- Nathalie Tauziat
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Nathalie Tauziat Country France
Residence Anglet, France Born 17 October 1967
Bangui, Central African RepublicHeight 1.65 m (5 ft 4 in) Turned pro 1985 Plays Right-handed Career prize money $6,650,093 Singles Career record 606–365 Career titles 8 Highest ranking No. 3 (8 May 2000) Grand Slam 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 2002) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open 4R (1993) French Open SF (1990, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000) Wimbledon SF (2001) US Open F (2001) Last updated on: 18 October 2009. Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967, in Bangui, Central African Republic) is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000.
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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 July 16, 2005. The couple have three daughters, one born in 2005 and twin girls in June 2009.
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.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Runner-up 1998 Wimbledon Grass Jana Novotná
6–4, 7–6(2) Doubles: 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final Runner-up 2001 US Open Hard Kimberly Po
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 5–7, 7–5 Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 2 finals (0 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome Year Location Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final Runner-up 1997 New York City Carpert (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2 Runner-up 1998 New York City Carpert (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
6–7(6), 7–5, 6–3 Titles (33)
Singles (8)
Legend (Singles) WTA Championship (0) Grand Slam (0) Tier I (1) Tier II (3) Tier III (3) Tier IV (0) Tier V (1) Titles by Surface Hard (2) Clay (0) Grass (3) Carpet (3) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final 1. 24 September 1990 Bayonne, France Hard (i) Anke Huber
6–3, 7–6(8) 2. 1 November 1993 Quebec City, Canada Hard (i) Katerina Maleeva
6–4, 6–1 3. 19 June 1995 Eastbourne, UK Grass Chanda Rubin
3–6, 6–0, 7–5 4. 9 June 1997 Birmingham, UK Grass Yayuk Basuki
2–6, 6–2, 6–2 5. 18 October 1999 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Barbara Schett
2–6, 6–4, 6–1 6. 1 November 1999 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–3 7. 7 February 2000 Paris, France Carpet (i) Serena Williams
7–5, 6–2 8. 11 June 2001 Birmingham, UK Grass Miriam Oremans
6–3, 7–5 Doubles (25)
Legend (Singles) WTA Championship (0) Grand Slam (0) Tier I (4) Tier II (9) Tier III (6) Tier IV (5) Tier V (1) Titles by surface Hard (6) Clay (5) Grass (1) Carpet (13) No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final 1. 28 September 1987 Paris, France (Clarins Open) Clay Isabelle Demongeot
Sandra Cecchini
Sabrina Goleš
1–6, 6–3, 6–3 2. 9 May 1988 Berlin, West Germany Clay Isabelle Demongeot
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
6–2, 4–6, 6–4 3. 17 October 1988 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Isabelle Demongeot
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–3 4. 1 May 1989 Hamburg, Germany Clay Isabelle Demongeot
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
walkover 5. 22 October 1990 Brighton, UK Carpet Helena Suková
Jo Durie
Natasha Zvereva
6–1, 6–4 6. 23 September 1991 Bayonne, France Carpet (i) Patricia Tarabini
Rachel McQuillan
Catherine Tanvier
6–3, retired 7. 11 January 1993 Melbourne, Australia Hard Nicole Bradtke
Cammy MacGregor
Shaun Stafford
1–6, 6–3, 6–3 8. 1994 August 1994 Manhattan Beach, USA Hard Julie Halard
Jana Novotná
Lisa Raymond
6–1, 0–6, 6–1 9. 31 October 1994 Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Elna Reinach
Chanda Rubin
Linda Wild
6–4, 6–3 10. 22 February 1995 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Meredith McGrath
Iva Majoli
Petra Schwarz
6–1, 6–2 11. 30 September 1996 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Kristie Boogert
Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans
6–4, 6–4 12. 21 October 1996 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Carpet (i) Kristie Boogert
Dominique Monami
Barbara Rittner
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 13. 3 February 1997 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Eva Melicharová
Helena Vildová
4–6, 6–3, 6–1 14. 3 November 1997 Chicago, USA Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Monica Seles
6–3, 6–2 15. 23 February 1998 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Anna Kournikova
Larisa Neiland
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 16. 18 May 1998 Strasbourg, France Clay Alexandra Fusai
Yayuk Basuki
Caroline Vis
6–4, 6–3 17. 22 August 1998 New Haven, USA Hard Alexandra Fusai
Jana Novotná
Mariaan de Swardt
6–1, 6–0 18. 8 February 1999 Prostějov, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Květa Peschke
Helena Vildová
3–6, 6–2, 6–1 19. 10 May 1999 Berlin, Germany Clay Alexandra Fusai
Jana Novotná
Patricia Tarabini
6–3, 7–5 20. 19 June 2000 Eastbourne, UK Grass Ai Sugiyama
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 6–3, 7–6(3) 21. 14 August 2000 Montreal, Canada Hard Martina Hingis
Julie Halard-Decugis
Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 22. 25 September 2000 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lubomira Bacheva
Cristina Torrens
6–3, 7–6(0) 23. 19 March 2001 Key Biscayne, USA Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–0, 6–4 24. 6 August 2001 Manhattan Beach, USA Hard Kimberly Po
