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

Elixane Lechemia
Lechemia at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) France
ResidenceLyon, France
Born (1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 33)
Villeurbanne, France
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 365,902
Singles
Career record234–207
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 343 (3 April 2017)
Doubles
Career record227–233
Career titles1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 65 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 96 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open1R (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2024)
US Open2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (2023)
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 343 in singles, achieved on 3 April 2017, and of No. 65 in doubles, set on 7 March 2022. Lechemia has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with four singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Professional career

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2019–2020: Grand Slam debut

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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.[citation needed]

2021–2022: First WTA doubles title

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Lechemia won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, partnering with Ingrid Neel, defeating the third-seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam.[2]

Partnering Quinn Gleason, Lechemia was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2022 Montevideo Open, losing to Ingrid Martins and Luisa Stefani in the final.[3]

2023–2024: Second doubles final, major third round

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Partnering Quinn Gleason, Lechemia was runner-up at the 2023 Prague Open, losing to Nao Hibino and Oksana Kalashnikova in the final.[4]

Playing with Katarzyna Kawa, she was doubles champion at the 2023 WTA 125 Polish Open, thanks to a win over Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden in the final.[5]

After the withdrawal of top seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, she entered the 2024 Australian Open as an alternate pair, partnering Tamara Korpatsch, and reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career.[citation needed]

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A A A 1R A 3R 2–2
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–6
Wimbledon A NH 2R 1R A 2R 2–3
US Open A A 2R A A 1–1
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–1 3–3 5–12

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia
WTA 250 Clay   Ingrid Neel   Mihaela Buzărnescu
  Anna-Lena Friedsam
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2023 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
WTA 250 Hard   Quinn Gleason   Nao Hibino
  Oksana Kalashnikova
7–6(9–7), 5–7, [3–10]

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2022 Montevideo Open,
Uruguay
Clay   Quinn Gleason   Ingrid Martins
  Luisa Stefani
5–7, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2023 Kozerki Open,
Poland
Hard   Katarzyna Kawa   Naiktha Bains
  Maia Lumsden
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Sep 2023 Open delle Puglie, Italy Clay   Valentini Grammatikopoulou   Katarzyna Kawa
  Anna Sisková
1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 May 2024 Parma Open, Italy Clay   Ingrid Martins   Anna Danilina
  Irina Khromacheva
1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–4)
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   Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko 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)   Magali Kempen 6–3, 6–0
Win 4–4 Oct 2016 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK 10,000 Hard (i)   Petra Krejsová 7–5, 6–1
Loss 4–5 Mar 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Polina Monova 6–2, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 29 (15 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (8–4)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–8)
Clay (7–5)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 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   Alizé Lim   Youlia Fedossova
  Iryna Brémond
6–7(5), 3–6
Loss 3–3 July 2011 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Hard   Céline Ghesquière   Verónica 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   Mathilde Armitano   Deborah Chiesa
  Maria Masini
7–5, 6–1
Loss 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   Noelia Bouzó Zanotti
  Ángeles Moreno Barranquero
3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–10 Feb 2018 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Estelle Cascino   Amra Sadiković
  Eva Wacanno
6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Win 5–10 Mar 2018 ITF Mâcon, 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, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Claudia Hoste Ferrer   Fernanda Brito
  Sofía Luini
3–6, 2–6
Win 6–12 Jun 2018 Open de Montpellier, France 25,000 Clay   Alice Ramé   Carolina 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 Open Nantes Atlantique, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Estelle Cascino   Akgul Amanmuradova
  Alina Silich
7–5, 6–4
Win 10–12 Feb 2019 Open de l'Isère, 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   Ekaterina Kazionova
  Linnéa Malmqvist
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 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Amandine Hesse   Samantha Murray Sharan
  Julia Wachaczyk
6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Win 15–12 Sep 2022 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
60,000 Clay   Julia Lohoff   Linda Klimovičová
  Dominika Šalková
7–5, 7–5
Loss 15–13 Jan 2023 ITF Vero Beach, US 60,000 Clay   Quinn Gleason   Francesca Di Lorenzo
  Makenna Jones
6–4, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss 15–14 Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open, Mexico 60,000 H Hard   Quinn Gleason   Emina Bektas
  Ingrid Neel
6–7(4), 6–3, [6–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Roland-Garros 2019 – Double Dames" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Osorio Serrano keeps dream alive in Bogota, will face Zidansek for title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Shnaider breaks through with Montevideo WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Lucky loser Hibino upsets Noskova in Prague final for third career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Yastremska returns to winner's circle with Kozerki 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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