Elixane Lechemia (born 3 September 1991) is a French

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player. She has career-high

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of No. 343 in singles, achieved on 3 April 2017, and of No. 65 in doubles, set on 7 March 2022. Lechemia has won one doubles title on the

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with four singles and 14 doubles titles on the

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Professional career

2019-20: Grand Slam debut

Lechemia made her

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main-draw debut at the

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, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles draw, partnering

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. She participated also in the

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as a wildcard, partnering with debutante French teenager

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2021: First WTA doubles title, top-100 debut in doubles

In April 2021, she won her first WTA Tour title at the

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in Bogotá, partnering with American

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, defeating the third-seeded pair of

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and

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. She participated for the third consecutive year in the

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as a wildcard, partnering again with Elsa Jacquemot.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 29 (15 titles, 14 runner–ups)

References

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* * 1991 births Living people French female tennis players Tennis players from Lyon {{France-tennis-bio-stub