Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat (left) and Conchita Martínez
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| Country (sports) |
 France
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| Residence | Anglet, France |
| Born |
17 October 1967 Bangui, Central African Republic |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 1984 |
| Retired | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 6,650,093 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 606–365 |
| Career titles | 8 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (8 May 2000) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1993) |
| French Open | QF (1991) |
| Wimbledon | F (1998) |
| US Open | QF (2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 525–326 |
| Career titles | 25 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (8 October 2001) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1993) |
| French Open | SF (1990, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2001) |
| US Open | F (2001) |
| Last updated on: 29 November 2012. | |
Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000. She currently coaches Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu.
Tauziat was born in Bangui, Central African Republic. She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps, a former captain of the French football team. About a week after Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Deschamps led France to win the World Cup on 12 July 1998.
Tauziat turned professional in 1984. She won her first singles title in 1990. She reached her only Grand Slam singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, beating Haruka Inoue, Iva Majoli, Julie Halard-Decugis, Samantha Smith, Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva before losing to Jana Novotná. Her appearance in this final was the first by a Frenchwoman since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925.
Tauziat was runner-up with partner Kimberly Po in the 2001 US Open women's doubles final, losing to the team of Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs. She and partner Alexandra Fusai were doubles runners-up at the 1997 and 1998 Chase Championships. She was also part of the 1997 French Fed Cup team, which won its first title in the history of the competition.
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