How old is Nathalie Dechy?

Nathalie Dechy is 47 years old, born on February 21, 1979.

How tall is Nathalie Dechy?

Nathalie Dechy is 178 cm / 5'10".

Does Nathalie Dechy use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Nathalie Dechy uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Nathalie Dechy left-handed or right-handed?

Nathalie Dechy plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Nathalie Dechy won?

Nathalie Dechy has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Nathalie Dechy won?

Nathalie Dechy has not won a WTA 1000 title.

How many WTA titles has Nathalie Dechy won?

Nathalie Dechy has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent other title was Gold Coast in 2003.

What is Nathalie Dechy's highest WTA ranking?

Nathalie Dechy's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 11, first achieved on January 9, 2006.

What is Nathalie Dechy's career win-loss record?

Nathalie Dechy has a career WTA singles record of 291 wins and 270 losses (51.9%).

How much career prize money has Nathalie Dechy earned?

Nathalie Dechy has earned at least $4,281,064 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Nathalie Dechy play professional tennis?

Nathalie Dechy turned professional in 1995 and was active through 2009.

What is Nathalie Dechy's best surface?

Nathalie Dechy's best surface is hard court with a 52.5% win rate (158W-143L).

Who is Nathalie Dechy's biggest rival?

Nathalie Dechy's most frequent opponent is Elena Dementieva, with a head-to-head record of 2–11 across 13 meetings.

Nathalie Dechy

FRA Age 47 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1995–2009

Peak ranking

11 (Jan 9, 2006)

Elo peak

1917 (87.3%ile)

Career record

291–270 (51.9%)

Career titles

Prize money

$4,281,064

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jun 24, 2009*	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	R128	Grass	Raluca Olaru #75	6-1 6-7(0) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2009*	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA 250	R16	Grass	Olga Govortsova #84	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 2009*	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA 250	R32	Grass	Dominika Cibulkova #14	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2009*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	R128	Clay	Sybille Bammer #29	3-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2009*	Strasbourg	WTA 500	R32	Clay	Alla Kudryavtseva #74	0-6 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elena Dementieva	2	11	13	Feb 14, 2009	H2H
Meghann Shaughnessy	9	2	11	Aug 9, 2006	H2H
Vera Zvonareva	1	9	10	Sep 21, 2007	H2H
Amélie Mauresmo	3	6	9	Aug 27, 2008	H2H
Patty Schnyder	4	4	8	Feb 13, 2009	H2H

