Three-times Grand Slam doubles winner Nathalie Dechy has retired from tennis aged 30 to spend more time with her family after becoming pregnant.

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The Frenchwoman, who turned professional in 1994, won the US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva in 2006 then triumphed with Dinara Safina a year later.

She also won the French Open mixed doubles in 2007 with Andy Ram.

Her best result in a Slam singles draw was a semi-final at the Australian Open in 2005.

She won her only WTA singles title at the Gold Coast tournament in 2003 and reached her career-high ranking of 11 in January 2006.