Nathalie Tauziat
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Nathalie Tauziat (left) and Conchita Martínez
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Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Anglet, France |
Born | Bangui, Central African Republic |
17 October 1967
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.[1] She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000. Current coach for Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu.[2]
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Early life
Tauziat was born in Bangui, Central African Republic. She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps, a former French football player. About a week after Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Didier led France to win the World Cup on 12 July 1998.
Career
Tauziat turned professional in 1984. She won her first singles title in 1990. She would reach her only Grand Slam singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, 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 was a runner-up in doubles with partner Alexandra Fusai at the 1997 and 1998 Chase Championships. She was part of 1997 French Fed Cup team, which won its first title in the history of the competition.
Tauziat reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 at the age of 32 years and 6 months in the spring of 2000, making her the oldest woman to debut in the top three and the fourth oldest to be ranked in the top three. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit after the 2003 French Open, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. Tauziat won 8 singles titles and 25 doubles titles during her career.
Tauziat wrote a book with the title "Les Dessous du tennis féminin" (published in 2001 in French) in which she gave her insights about life on the women's professional tennis circuit. In 2004, Tauziat received a state honour – le chevalier de la Légion d'honneur – from French President Jacques Chirac for her contributions to international tennis. Tauziat was an official WTA tour mentor to French tennis player Marion Bartoli beginning in 2003.
Personal
Tauziat married Ramuncho Palaurena on 16 July 2005. The couple have three daughters, one born in 2005 and twin girls in June 2009.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jana Novotná | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Women's doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2001 | US Open | Hard | Kimberly Po-Messerli | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–2, 5–7, 7–5 |
Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1997 | New York City | Carpet | Alexandra Fusai | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1998 | New York City | Carpet | Alexandra Fusai | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 |
WTA Tour Finals
Singles: 22 (8–14)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 11 July 1988 | Nice | Clay | Sandra Cecchini | 5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 22 August 1988 | Mahwah | Hard | Steffi Graf | 0–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 February 1990 | Wichita | Hard (i) | Dinky Van Rensburg | 6–2, 5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 24 September 1990 | Bayonne | Hard (i) | Anke Huber | 6–3, 7–6(10–8) |
Runner-up | 4. | 7 October 1991 | Zürich | Carpet | Steffi Graf | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 March 1992 | San Antonio | Hard | Martina Navratilova | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 28 September 1992 | Bayonne | Hard (i) | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec City | Carpet | Katerina Maleeva | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 19 June 1995 | Eastbourne | Grass | Chanda Rubin | 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 June 1996 | Birmingham | Grass | Meredith McGrath | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 9 June 1997 | Birmingham | Grass | Yayuk Basuki | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 13 October 1997 | Zürich | Carpet | Lindsay Davenport | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
Runner-up | 9. | 3 November 1997 | Chicago | Carpet | Lindsay Davenport | 0–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 10. | 22 June 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jana Novotná | 4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Runner-up | 11. | 2 November 1998 | Leipzig | Carpet | Steffi Graf | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 7 June 1999 | Birmingham | Grass | Julie Halard-Decugis | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 14 June 1999 | Eastbourne | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | 6–0, 5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 18 October 1999 | Moscow | Carpet | Barbara Schett | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 1 November 1999 | Leipzig | Carpet | Květa Hrdličková | 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 8 February 2000 | Paris | Carpet | Serena Williams | 7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 19 February 2001 | Dubai | Hard | Martina Hingis | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham | Grass | Miriam Oremans | 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles: 58 (25–33)
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Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
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Australian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 |
French Open | 1R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 18 | 30–18 |
Wimbledon | A | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 3R | 3R | QF | F | QF | 1R | QF | 0 / 16 | 40–16 |
US Open | A | LQ | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | QF | 4R | 0 / 16 | 27–16 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 53 | 101–53 |
Year End Ranking | 296 | 112 | 66 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 35 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
Doubles
Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 |
French Open | A | 1R | 3R | QF | 3R | 3R | SF | 3R | QF | QF | SF | QF | 3R | SF | QF | SF | SF | QF | 2R | 1R | 0 / 19 |
Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | A | 0 / 18 |
US Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | 3R | F | A | A | 0 / 17 |
SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 57 |
Year End Ranking | 272 | 85 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 38 | 61 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 105 | 397 |
- NH = tournament not held.
- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
See also
References
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- ↑ Bianca Andreescu at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
External links
- Nathalie Tauziat at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Nathalie Tauziat at the Fed Cup
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- 1967 births
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- French female tennis players
- Hopman Cup competitors
- Living people
- Olympic tennis players of France
- People from Bangui
- People from Var (department)
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics