Nathalie Dechy

Nathalie Dechy

Nathalie Dechy 2003

Nation:

France

Birthday:

February 21, 1979

Size:

178 cm

1st professional season:

1995

Resignation:

July 2009

Playing hand:

Right, two-handed backhand

Prize money:

$ 4,281,064

singles

Career record:

430: 340

Career title:

1 WTA, 1 ITF

Highest ranking:

11 (January 9, 2006)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	HF (2005)
French Open	3R (1998, 1999, 2001-2003, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	AF (1999, 2005)
US Open	AF (1998, 2005)

Double

Career record:

191: 181

Career title:

7 WTA, 1 ITF

Highest ranking:

8 (May 21, 2007)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 2

Australian Open	HF (2009)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	HF (2008)
US Open	S (2006, 2007)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	F (2009)
French Open	S (2007)
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Nathalie Dechy (born February 21, 1979 in Les Abymes , Guadeloupe ) is a former French tennis player .

Career

Her best performance in a Grand Slam tournament in singles was recorded in 2005 at the Australian Open , when she made it to the semifinals there and lost to Lindsay Davenport in three sets. Together with Vera Swonaryova , she won the doubles competition at the US Open in 2006 . In 2007 she was able to defend the title alongside Dinara Safina .

On May 20, 2007 Dechy made her third career title in doubles with Mara Santangelo at the clay court tournament in Rome . With this she achieved her personal best with rank 8 on the double world rankings. In 2009, her last official year on the WTA Tour , she was able to book three more double titles.

Dechy also won the mixed competition at the French Open in 2007 with her partner Andy Ram .

From 2000 until her retirement in 2009, she played 32 games for the French Fed Cup team , with 17 wins.

Natalie Dechy is married to Antoine Maître-Devallon.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	December 14, 1997	Austria Bad Goegging	ITF $ 50,000	Carpet (hall)	Belgium Els Callens	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	January 4, 2003	Australia Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Switzerland Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	February 10, 2002	France Paris	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	United States Miles Tu	Russia Jelena Dementjewa Janette Husárová Slovakia	without a fight
2.	August 29, 2006	United States US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Russia Vera Swonaryova	Russia Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik Slovenia	7: 6 ⁵ , 7: 5
3.	May 20, 2007	Italy Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Italy Mara Santangelo	Italy Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci Italy	6: 4, 6: 1
4th	September 8, 2007	United States US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Russia Dinara Safina	Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung Chinese Taipei	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	January 11, 2009	New Zealand Auckland	WTA International	Hard court	Italy Mara Santangelo	Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja Spain	4: 6, 7: 6, [12:10]
6th	March 8, 2009	United States Monterrey	WTA International	Hard court	Italy Mara Santangelo	Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Czech Republic	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	May 23, 2009	France Strasbourg	WTA International	sand	Italy Mara Santangelo	France Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz France	6-0, 6-1