Titles (1)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2003	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Gold Coast
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1995	16	0	2	2	0.0%	395	237
1996	17	6	11	17	35.3%	252	84
1997	18	6	11	17	35.3%	75	73
1998	19	12	17	29	41.4%	80	50
1999	20	32	23	55	58.2%	50	25
2000	21	28	19	47	59.6%	25	26
2001	22	21	25	46	45.7%	26	43
2002	23	33	24	57	57.9%	43	20
2003	24	31	18	49	63.3%	20	29
2004	25	33	23	56	58.9%	29	21
2005	26	40	26	66	60.6%	21	12
2006	27	16	25	41	39.0%	12	48
2007	28	16	19	35	45.7%	48	68
2008	29	13	16	29	44.8%	68	69
2009	30	4	11	15	26.7%	69	88
Career		291	270	561	51.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1995	16	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1996	17	3	5	8	37.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
1997	18	4	6	10	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
1998	19	4	7	11	36.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	12	17	29	41.4%
1999	20	12	11	23	52.2%	10	6	16	62.5%	5	3	8	62.5%	5	3	8	62.5%	32	23	55	58.2%
2000	21	12	10	22	54.5%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	28	19	47	59.6%
2001	22	10	13	23	43.5%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	21	25	46	45.7%
2002	23	18	12	30	60.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	33	24	57	57.9%
2003	24	13	7	20	65.0%	12	6	18	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	31	18	49	63.3%
2004	25	28	15	43	65.1%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	33	23	56	58.9%
2005	26	28	17	45	62.2%	6	5	11	54.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	40	26	66	60.6%
2006	27	8	15	23	34.8%	5	6	11	45.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	16	25	41	39.0%
2007	28	8	10	18	44.4%	5	5	10	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	16	19	35	45.7%
2008	29	9	10	19	47.4%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	13	16	29	44.8%
2009	30	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	11	15	26.7%
Career	—	158	143	301	52.5%	71	66	137	51.8%	34	33	67	50.7%	28	28	56	50.0%	291	270	561	51.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1996	17	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
1997	18	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1998	19	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	12	15	27	44.4%
1999	20	2	8	10	20.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	18	5	23	78.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	29	23	52	55.8%
2000	21	3	3	6	50.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	18	5	23	78.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	28	19	47	59.6%
2001	22	0	3	3	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	13	10	23	56.5%	5	3	8	62.5%	21	24	45	46.7%
2002	23	1	7	8	12.5%	10	7	17	58.8%	18	10	28	64.3%	4	0	4	100.0%	33	24	57	57.9%
2003	24	0	8	8	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	8	1	9	88.9%	31	18	49	63.3%
2004	25	2	6	8	25.0%	6	14	20	30.0%	18	1	19	94.7%	7	1	8	87.5%	33	22	55	60.0%
2005	26	1	9	10	10.0%	9	2	11	81.8%	21	15	36	58.3%	9	0	9	100.0%	40	26	66	60.6%
2006	27	2	4	6	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	5	17	22	22.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	14	25	39	35.9%
2007	28	0	5	5	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	4	2	6	66.7%	15	19	34	44.1%
2008	29	0	5	5	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	3	2	5	60.0%	13	16	29	44.8%
2009	30	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
Career		11	65	76	14.5%	52	84	136	38.2%	161	91	252	63.9%	60	22	82	73.2%	284	262	546	52.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 546/561 (97.3%) of Nathalie Dechy's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1995	16	1482	20	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.59	45	0	—	1	0	—
1996	17	1501	37	28	38	—	38.5%	-0.78	41	18	40	1	0	—
1997	18	1540	51	37	33	—	42.9%	-0.26	53	0	25	1	1	—
1998	19	1619	72	58	50	53	42.2%	-0.50	56	6	38	1	5	17
1999	20	1790	90	84	77	74	55.1%	+0.43	82	35	65	6	4	60
2000	21	1777	90	89	81	79	58.3%	+0.59	82	32	60	5	4	56
2001	22	1627	79	79	83	77	48.6%	+0.02	61	4	37	5	5	50
2002	23	1770	93	87	91	77	56.2%	+0.38	90	21	56	10	4	71
2003	24	1819	94	90	93	81	58.5%	+0.48	86	26	86	2	3	40
2004	25	1811	93	93	88	77	58.5%	+0.73	91	22	47	5	7	42
2005	26	1798	92	92	87	84	56.8%	+0.56	86	35	67	9	10	47
2006	27	1649	82	81	84	87	42.7%	-0.45	81	12	44	3	7	30
2007	28	1651	83	81	81	80	45.6%	-0.28	81	5	45	4	8	33
2008	29	1670	85	83	78	83	45.5%	-0.28	80	13	50	5	5	50
2009	30	1582	73	74	62	72	32.4%	-1.28	64	9	43	1	3	25
Career		1704	82	82	78	76	51.4%	+0.04	76	18	52	59	66	47

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1995	16	—	R128	—	—
1996	17	—	R64	R128	R64
1997	18	R128	R128	R64	R64
1998	19	R128	R32	R128	R16
1999	20	R128	R32	R16	R128
2000	21	R128	R128	R32	R64
2001	22	R128	R32	R64	R64
2002	23	R32	R32	R32	R32
2003	24	R32	R32	R32	R64
2004	25	R16	R128	R32	R32
2005	26	SF	R32	R16	R16
2006	27	R128	R32	R128	R128
2007	28	R128	R64	R128	R128
2008	29	R128	R64	R64	R128
2009	30	R64	R128	R128	—

WTA 1000

Season	Age	BEI	DOH	IW	MIA	ROM	SDG	TKY	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	KEY	KRE	MON	MOS	TOR	ZUR
1996	17	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R128	R32	—	—	—	—
1999	20	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32
2000	21	—	—	R16	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
2001	22	—	—	R16	R64	R64	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—
2002	23	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—
2003	24	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
2004	25	—	—	SF	QF	R32	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16
2005	26	—	—	QF	R32	R64	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16
2006	27	—	—	R64	R64	R32	R64	R16	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16
2007	28	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
2008	29	—	R32	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	30	—	—	R128	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA 500

Season	Age	ANT	CIN	DOH	DUB	EAS	PAR	SDG	STU	TKY	AME	BAH	BAN	BIR	FIL	GOL	HAS	LEI	LIN	LOS	LUX	MON	NEW	NIC	OKL	PHI	QUE	SCO	STA	STR	SYD	WAR
1995	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1996	17	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1999	20	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—
2000	21	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—
2001	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	23	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—
2003	24	QF	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—
2004	25	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	F	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—
2005	26	R32	—	—	R16	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	SF	R16	QF
2006	27	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R64	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—
2007	28	R16	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	29	R32	F	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—
2009	30	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—

