Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1970-05-03) 3 May 1970
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$949,605
Singles
Career record	234–229
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 46 (17 August 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1991, 1992)
French Open	4R (1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1990)
US Open	3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	165–173
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 22 (22 March 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1989)
French Open	2R (1990, 91, 92, 1994, 95, 96, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1988, 1996)
US Open	3R (1996)

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born 3 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France.

In her career, she reached three finals on the WTA Tour: at Taranto in 1990, she lost to Raffaella Reggi, and in New York in 1991, she lost to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, in three sets.

Her best Grand Slam performance was the fourth round at the 1994 French Open. As a wildcard entrant and the world No. 197, she beat Emanuela Zardo, Wiltrud Probst and Marzia Grossi, then lost to third seed Conchita Martínez, 1–6, 2–6.

She achieved more notable success in doubles, winning six titles, four with Florencia Labat, and ranking as high as No. 22 in the WTA rankings. On 17 August 1992, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 46.

She retired after a first-round defeat at the hands of Emmanuelle Gagliardi, at the 2000 Australian Open.

On 16 December 2008, Alexia Dechaume was named coach of the French Fed Cup team by the French Tennis Federation.

Dechaume-Balleret is married to Bernard Balleret. Her stepson is Benjamin Balleret.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1990	Ilva Trophy, Italy	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1991	Schenectady Open, U.S.	Hard	Brenda Schultz	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	0–3	May 1997	Welsh International Open, UK	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 5

Finals by surface Hard 2 Clay 4 Grass 0 Carpet 0

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1988	Clarins Open, France	Clay	Emmanuelle Derly	Louise Field Nathalie Herreman	6–0, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Sep 1990	Clarins Open, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Kristin Godridge Kirrily Sharpe	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	May 1991	Ilva Trophy, Italy	Clay	Florencia Labat	Laura Golarsa Ann Grossman	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Sep 1991	Clarins Open, France	Clay	Julie Halard	Petra Langrová Radomira Zrubáková	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Jul 1992	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Clay	Florencia Labat	Amanda Coetzer Wiltrud Probst	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–2	Jul 1992	San Marino Open	Clay	Florencia Labat	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Win	5–2	Aug 1992	Schenectady Open, U.S.	Hard	Florencia Labat	Ginger Helgeson Shannan McCarthy	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Aug 1995	San Diego Open, U.S.	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5–4	May 1996	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6–4	Apr 1997	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Kerry-Anne Guse Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Jan 1999	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	21 March 1988	ITF Bayonne, France	Hard	Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	17 May 1998	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 February 1990	ITF Wels, Austria	Clay	Pascale Paradis	Hana Fukárková Denisa Krajčovičová	6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head records against other players in the top 10

• Lindsay Davenport 0–1
• Dominique Monami 0–1
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–1
• Serena Williams 1–0
• Anna Kournikova 0–2
• Karina Habšudová 1–0
• Steffi Graf 0–2
• Amélie Mauresmo 1–1
• Martina Navratilova 0–3
• Jana Novotná 0–3
• Iva Majoli 0–1
• Venus Williams 0–2

External links

• Alexia Dechaume-Balleret at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alexia Dechaume-Balleret at the International Tennis Federation