Nathalie Dechy

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Nathalie Dechy

Country	France
Residence	Tournai, Belgium
Date of birth	February 21, 1979 (1979-02-21) (age 29)
Place of birth	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height	1.77 m (5' 9 3/4")
Weight	59 kg (130 lbs.)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	Active
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$3,747,183
Singles
Career record:	400-306
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 11 (January 9, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2005)
French Open	3r (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	4r (1999, 2005)
US Open	4r (1999, 2005)
Doubles
Career record:	157-155
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	No. 8 (May 21, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: November 4, 2007.

Nathalie Dechy (born on February 21, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 U.S. Open ladies title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram and the 2007 U.S. Open ladies title with Dinara Safina, who Dechy beat in the 2006 final with Vera Zvonareva. 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.

Contents 1 Grand Slam finals 1.1 Doubles 1.1.1 Winner (2) 1.2 Mixed doubles 1.2.1 Winner (1) 2 Titles (6) 2.1 Singles (1) 2.2 Doubles (4) 2.3 Mixed Doubles (1) 3 Singles Performance timeline 4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Winner (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2006	U.S. Open	Vera Zvonareva	Katarina Srebotnik Dinara Safina	7-6, 7-5
2007	U.S. Open	Dinara Safina	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	6-4, 6-2

[edit] Mixed doubles

[edit] Winner (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2007	French Open	Andy Ram	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjic	7-5, 6-3

[edit] Titles (6)

Legend (Singles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (1)

[edit] Singles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	January 5, 2003	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6–3 3–6 6–3

Legend (Doubles)

Tier I (1)

Tier II (1)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (2)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (0)

[edit] Doubles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 10, 2002	Paris, France	Carpet	Meilen Tu	Elena Dementieva Janette Husarova	walkover
2.	September 10, 2006	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	7–6 7–5
3.	May 14, 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6–4 6–1
4.	September 9, 2007	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Dinara Safina	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4 6–2

[edit] Mixed Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	June 7, 2007	Paris, France, French Open	Clay	Andy Ram	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	7–5 6–3

[edit] Singles Performance timeline

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

[edit] External links

• Nathalie Dechy profile on the WTA Tour's official website