Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born 3 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on 17 August 1992.

In her career, she reached three WTA Tour finals, at Taranto in 1990 she lost to Raffaella Reggi and to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady in 1991, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6–1, 3–6, 6–2.

Her best Grand Slam performance was the fourth round at the 1994 French Open. As a wildcard entrant and the world number 197, she beat Emanuela Zardo, Wiltrud Probst and Marzia Grossi before losing to third seed Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–2.

She achieved more notable success in doubles, winning six titles, four with Florencia Labat, and going as high as No. 22 in the rankings.

She quit tennis after a first round defeat at the hands of Emmanuelle Gagliardi at the 2000 Australian Open.

Dechaume-Balleret is married to Bernard Balleret

WTA Tour finals

Singles 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 1990	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	25 August 1991	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Brenda Schultz	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	18 May 1997	Cardiff, Wales	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles 11 (6–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	25 September 1988	Paris, France	Clay	Emmanuelle Derly	Louise Field Nathalie Herreman	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	23 September 1990	Paris, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Kristin Godridge Kirrily Sharpe	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	5 May 1991	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Florencia Labat	Laura Golarsa Ann Grossman	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	22 September 1991	Paris, France	Clay	Julie Halard	Petra Langrová Radomira Zrubáková	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	12 July 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Florencia Labat	Amanda Coetzer Wiltrud Probst	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	26 July 1992	San Marino	Clay	Florencia Labat	Sandra Cecchini Laura Garrone	7–6, 7–5
Winner	5.	30 August 1992	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Florencia Labat	Ginger Helgeson Shannan McCarthy	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	6 August 1995	San Diego, California, USA	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	5 May 1996	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	20 April 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Kerry-Anne Guse Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	16 January 1999	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	1–6, 2–6

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

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

• 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