Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional
tennis
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player from France.
Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the
2006 US Open women's doubles title with
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
, the
2007 French Open mixed doubles title with
Andy Ram
Andreas "Andy" Ram ( he, אנדי רם; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics.
He is the first Israeli tennis player to win a senior Grand Slam ...
, and the
2007 US Open women's doubles title with
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mubinovna Safina (; ; tt-Cyrl, Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the ...
. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the
2005 Australian Open
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.
At the
2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced world No. 1 and reigning
French Open
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champion
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...
. She had a match point during the second set before losing 7–6, 6–7, 8–10.
Since 2015, Nathalie Dechy has been the director of the Biarritz Tennis Tournament, a women's tennis tournament organized every year by the Quarterback agency at Biarritz Olympic Tennis. This tournament is part of the ITF (International Tennis Federation) category and has $80,000 in prize money.
Grand Slam finals
Women's doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (1-2)
Doubles (1-1)
Personal life
Dechy was born to a father from continental France and a Canadian mother from the
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships (french: Cantons de l'Est) is an historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby in the southwest, to Drummondv ...
of Quebec. She holds dual French-Canadian citizenship. On 25 January 2010 she gave birth to a son.
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1979 births
Living people
French people of Canadian descent
Olympic tennis players of France
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
French female tennis players
French Open champions
US Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles