4, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles
Wins (1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
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Winner | 2007 | French Open | Andy Ram | Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2009 | Australian Open | Andy Ram | Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi |
3–6, 1–6 |
Career titles
Singles (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 5 January 2003 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Doubles (7)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 10 February 2002 | Paris, France | Carpet | Meilen Tu | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová |
Walkover |
2. | 10 September 2006 | US Open | Hard | Vera Zvonareva | Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik |
7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
3. | 14 May 2007 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci |
6–4, 6–1 |
4. | 9 September 2007 | US Open | Hard | Dinara Safina | Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung |
6–4, 6–2 |
5. | 5 January 2009 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Mara Santangelo | Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [12–10] |
6. | 2 March 2009 | Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | Mara Santangelo | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |
6–3, 6–4 |
7. | 18 May 2009 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz |
6–0, 6–1 |
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 | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R |
French Open | - | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R |
Wimbledon | - | - | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R |
US Open | - | - | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | - |
Year-end ranking | 586 | 294 | 84 | 90 | 48 | 25 | 27 | 44 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 51 | 69 | 72 | n/a |
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.[1]
References
- ^ "La championne de tennis Nathalie Dechy est maman !". PurePeople (in French). 5 February 2010.
External links
- 1979 births
- Living people
- French people of Canadian descent
- Olympic tennis players of France
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- French female tennis players
- French Open champions
- US Open (tennis) champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles