Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

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 The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005. Roger Federer was unsuccessful in defending his 2004 title, being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Marat Safin ...

. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced world No. 1 and reigning

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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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dechy, Nathalie 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