WTA 250

Season	Age	AUC	EAS	EST	HER	SHA	STO	TKY	AME	BIR	BOL	BOS	BRA	BUD	CAN	FIL	FOR	GOL	HAN	HOB	HOP	JAK	KRE	LUX	MAK	MAN	POR	PRA	PRO	QUE	SAR	STA	SUR
1996	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16
1998	19	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—
1999	20	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	SF	R16	—	QF	—	—	R32	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—
2000	21	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	22	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	R64	R16	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—
2002	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
2003	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—
2004	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	28	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—
2008	29	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	30	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage note: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 9, 2006

First top 100

Jun 10, 1996

First top 50

Nov 2, 1998

First top 20

Apr 17, 2000

First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1994	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	697	581	434	395
1995	16	393	366	368	374	296	299	284	279	279	264	296	237
1996	17	214	115	105	111	116	94	96	100	96	101	102	84
1997	18	76	117	120	111	112	120	113	107	95	94	90	73
1998	19	77	82	77	76	80	57	63	64	59	54	48	50
1999	20	43	43	31	28	29	29	25	25	28	28	25	25
2000	21	26	26	23	20	20	24	21	21	20	26	27	26
2001	22	23	29	36	48	43	38	47	54	49	48	44	43
2002	23	45	45	35	32	28	28	27	26	24	20	20	20
2003	24	20	19	22	23	23	23	23	24	23	29	29	29
2004	25	28	26	25	25	26	29	28	28	24	22	21	21
2005	26	13	13	14	15	16	18	18	15	15	13	12	12
2006	27	21	18	21	21	23	23	30	32	36	40	49	48
2007	28	52	49	44	49	46	48	56	54	56	71	68	68
2008	29	65	70	77	83	88	97	89	86	88	75	70	69
2009	30	69	61	60	61	65	77	88	—	—	—	—	—

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Other WTA players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

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Alizé Cornet	FRA	11	1,884	6	734	376	358	51.2%	2005-2025	Match log
Virginie Razzano	FRA	16	1,876	2	416	200	216	48.1%	1999-2016	Match log
Tatiana Golovin	FRA	12	2,012	2	211	131	80	62.1%	2003-2008	Match log
Amy Frazier	USA	13	1,959	8	723	416	307	57.5%	1987-2006	Match log
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	RUS	11	1,936	12	739	415	324	56.2%	2006-2026	Match log
Sorana Cirstea	ROU	17	2,024	4	716	373	343	52.1%	2006-2026	Match log
Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	11	1,943	3	674	365	309	54.2%	1989-2005	Match log
Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	15	1,912	3	696	358	338	51.4%	1993-2008	Match log
Lisa Raymond	USA	15	1,945	4	597	325	272	54.4%	1989-2007	Match log
Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	16	1,852	11	585	310	275	53.0%	2000-2014	Match log
Shuai Peng	CHN	14	1,890	2	558	300	258	53.8%	2001-2020	Match log
Sandra Cecchini	ITA	15	1,937	11	514	299	215	58.2%	1981-1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nathalie Dechy?: Nathalie Dechy is 47 years old, born on February 21, 1979.
Which country is Nathalie Dechy from?: Nathalie Dechy is from France.
How tall is Nathalie Dechy?: Nathalie Dechy is 178 cm / 5'10".
Does Nathalie Dechy use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Nathalie Dechy uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Nathalie Dechy left-handed or right-handed?: Nathalie Dechy plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Nathalie Dechy won?: Nathalie Dechy has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Nathalie Dechy won?: Nathalie Dechy has not won a WTA 1000 title.
How many WTA titles has Nathalie Dechy won?: Nathalie Dechy has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent other title was Gold Coast in 2003.
What is Nathalie Dechy's highest WTA ranking?: Nathalie Dechy's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 11, first achieved on January 9, 2006.
What is Nathalie Dechy's career win-loss record?: Nathalie Dechy has a career WTA singles record of 291 wins and 270 losses (51.9%).
How much career prize money has Nathalie Dechy earned?: Nathalie Dechy has earned at least $4,281,064 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Nathalie Dechy play professional tennis?: Nathalie Dechy turned professional in 1995 and was active through 2009.
What is Nathalie Dechy's best surface?: Nathalie Dechy's best surface is hard court with a 52.5% win rate (158W-143L).
Who is Nathalie Dechy's biggest rival?: Nathalie Dechy's most frequent opponent is Elena Dementieva, with a head-to-head record of 2–11 across 13 meetings.