Nathalie Dechy

Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional tour tennis player from France.

Nathalie Dechy
Country (sports) France
ResidenceTournai, Belgium
Born (1979-02-21) 21 February 1979
Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired21 July 2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$4,216,795
Singles
Career record429–337
Career titles1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 11 (9 January 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenSF (2005)
French Open3R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon4R (1999, 2005)
US Open4R (1998, 2005)
Doubles
Career record189–178
Career titles7 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 8 (21 May 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2009)
French OpenQF (2000, 2003, 2006)
WimbledonSF (2008)
US OpenW (2006, 2007)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French OpenW (2007)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2003)

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 (2 titles)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2006US OpenHard Vera Zvonareva Katarina Srebotnik
Dinara Safina		7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win2007US OpenHard Dinara Safina Yung-Jan Chan
Chia-Jung Chuang		6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles (1 title)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2007French OpenClay Andy Ram Katarina Srebotnik
Nenad Zimonjić		7–5, 6–3
Loss2009Australian OpenHard 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
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
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
  1. "La championne de tennis Nathalie Dechy est maman !". PurePeople (in French). 5 February 2010.
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