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Nathalie Tauziat
Singles
Tauziat at the2016 Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup)
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Anglet, France
Born	(1967-10-17)17 October 1967 (age 57) Bangui,Central African Republic
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	$6,650,093
Career record	606–365 (62.4%)
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)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	SF (1998)
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1997)

Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French formerprofessional tennis player and coach.^[1] She was the runner-up in women's singles at the1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the2001 US Open partneringKimberly Po-Messerli. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in both singles and doubles.^[2]

She previously coached Canadian tennis playerBianca Andreescu and compatriotHarmony Tan.

Early life

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Tauziat was born inBangui, Central African Republic, where she lived for the first eight years of her life.^[3] She is a first cousin ofDidier Deschamps, former captain and current manager of theFrench football team.^[4] About a week after Tauziat reached theWimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Deschamps led France to win theWorld Cup on 12 July 1998.

Career

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Tauziat turned professional in 1984. She won her first singles title in 1990. She reached her onlyGrand Slam singles final at the1998 Wimbledon Championships, beatingHaruka Inoue,Iva Majoli,Julie Halard-Decugis,Samantha Smith,Lindsay Davenport andNatasha Zvereva before losing toJana Novotná. Her appearance in this final was the first by a Frenchwoman sinceSuzanne Lenglen in 1925.

Tauziat was runner-up with partnerKimberly Po in the2001 US Open women's doubles final, losing to the team ofLisa Raymond andRennae Stubbs. She and partnerAlexandra Fusai were doubles runners-up at the 1997 and 1998Chase Championships. She was also part of the 1997 FrenchFed 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 theWTA Tour after the2003 French Open, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. Tauziat won 8 singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career.

She 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 laLégion d'honneur – from French PresidentJacques Chirac for her contributions to international tennis. She was an officialWTA Tour mentor to French tennis playerMarion Bartoli, beginning in 2003.

Career statistics

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Main article:Nathalie Tauziat career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	Career SR	Career win–loss
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

Doubles

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Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career SR
Australian Open	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3
French Open	1R	3R	QF	3R	3R	SF	3R	QF	QF	SF	QF	3R	SF	QF	SF	SF	QF	2R	1R	0 / 19
Wimbledon	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	SF	QF	A	0 / 18
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	QF	1R	QF	2R	3R	3R	F	A	A	0 / 17
SR	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

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Jana Novotná	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	US Open	Hard	Kimberly Po-Messerli	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, 5–7

Year-end championships

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Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1997	New York	Carpet (i)	Alexandra Fusai	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1998	New York	Carpet (i)	Alexandra Fusai	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, 3–6