Nathalie Dechy

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Nathalie Dechy

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Tournai, Belgium
Born	(1979-02-21) 21 February 1979 (age 45) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	21 July 2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$4,216,795
Singles
Career record	429–337
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 11 (9 January 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2005)
French Open	3R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	4R (1999, 2005)
US Open	4R (1998, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	189–178
Career titles	7 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 8 (21 May 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2009)
French Open	QF (2000, 2003, 2006)
Wimbledon	SF (2008)
US Open	W (2006, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2003)

Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France.

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 set, before losing in the super-tiebreak, 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.^[1]