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Nathalie Dechy is a French tennis player who competed professionally from 1995 until July 21, 2009. Born in Les Abymes in 1979, she represented France in international competition, including the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Französische Billie-Jean-King-Cup-Mannschaft and was coached by Sven Groeneveld.
Dechy played right-handed and accumulated a singles record of 430–340 and a doubles record of 191–181. Her career prize money totaled 4,281,064. She speaks French and resides in Tournai.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- France
- Residence
- Tournai , Belgium
- Born
- ( 1979-02-21 ) 21 February 1979 (age 47) , Les Abymes , Guadeloupe
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Retired
- 21 July 2009
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- US$4,281,064
- Career record
- 429–337
- Career titles
- 1 WTA, 1 ITF
- Highest ranking
- No. 11 (9 January 2006)
- Australian open
- SF ( 2005 )
- French open
- 3R ( 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 )
- Wimbledon
- 4R ( 1999 , 2005 )
- Us open
- 4R ( 1998 , 2005 )
- Fed cup
- W ( 2003 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nathalie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Les Abymes
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Französische Billie-Jean-King-Cup-Mannschaft
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 59
- Image
- Nathalie Dechy.jpg
- Height
- 178
- Residence
- Tournai
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- Commons category
- Nathalie Dechy
- doubles record
- 191–181
- singles record
- 430–340
- date of birth
- 1979-02-21
- name in native language
- Nathalie Dechy
- prize money
- 4281064
- head coach
- Sven Groeneveld
- ranking
- 8
- end of work period
- 2009-07-21
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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