Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	21 March 1988	ITF Bayonne, France	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	1.	17 May 1998	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	26 February 1990	ITF Wels, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pascale Paradis	Template:Flagicon Hana Fukárková Template:Flagicon 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

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