Elixane Lechemia

Elixane Lechemia
	Lechemia at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Lyon, France
Born	3 September 1991 (age 30); Villeurbanne, France
Height	1,76 m
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 151,310
Singles
Career record	234–204 (53.4%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 343 (3 April 2017)
Doubles
Career record	158–138 (53.4%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 92 (31 May 2021)
Current ranking	No. 99 (14 June 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2021)
	Last updated on: 14 June 2021.

Elixane Lechemia (born 3 September 1991) is a French tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 343 in singles, achieved on 3 April 2017 and of No. 92 in doubles, set on 31 May 2021. Lechemia has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour as well as four singles titles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Professional career[]

2019-20: Grand Slam debut[]

Lechemia made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2019 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles draw, partnering Estelle Cascino.^[1] She participated also in the 2020 French Open as a wildcard partnering with debutante French teenager Elsa Jacquemot.

2021: First WTA doubles title, top-100 debut in doubles[]

In April 2021, she won her first WTA Tour title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, partnering with American Ingrid Neel, defeating the third-seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam.

She participated for the third consecutive year in the 2021 French Open as a wildcard, partnering again with Elsa Jacquemot.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	1R	1R	1R	0–3
Wimbledon	A	NH	2R	1–1
US Open	A	A	2R	1–1
Win-loss	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–5

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Apr 2021	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam	6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (4–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2009	ITF Espinho, Portugal	10,000	Clay	Fatima El Allami	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2010	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nadia Lalami	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Loss	1–2	May 2011	ITF Getxo, Spain	10,000	Clay		6–7⁽⁹⁾, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	1–3	Jun 2011	ITF Florence, Italy	10,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	0–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	1–4	May 2012	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	10,000	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 0–6
Win	2–4	May 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Yuliana Lizarazo	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	3–4	Sep 2016	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	10,000	Hard (i)		6–3, 6–0
Win	4–4	Oct 2016	ITF Loughborough, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Petra Krejsová	7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–5	Mar 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Polina Monova	6–2, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 26 (14 titles, 12 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (8–4)
$15,000 tournaments (2–3)
$10,000 tournaments (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Walkover	0–1	May 2009	ITF Bournemouth, UK	10,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	Stephanie Cornish Tímea Babos	w/o
Win	1–1	Sep 2009	ITF Espinho, Portugal	10,000	Clay	Caroline Garcia	Mishel Okhremchuk Morgane Pons	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–1	Nov 2009	ITF Équeurdreville, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Constance Sibille	Elitsa Kostova Kinnie Laisné	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Aug 2010	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	10,000	Clay	Victoria Larrière	Xenia Knoll Amra Sadiković	w/o
Loss	3–2	Oct 2010	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard	Aliz�� Lim	Youlia Fedossova Iryna Brémond	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Loss	3–3	July 2011	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Hard		Veronica Cepede Royg Teliana Pereira	1–6, 1–6
Loss	3–4	Nov 2011	ITF Équeurdreville, France	10,000	Hard	Silvia Njirić	Elyne Boeykens Eva Wacanno	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Jan 2012	ITF Sutton, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Irina Ramialison	Amy Bowtell Quirine Lemoine	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Loss	3–6	May 2012	ITF Edinburgh, UK	10,000	Clay	Martina Přádová	Eva Wacanno Karolina Wlodarczak	6–4, 0–6, [11–13]
Win	4–6	Nov 2016	ITF Solarino, Italy	10,000	Carpet		Deborah Chiesa	7-5, 6-1
Walkover	4–7	Nov 2016	ITF Solarino, Italy	10,000	Carpet	Mathilde Armitano	Anna-Giulia Remondina Dalila Spiteri	w/o
Loss	4–8	Jul 2017	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Hard	Mathilde Armitano	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–9	Nov 2017	ITF Benicarló, Spain	15,000	Clay	Cristina Bucșa		3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–10	Feb 2018	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Estelle Cascino	Amra Sadiković Eva Wacanno	6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Win	5–10	Mar 2018	ITF Macon, France	15,000	Hard	Mathilde Armitano	Manon Arcangioli Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	5–11	Mar 2018	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	15,000	Hard (i)	Mathilde Armitano	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6
Loss	5–12	Jun 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunusia	15,000	Clay		Fernanda Brito Sofia Luini	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–12	Jun 2018	ITF Montpellier, France	25,000	Clay	Alice Ramé	Carolina Meligeni Alves Martina Colmegna	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	7–12	Jun 2018	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Eleni Kordolaimi	Cristina Bucșa María Herazo González	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	8–12	Jul 2018	ITF Setúbal, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Mathilde Armitano	Tereza Mihalíková Julia Terziyska	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3, [13–11]
Win	9–12	Nov 2018	ITF Nantes, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Estelle Cascino	Akgul Amanmuradova Alina Silich	7–5, 6–4
Win	10–12	Feb 2019	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Estelle Cascino	Andreea Mitu Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–12	Mar 2019	ITF Gonesse, France	15,000	Clay	Mathilde Armitano	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	7–6⁽¹⁾, 7–5
Win	12–12	Apr 2019	ITF Calvi, France	25,000	Hard	Estelle Cascino		6–3, 6–2
Win	13–12	Apr 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Manon Arcangioli	Victoria Kan Anna Morgina	w/o
Win	14–12	Feb 2020	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Amandine Hesse	Samantha Murray Sharan Julia Wachaczyk	6–3, 4–6, [13–11]

References[]

^ "ROLAND-GARROS 2019 - Double Dames" (PDF).

External links[]

Elixane Lechemia at the Women's Tennis Association
Elixane Lechemia at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "ROLAND-GARROS 2019 - Double Dames" (PDF).

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top French female doubles tennis players
as of 31 May 2021
1. Kristina Mladenovic (1 ) 2. Elixane Lechemia (92 3) 3. Caroline Garcia (123 ) 4. Alizé Cornet (146 ) 5. Jessika Ponchet (155 )
6. Amandine Hesse (204 1) 7. Estelle Cascino (213 12) 8. Fiona Ferro (261 ) 9. Diane Parry (291 ) 10. Manon Arcangioli (309 )