Background
Tauziat, Nathalie was born on October 17, 1967 in Bangui, Central African Republic. Daughter of Bernard and Regine Tauziat.
Tauziat, Nathalie was born on October 17, 1967 in Bangui, Central African Republic. Daughter of Bernard and Regine Tauziat.
She was the runner-up in women"s singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000. Current coach for Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu.
She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps, a former French football player.
Tauziat turned professional in 1984. She would reach her only Grand Slam singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Jana Novotná.
Her appearance in this final was the first by a Frenchwoman since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925. Tauziat reached her career-high singles ranking of World Number.
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.
She retired from the Women's Tennis Association Tour tennis circuit after the 2003 French Open, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. Tauziat wrote a book with the title "Les Dessous du tennis féminin" (published in 2001 in French) in which she gave her insights about life on the women"s professional tennis circuit. In 2004, Tauziat received a state honour – le chevalier de la Légion d"honneur – from French President Jacques Chirac for her contributions to international tennis.
Tauziat was an official Women's Tennis Association tour mentor to French tennis player Marion Bartoli beginning in 2003.
Tauziat married Ramuncho Palaurena on 16 July 2005. The couple have three daughters, one born in 2005 and twin girls in June 2009.
Grand Slam finals
= Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up) = Women"s doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up) Year-End Championships finals
= Doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up)
Singles: 22 (8–14)
Doubles: 58 (25–33)
Singles
Doubles
New Hampshire = tournament not held. A = did not participate in the tournament.
Established tennis academy, Cabreton, France, 1994. Member Women's Tennis Association Tour Players Association (board directors 1997-1998).