Nathalie Tauziat was born on 17 October 1967 and is a French former professional tennis player.
13 Facts About Nathalie Tauziat
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Nathalie Tauziat 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.
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Nathalie Tauziat reached a career-high ranking of world No 3 in both singles and doubles.
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Nathalie Tauziat is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps, former captain and current manager of the French football team.
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About a week after Nathalie Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Deschamps led France to win the World Cup on 12 July 1998.
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Nathalie Tauziat 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 Novotna.
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Nathalie 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.
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Nathalie Tauziat was part of the 1997 French Fed Cup team, which won its first title in the history of the competition.
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Nathalie 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.
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Nathalie Tauziat retired from the WTA Tour after the 2003 French Open, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003.
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Nathalie Tauziat won 8 singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career.
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Nathalie Tauziat wrote a book with the title "Les Dessous du tennis feminin" in which she gave her insights about life on the women's professional tennis circuit.
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Nathalie Tauziat was an official WTA Tour mentor to French tennis player Marion Bartoli, beginning in 2003.