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Nathalie Dechy

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

Nathalie Dechy represented France on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 11. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 293–272 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

11 (Jan 9, 2006)

Elo peak

1919 (87th percentile)

Singles record

293–272 (51.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$4,281,064

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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Nathalie Dechy's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Raluca Olaru #75	6-1 6-7(0) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 2009*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Olga Govortsova #84	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 18, 2009*	R16	Libéma Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass
Dominika Cibulkova #14	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 2009*	R32	Libéma Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass
Sybille Bammer #29	3-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2009*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Alla Kudryavtseva #74	0-6 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 2009*	R32	Strasbourg Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

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Nathalie Dechy's most-played WTA rivals
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

Singles Titles (1)

Nathalie Dechy singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2003	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Gold Coast
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Nathalie Dechy Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Monica Seles #5 def. Nathalie Dechy #20 6-2 6-3	H2H	Match data
2004	Athens Olympics	First Round	0	1	Paola Suarez #15 def. Nathalie Dechy #29 6-7(1) 7-6(5) 9-7	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Nathalie Dechy career results by season
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	30	20	50	60.0%	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	24	57	57.9%	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		293	272	565	51.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nathalie Dechy career results by season and 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	14	11	25	56.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	30	20	50	60.0%
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	16	44	63.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	33	24	57	57.9%
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	—	160	145	305	52.5%	71	66	137	51.8%	34	33	67	50.7%	28	28	56	50.0%	293	272	565	51.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nathalie Dechy career results by season and 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	4	7	42.9%	4	9	13	30.8%	20	5	25	80.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	30	20	50	60.0%
2001	22	0	3	3	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	13	10	23	56.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	20	24	44	45.5%
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	15	21	28.6%	18	1	19	94.7%	6	1	7	85.7%	32	23	55	58.2%
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	66	77	14.3%	52	85	137	38.0%	163	91	254	64.2%	58	22	80	72.5%	284	264	548	51.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 548/565 (97.0%) of Nathalie Dechy's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Nathalie Dechy performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	24	7/49	1.7	4.9	64.0%	63.0%	50.3%	45.3%	45.3%	58.4%	50.8%
2004	25	8/57	1.9	3.4	68.4%	60.9%	50.1%	65.8%	62.3%	56.9%	44.5%
2005	26	18/66	1.4	3.2	69.7%	61.9%	48.5%	60.7%	55.8%	57.5%	44.6%
2006	27	31/41	1.6	2.8	72.6%	60.3%	44.3%	54.0%	44.4%	55.9%	42.0%
2007	28	27/35	1.1	3.0	72.8%	56.7%	43.7%	46.8%	46.2%	53.3%	42.4%
2008	29	26/29	1.7	4.7	64.9%	59.5%	41.5%	48.8%	54.7%	53.0%	43.2%
2009	30	15/15	1.3	3.5	68.6%	58.7%	41.0%	48.6%	48.4%	53.2%	39.3%
Career		132/565	1.5	3.5	69.6%	59.6%	44.5%	52.1%	49.9%	54.9%	43.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 132/565 (23.4%) of Nathalie Dechy's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nathalie Dechy advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1995	16	1481	98.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.40	0–1	1–0	—	-0.03
1996	17	1501	112.9	—	—	—	—	+19	+53	—	38.5%	-0.79	2–3 (40%)	1–0	—	+0.56
1997	18	1540	124.8	—	—	—	—	-7	+9	—	42.9%	-0.29	2–6 (25%)	1–1	—	-0.35
1998	19	1607	125.9	—	—	—	—	-40	-52	+18	42.2%	-0.42	3–5 (38%)	1–5 (17%)	95.8	+0.60
1999	20	1788	147.7	—	—	—	—	-63	-117	-80	55.1%	+0.41	11–6 (65%)	6–4 (60%)	108.9	-1.15
2000	21	1792	145.6	—	—	—	—	-2	-103	-48	58.7%	+0.61	9–6 (60%)	5–4 (56%)	101.9	-1.62
2001	22	1629	124.7	—	—	—	—	+13	+69	+76	48.6%	-0.06	7–12 (37%)	5–5 (50%)	93.7	-0.20
2002	23	1770	144.3	—	—	—	—	-37	+23	-68	56.2%	+0.35	14–11 (56%)	10–4 (71%)	105.9	-0.89
2003	24	1840	138.9	+1.35	+3.00	1.221	54.2%	-60	+48	-96	58.5%	+0.48	12–2 (86%)	2–3 (40%)	108.2	-0.85
2004	25	1810	147.7	+1.35	+0.63	1.034	51.1%	+6	+3	-86	57.9%	+0.62	7–9 (44%)	6–8 (43%)	95.0	-1.40
2005	26	1798	146.1	+1.56	+0.35	1.048	51.3%	+22	-36	-11	56.8%	+0.55	12–6 (67%)	9–10 (47%)	98.9	+1.39
2006	27	1648	128.2	+0.04	-1.40	0.952	49.0%	-1	+72	+148	42.7%	-0.42	7–9 (44%)	3–7 (30%)	92.6	+0.62
2007	28	1651	130.6	-1.46	-0.89	0.907	47.9%	-3	+66	+97	45.6%	-0.29	5–6 (45%)	4–8 (33%)	95.8	-1.91
2008	29	1671	130.8	-1.57	-0.33	0.919	48.2%	+12	-28	+59	45.5%	-0.24	4–4 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	99.7	-1.85
2009	30	1581	108.4	-1.61	-3.48	0.839	46.8%	+48	+1	+106	32.4%	-1.11	3–4 (43%)	1–3 (25%)	96.4	-0.41
Career		1919	143.2	-0.42	-0.73	0.953	49.1%	-9	0	-6	51.4%	+0.13	98–90 (52%)	60–67 (47%)	96.4	-1.34

