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Nathalie Tauziat
Tauziat (left) and Conchita Martínez
Country (sports) France
ResidenceAnglet, France
Born (1967-10-17) 17 October 1967 (age 57)
Bangui, Central African Republic
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money$6,650,093
Singles
Career record606–365 (62.4%)
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 3 (8 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1993)
French OpenQF (1991)
WimbledonF (1998)
US OpenQF (2000)
Doubles
Career record525–326
Career titles25
Highest rankingNo. 3 (8 October 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1993)
French OpenSF (1990, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000)
WimbledonSF (2001)
US OpenF (2001)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (1997)

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 and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberly Po-Messerli. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in both singles and doubles.

She currently coaches her countrywoman Harmony Tan and Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu.[2]

Early life

Tauziat was born in Bangui, Central African Republic, where she lived for the first eight years of her life.[3] She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps, former captain and current manager of the French football team.[4] About a week after Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Deschamps 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 reached her only Grand Slam singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, beating Haruka Inoue, Iva Majoli, Julie Halard-Decugis, Samantha Smith, Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva before 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 and partner Alexandra Fusai were doubles runners-up at the 1997 and 1998 Chase Championships. She was also part of the 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 after the 2003 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 la Légion d'honneur – from French President Jacques Chirac for her contributions to international tennis. She 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 tournaments

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Women's doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Year-end championships

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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

