Nathalie Dechy

Nathalie Dechy

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Tournai, Belgium
Born	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)

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

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, where she was just two points away from the final, before eventually losing to Lindsay Davenport.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced World No.1 and reigning French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic. She took the first set and even had match point during the second before succumbing 6–7, 7–6, 10–8.

She is a member of the "generation 1979" alongside Amélie Mauresmo, Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, Émilie Loit and Séverine Brémond.

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles

Wins (2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
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
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

Tournament	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995
Australian Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	4R	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	-	-
French Open	1R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	1R
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1R	4R	3R	3R	3R	2R	3R	4R	1R	2R	1R	-
US Open	-	1R	1R	1R	4R	3R	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	4R	2R	2R	-

Personal

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, but has never, she says, considered representing Canada in tennis competition.^[1] On 25 January 2010 she gave birth to a baby boy Lucas.

References

External links

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