Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

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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)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
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)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 1
Tier IV & V 5
Titles by Surface
Hard 2
Clay 4
Grass 0
Carpet 0
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.