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

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)
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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