Nathalie Dechy

**Nathalie Dechy**

Country	France
Residence	Tournai, Belgium
Date of birth	February 21, 1979
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	$3,187,296
Singles
Career record:	378-278
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 12 (November 14, 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2005)
French Open	3r (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	4r (1999, 2005)
U.S. Open	4r (1999, 2005)
Doubles
Career record:	14-26
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	No. 24 (September 11, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: September 11, 2006.

Nathalie Dechy (born on February 21, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French professional tennis player.

She reached the semi-finals of the Women's singles Australian Open in 2005 where she was defeated by Lindsay Davenport. Partnering Vera Zvonareva she won women's doubles in the 2006 US Open.

[edit] Titles(4)

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)

Legend (Doubles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (1)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (1)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	December 14, 1997	Bad Gogging, Germany	Carpet	Els Callens (Belgium)	6-4 6-1
2.	January 5, 2003	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (Switzerland)	6-3 3-6 6-3

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 10, 2002	Paris, France	Carpet	Meilen Tu (United States)	Elena Dementieva (Russia) & Janette Husarova (Slovak Republic)	walkover
2.	September 10, 2006	New York City, United States	Hard	Vera Zvonareva (Russia)	Dinara Safina (Russia) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)	7-6 7-5