Nathalie Dechy

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

Nathalie Dechy

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Tournai, Belgium
Born	(1979-02-21) 21 February 1979 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
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)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (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
Win	2006	US Open	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Katarina Srebotnik Dinara Safina	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Win	2007	US Open	Hard	Dinara Safina	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2007	French Open	Clay	Andy Ram	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Andy Ram	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	3–6, 1–6

WTA Finals

Singles (1-4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 February 2000	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard (i)	Monica Seles	1–6, 6–7^(3)
Runner-up	2	10 April 2000	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Anke Huber	2–6, 6–1, 5–7
Winner	3.	5 January 2003	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 August 2004	New Haven, United States	Hard	Elena Bovina	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	17 August 2008	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Nadia Petrova	2–6, 1–6

Doubles (7-7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 October 2001	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Meilen Tu	Elena Bovina Dája Bedáňová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	10 February 2002	Paris, France	Carpet	Meilen Tu	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	Walkover
Runner-up	2.	17 February 2002	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Meilen Tu	Magdalena Maleeva Patty Schnyder	3–6, 7–6^(3), 3–6
Runner-up	3.	14 October 2002	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Meilen Tu	Maja Matevžič Henrieta Nagyová	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	30 December 2002	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	16 February 2003	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Émilie Loit	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	25 October 2004	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Patty Schnyder	Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva	2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	10 September 2006	US Open	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Winner	3.	14 May 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	9 September 2007	US Open	Hard	Dinara Safina	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	5 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Mara Santangelo	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [12–10]
Runner-up	7.	16 January 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	0–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	2 March 2009	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Mara Santangelo	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	18 May 2009	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz	6–0, 6–1

ITF 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	Mollet, Spain	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	0–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	14 December 1997	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Els Callens	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	6 December 1998	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(4)

Doubles (1-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 March 1995	Moulins, France	Hard	Catherine Tanvier	Jessica Fernandez Aarthi Venkatesan	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	29 March 1997	Woodlands, United States	Hard	Lea Ghirardi	Els Callens Liezel Horn	4–6, 2–6

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)

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
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.

External links

• Nathalie Dechy at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nathalie Dechy at the International Tennis Federation
• Nathalie Dechy at the Fed Cup