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nathalie Dechy Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1995	16	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	17	—	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1997	18	R128	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
1998	19	R128	R32	R128	R16	5–4 (56%)
1999	20	R128	R32	R16	R128	5–4 (56%)
2000	21	R128	R128	R32	R64	3–4 (43%)
2001	22	R128	R32	R64	R64	4–4 (50%)
2002	23	R32	R32	R32	R32	8–4 (67%)
2003	24	R32	R32	R32	R64	7–4 (64%)
2004	25	R16	R128	R32	R32	7–4 (64%)
2005	26	SF	R32	R16	R16	13–4 (76%)
2006	27	R128	R32	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
2007	28	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2008	29	R128	R64	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2009	30	R64	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		13–13 (50%)	17–15 (53%)	17–14 (55%)	15–13 (54%)	62–55 (53%)

WTA 1000

Nathalie Dechy WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	DOH	IW	MIA	ITA	SDG	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	KEY	KRE	MOS	ZUR	W-L Win %
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R128	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R128	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1999	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	5–5 (50%)
2000	21	—	R16	R16	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
2001	22	—	R16	R64	R64	—	—	R16	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
2002	23	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	QF	R32	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	11–7 (61%)
2003	24	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	10–6 (62%)
2004	25	—	SF	QF	R32	R64	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	11–9 (55%)
2005	26	—	QF	R32	R64	R16	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	8–8 (50%)
2006	27	—	R64	R64	R32	R64	R16	R64	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	5–9 (36%)
2007	28	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2008	29	R32	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2009	30	—	R128	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	17–10 (63%)	9–10 (47%)	6–10 (38%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	8–6 (57%)	10–11 (48%)	6–6 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	67–70 (49%)

WTA 500

Nathalie Dechy WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	DOH	DUB	EAS	PAR	SDG	POR	AME	BAH	POR	HAN	LEI	LIN	LOS	LUX	MAN	NEW	NIC	PHI	SCO	STA	SYD	WAR	W-L Win %
1996	17	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1997	18	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1999	20	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	R16	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–7 (59%)
2000	21	—	—	—	R16	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
2001	22	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
2002	23	R32	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	9–9 (50%)
2003	24	QF	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
2004	25	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	12–8 (60%)
2005	26	R32	—	R16	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	R16	QF	12–10 (55%)
2006	27	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	7–9 (44%)
2007	28	R16	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2008	29	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2009	30	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	12–9 (57%)	15–12 (56%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	8–7 (53%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	2–4 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	5–5 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–3 (70%)	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	78–72 (52%)

WTA 250

Nathalie Dechy WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	CIN	EST	LIB	SHA	STO	JAP	BAN	BIR	BOL	BOS	BRA	BUD	CAN	FOR	GOL	HAS	HOB	HOP	JAK	KRE	LUX	MAK	MON	OKL	POR	PRA	PRO	QUE	SAR	STR	SUR	W-L Win %
1995	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	17	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	2–7 (22%)
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	3–4 (43%)
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	6–7 (46%)
1999	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	12–7 (63%)
2000	21	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	14–6 (70%)
2001	22	R32	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	R64	R16	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	9–10 (47%)
2002	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	5–4 (56%)
2003	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	7–3 (70%)
2004	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2005	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	7–4 (64%)
2006	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–3 (40%)
2007	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2008	29	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	8–6 (57%)
2009	30	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	4–1 (80%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–8 (27%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–3 (70%)	2–4 (33%)	5–3 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	11–4 (73%)	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	9–4 (69%)	3–2 (60%)	8–9 (47%)	3–2 (60%)	84–73 (54%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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

Nathalie Dechy ranking history by month and season
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	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: 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.

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Karina Habsudova	SVK	#10	1,953	346	172	174	49.7%	$1,878,228	1	1990–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	#15	1,911	698	358	340	51.3%	$6,237,555	3	1993–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Paola Suarez	ARG	#9	1,913	406	224	182	55.2%	$5,217,775	4	1993–2007	Rivalries	Match log
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Sandrine Testud	FRA	#9	2,003	546	309	237	56.6%	$3,782,307	3	1990–2004	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nathalie Dechy?: Nathalie Dechy is 47 years old, born on February 21, 1979.
Which country does Nathalie Dechy represent?: Nathalie Dechy represents France in TennisDB's WTA records.
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 Slam singles titles has Nathalie Dechy won?: Nathalie Dechy has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Nathalie Dechy won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nathalie Dechy's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Nathalie Dechy won?: Nathalie Dechy has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent 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 293 wins and 272 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.
Which seasons of Nathalie Dechy's career appear in TennisDB?: Nathalie Dechy appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1995 through 2009.
On which surface does Nathalie Dechy have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nathalie Dechy's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 52.5% (160–145).
Who has Nathalie Dechy faced most often?: Nathalie Dechy's most frequent opponent is Elena Dementieva, with a head-to-head record of 2–11 across 13 meetings.