Nathalie Dechy
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| Country (sports) |
 France |
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| Residence | Tournai, Belgium |
| Born |
21 February 1979 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) |
Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a French former professional tour tennis player.
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, where she was just two points away from the final, before eventually losing to Lindsay Davenport.
At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced World No.1 and reigning French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic. She took the first set and even had match point during the second before succumbing 6–7, 7–6, 10–8.
She is a member of the "generation 1979" alongside Amélie Mauresmo, Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, Émilie Loit and Séverine Brémond.
Dechy was born to a father from continental France and a Canadian mother from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She holds dual French-Canadian citizenship, but has never, she says, considered representing Canada in tennis competition. On 25 January 2010 she gave birth to a baby boy Lucas.
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