WTA career finals

Singles: 22 (8–14)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (1–1)
Tier II (3–5)
Tier III (3–3)
Tier IV (0–3)
Tier V (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Grass (3–4)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (5–5)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jul 1988 Nice, France Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2. Aug 1988 Mahwah, US Hard West Germany Steffi Graf 0–6, 1–6
Loss 3. Feb 1990 Wichita, US Hard (i) South Africa Dinky Van Rensburg 6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win 1. Sep 1990 Bayonne, France Carpet (i) Germany Anke Huber 6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Loss 4. Oct 1991 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Germany Steffi Graf 4–6, 4–6
Loss 5. Mar 1992 San Antonio, US Hard United States Martina Navratilova 2–6, 1–6
Loss 6. Oct 1992 Bayonne, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6
Win 2. Nov 1993 Québec City, Canada Carpet (i) Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 6–4, 6–1
Win 3. Jun 1995 Eastbourne, UK Grass United States Chanda Rubin 3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Loss 7. Jun 1996 Birmingham, UK Grass United States Meredith McGrath 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. Jun 1997 Birmingham, UK Grass Indonesia Yayuk Basuki 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 8. Oct 1997 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) United States Lindsay Davenport 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss 9. Nov 1997 Chicago, US Carpet (i) United States Lindsay Davenport 0–6, 5–7
Loss 10. Jul 1998 Wimbledon, UK Grass Czech Republic Jana Novotná 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 11. Nov 1998 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Germany Steffi Graf 3–6, 4–6
Loss 12. Jun 1999 Birmingham, UK Grass France Julie Halard-Decugis 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 13. Jun 1999 Eastbourne, UK Grass Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6–0, 5–7, 3–6
Win 5. Oct 1999 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Austria Barbara Schett 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 6. Nov 1999 Leipzig, Germany Carpet (i) Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková 6–1, 6–3
Win 7. Feb 2000 Paris, France Carpet (i) United States Serena Williams 7–5, 6–2
Loss 14. Feb 2001 Dubai, UAE Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis 4–6, 4–6
Win 8. Jun 2001 Birmingham, UK Grass Netherlands Miriam Oremans 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 57 (25–32)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Championships (0–2)
Tier I (4–7)
Tier II (9–10)
Tier III (6–11)
Tier IV (5–0)
Tier V (0–1)
Virginia Slims (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Grass (1–2)
Clay (5–8)
Carpet (13–12)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 4 Octtber 1987 Paris Clay France Isabelle Demongeot Italy Sandra Cecchini
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. 15 May 1988 Berlin Clay France Isabelle Demongeot West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 1. 17 July 1988 Nice Clay France Isabelle Demongeot France Catherine Suire
France Catherine Tanvier
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 3. 23 October 1988 Zürich Carpet (i) France Isabelle Demongeot West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2. 30 October 1988 Brighton Carpet (i) France Isabelle Demongeot United States Lori McNeil
United States Betsy Nagelsen
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Win 4. 7 May 1989 Hamburg Clay France Isabelle Demongeot Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
w/o
Loss 3. 22 October 1989 Zürich Carpet (i) Austria Judith Wiesner Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4. 18 February 1990 Chicago Carpet (i) Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Martina Navratilova
United States Anne Smith
7–6(11–9), 4–6, 3–6
Win 5. 28 October 1990 Brighton Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United Kingdom Jo Durie
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
6–1, 6–4
Loss 5. 28 April 1991 Barcelona Clay Austria Judith Wiesner United States Martina Navratilova
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1–6, 3–6
Loss 6. 4 August 1991 San Diego Hard United States Gigi Fernández Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 6. 28 September 1991 Bayonne Carpet (i) Argentina Patricia Tarabini Australia Rachel McQuillan
France Catherine Tanvier
6–3, ret.
Loss 7. 26 April 1992 Barcelona Clay Austria Judith Wiesner Spain Conchita Martínez
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
4–6, 1–6
Win 7. 16 January 1993 Melbourne Hard Australia Nicole Provis United States Cammy MacGregor
United States Shaun Stafford
1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 8. 7 November 1993 Québec City Carpet (i) Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva United States Katrina Adams
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
4–6, 4–6
Loss 9. 24 April 1994 Barcelona Clay France Julie Halard Latvia Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
2–6, 4–6
Win 8. 14 August 1994 Los Angeles Hard France Julie Halard Czech Republic Jana Novotná
United States Lisa Raymond
6–1, 0–6, 6–1
Win 9. 6 November 1994 Québec City Carpet (i) South Africa Elna Reinach United States Chanda Rubin
United States Linda Wild
6–4, 6–3
Win 10. 26 February 1995 Linz Carpet (i) United States Meredith McGrath Croatia Iva Majoli
Austria Petra Schwarz
6–1, 6–2
Loss 10. 18 February 1996 Paris Clay (i) France Julie Halard-Decugis Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
4–6, 3–6
Loss 11. 16 March 1996 Indian Wells Hard France Julie Halard-Decugis United States Chanda Rubin
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
1–6, 4–6
Loss 12. 16 June 1996 Birmingham Grass United States Lori McNeil Australia Elizabeth Smylie
United States Linda Wild
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 11. 6 October 1996 Leipzig Carpet (i) Netherlands Kristie Boogert Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
6–4, 6–4
Win 12. 27 October 1996 Luxembourg Carpet (i) Netherlands Kristie Boogert Germany Barbara Rittner
Belgium Dominique Van Roost
2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 13. 10 November 1996 Oakland Carpet (i) Romania Irina Spîrlea United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Mary Joe Fernández
1–6, 3–6
Win 13. 16 February 1997 Linz Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 14. 15 March 1997 Indian Wells Hard United States Lisa Raymond United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
3–6, 2–6
Loss 15. 24 August 1997 Atlanta Hard France Alexandra Fusai United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Loss 16. 26 October 1997 Québec City Hard (i) France Alexandra Fusai United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win 14. 9 November 1997 Chicago Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Monica Seles
6–3, 6–2
Loss 17. 23 November 1997 Chase Championships Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai United States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Win 15. 28 February 1998 Linz Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai Russia Anna Kournikova
Latvia Larisa Neiland
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 18. 15 March 1998 Indian Wells Hard France Alexandra Fusai United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 19. 17 May 1998 Berlin Clay France Alexandra Fusai United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
3–6, 0–6
Win 16. 24 May 1998 Strasbourg Clay France Alexandra Fusai Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6–4, 6–3
Loss 20. 9 August 1998 San Diego Hard France Alexandra Fusai United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
2–6, 1–6
Win 17. 30 August 1998 New Haven Hard France Alexandra Fusai South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6–1, 6–0
Loss 21. 22 November 1998 Chase Championships Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
7–6(8–6), 5–7, 3–6
Win 18. 14 February 1999 Prostějov Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 22. 21 February 1999 Hanover Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 23. 9 May 1999 Rome Clay France Alexandra Fusai Switzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Anna Kournikova
2–6, 2–6
Win 19. 16 May 1999 Berlin Clay France Alexandra Fusai Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–3, 7–5
Loss 24. 22 May 1999 Strasbourg Clay France Alexandra Fusai Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–2, 6–7(6–8), 1–6
Loss 25. 17 October 1999 Zürich Hard (i) Belarus Natasha Zvereva United States Lindsay Davenport
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 2–6
Loss 26. 6 February 2000 Tokyo Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai Switzerland Martina Hingis
France Mary Pierce
4–6, 1–6
Win 20. 24 June 2000 Eastbourne Grass Japan Ai Sugiyama United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 21. 20 August 2000 Montreal Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis France Julie Halard-Decugis
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 22. 30 September 2000 Luxembourg Carpet (i) France Alexandra Fusai Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Spain Cristina Torrens Valero
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 27. 22 October 2000 Linz Carpet (i) Japan Ai Sugiyama France Amélie Mauresmo
United States Chanda Rubin]
4–6, 4–6
Loss 28. 11 February 2001 Paris Carpet (i) United States Kimberly Po Croatia Iva Majoli
France Virginie Razzano
3–6, 5–7
Loss 29. 18 February 2001 Nice Carpet (i) United States Kimberly Po France Émilie Loit
France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
6–1, 2–6, 0–6
Win 23. 31 March 2001 Key Biscayne Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–0, 6–4
Loss 30. 17 June 2001 Birmingham Grass United States Kimberly Po-Messerli Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
1–6, 2–6
Win 24. 12 August 2001 Los Angeles Hard United States Kimberly Po-Messerli United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6–3, 7–5
Loss 31. 9 September 2001 US Open Hard United States Kimberly Po-Messerli United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win 25. 30 September 2001 Leipzig Carpet (i) Russia Elena Likhovtseva Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková
Germany Barbara Rittner
6–4, 6–2
Loss 32. 16 June 2002 Birmingham Grass United States Kimberly Po-Messerli Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Belgium Els Callens
4–6, 3–6

ITF finals

Singles (3–0)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 30 March 1987 Limoges, France Clay Czechoslovakia Regina Rajchrtová 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Winner 2. 9 December 1991 Val-d'Oise, France Hard France Isabelle Demongeot 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 3. 7 December 1992 Val-d'Oise, France Hard Germany Christina Singer 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (2–2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 June 1984 Lyon, France Clay France Isabelle Demongeot Argentina Mercedes Paz
United States Ronni Reis
6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 31 December 1984 Chicago, United States Hard France Isabelle Demongeot United States Lynn Lewis
Canada Wendy Barlow
6–4, 6–7, 5–7
Winner 3. 21 January 1985 San Antonio, United States Hard France Isabelle Demongeot Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom
Netherlands Marianne van der Torre
6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 30 March 1987 Limoges, France Clay France Isabelle Demongeot Switzerland Céline Cohen
Switzerland Eva Krapl
7–5, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines

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

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
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
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

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Nathalie Tauziat". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
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  4. ^ "Wimbledon's top 50 women players of all time". The Telegraph. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.