Nicole Arendt
Caroline Vis
6–3, 7–5 25. 24 September 2001 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Elena Likhovtseva
Květa Peschke
Barbara Rittner
6–4, 6–2 Runner-ups (47)
Singles (14)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final 1. 11 July 1988 Nice, France Clay Sandra Cecchini
7–5, 6–4 2. 22 August 1988 Mahwah, USA Hard Steffi Graf
6–0, 6–1 3. 5 February 1990 Wichita, USA Hard (i) Dinky Van Rensburg
2–6, 7–5, 6–2 4. 7 October 1991 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Steffi Graf
6–4, 6–4 5. 23 March 1992 San Antonio, USA Hard Martina Navrátilová
6–2, 6–1 6. 28 September 1992 Bayonne, France Hard (i) Manuela Maleeva
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3 7. 10 June 1996 Birmingham, UK Grass Meredith McGrath
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 8. 13 October 1997 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Lindsay Davenport
7–6(3), 7–5 9. 3 November 1997 Chicago, USA Carpet (i) Lindsay Davenport
6–0, 7–5 10. 22 June 1998 Wimbledon, London, UK Grass Jana Novotná
6–4, 7–6(2) 11. 2 November 1998 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Steffi Graf
6–3, 6–4 12. 7 June 1999 Birmingham, UK Grass Julie Halard-Decugis
6–2, 3–6, 6–4 13. 14 June 1999 Eastbourne, UK Grass Natasha Zvereva
0–6, 7–5, 6–3 14. 19 February 2001 Dubai, UAE Hard Martina Hingis
6–4, 6–4 Doubles (33)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final 1. 11 July 1988 Nice, France Clay Isabelle Demongeot
Catherine Suire
Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 2. 24 October 1988 Brighton, UK Carpet Isabelle Demongeot
Lori McNeil
Betsy Nagelsen
7–6(5), 2–6, 7–6(3) 3. 16 October 1989 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Judith Wiesner
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 4. 12 February 1990 Chicago, USA Carpet (i) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Martina Navrátilová
Anne Smith
6–7(9), 6–4, 6–3 5. 22 April 1991 Barcelona, Spain Clay Judith Wiesner
Martina Navrátilová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–1, 6–3 6. 29 July 1991 San Diego, USA Hard Gigi Fernández
Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel
6–4, 3–6, 6–2 7. 20 April 1992 Barcelona, Spain Clay Judith Wiesner
Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–1 8. 1 November 1993 Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Katerina Maleeva
Katrina Adams
Manon Bollegraf
6–4, 6–4 9. 18 April 1994 Barcelona, Spain Clay Julie Halard-Decugis
Larisa Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–2, 6–4 10. 12 February 1996 Paris, France Carpet (i) Julie Halard-Decugis
Kristie Boogert
Jana Novotná
6–4, 6–3 11. 4 March 1996 Indian Wells, USA Hard Julie Halard-Decugis
Chanda Rubin
Brenda Schultz
6–1, 6–4 12. 10 June 1996 Birmingham, UK Grass Lori McNeil
Elizabeth Smylie
Linda Wild
6–3, 3–6, 6–1 13. 4 November 1996 Oakland, USA Carpet (i) Irina Spîrlea
Lindsay Davenport
Mary Joe Fernández
6–1, 6–3 14. 3 March 1997 Indian Wells, USA Hard Lisa Raymond
Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
7–5, 6–2 15. 9 June 1997 Birmingham, UK Grass Linda Wild
Katrina Adams
Larisa Neiland
6–2, 6–3 16. 18 August 1997 Atlanta, USA Hard Alexandra Fusai
Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2 17. 20 October 1997 Quebec City, Canada Hard (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 5–7, 7–5 18. 17 November 1997 Chase Championships, New York City, USA Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2 19. 2 March 1998 Indian Wells, USA Hard Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 2–6, 6–4 20. 11 May 1998 Berlin, Germany Clay Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 6–0 21. 3 August 1998 San Diego, USA Hard Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 6–1 22. 16 November 1998 Chase Championships, New York City, USA Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
6–7(6), 7–5, 6–3 23. 15 February 1999 Hanover, Germany Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
5–7, 6–2, 6–2 24. 3 May 1999 Rome, Italy Clay Alexandra Fusai
Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova
6–2, 6–2 25. 17 May 1999 Strasbourg, France Clay Alexandra Fusai
Elena Likhovtseva
Ai Sugiyama
2–6, 7–6(6), 6–1 26. 11 October 1999 Zürich, Switzerland Hard (i) Natasha Zvereva
Lindsay Davenport
Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 6–2 27. 31 January 2000 Tokyo, Japan (Pan Pacific Open) Carpet (i) Alexandra Fusai
Martina Hingis
Mary Pierce
6–4, 6–1 28. 16 October 2000 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Ai Sugiyama
Amélie Mauresmo
Chanda Rubin
6–4, 6–4 29. 5 February 2001 Paris, France Carpet (i) Kimberly Po
Iva Majoli
Virginie Razzano
6–3, 7–5 30. 12 February 2001 Nice, France Carpet (i) Kimberly Po
Émilie Loit
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
1–6, 6–2, 6–0 31. 11 June 2001 Birmingham, UK Grass Kimberly Po
Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–2 32. 27 August 2001 US Open, New York City Hard Kimberly Po
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 5–7, 7–5 33. 10 June 2002 Birmingham, UK Grass Kimberly Po
Shinobu Asagoe
Els Callens
6–4, 6–3 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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 A 2R 2R 2R 1R 4R 4R QF 4R 3R 3R 3R QF F QF 1R QF 0 / 16 40-16 US Open A A 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 NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
See also
References
External links
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