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. 65 in doubles, set on 7 March 2022. Lechemia has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and two on WTA 125 tournaments, with four singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career 2019–2020: Major debut Lechemia made her major main-draw debut at the 2019 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles draw, partnering Estelle Cascino. She participated also in the 2020 French Open as a wildcard, partnering with debutante French teenager Elsa Jacquemot.

2021–2022: First WTA Tour doubles title 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.

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.

2023–2024: Second career final and major third round in doubles Lechemia received a wildcard for the French Open for the main draw in doubles partnering Jessika Ponchet. Partnering Quinn Gleason, Lechemia finished runner-up at the 2023 Prague Open, losing to Nao Hibino and Oksana Kalashnikova in the final. Playing with Katarzyna Kawa, she was doubles champion at the WTA 125 2023 Polish Open, thanks to a win over Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden in the final.

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, but lost to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.AO 2024 – Day 8 doubles, mixed final results

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament2019202020212022202320242025W–L Australian OpenAAA1RA3RA2–2 French Open1R1R1R1R1R1R1R0–7 WimbledonANH2R1RA2RA2–3 US OpenAA2RAAAA1–1Win–loss0–10–12–30–30–13–30–15–13

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Ingrid Neel Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam 6–3, 6–4Loss 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 125 finals Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Montevideo Open, UruguayClay Quinn Gleason Ingrid Martins Luisa Stefani5–7, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]Win1–1Kozerki Open, PolandHard Katarzyna Kawa Naiktha Bains Maia Lumsden6–3, 6–4Loss1–2Bari Open, ItalyClay Valentini Grammatikopoulou Katarzyna Kawa Anna Sisková1–6, 2–6Loss1–3Parma Open, ItalyClay Ingrid Martins Anna Danilina Irina Khromacheva1–6, 2–6Loss1–4Mar 2025Antalya Challenger, TurkiyeClay Alicia Barnett Anna Bondár Simona Waltert5–7, 6–2, [6–10]Loss1–5Jun 2025Birmingham Open, United KingdomGrass Alicia Barnett Destanee Aiava Cristina Bucșa4–6, 2–6Loss1–6Jul 2026Bastad Open, SwedenClay Alicia Barnett Emiliana Arango Simona Waltert4–6, 1–6Win2–6Jul 2026Kitzbühel Ladies Open, AustriaClay Alicia Barnett Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Laura Pigossi6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments (4–5)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sep 2009ITF Espinho, Portugal10,000Clay Fatima El Allami3–6, 2–6Win1–1Sep 2010ITF Lleida, Spain10,000Clay Nadia Lalami7–6(3), 6–1Loss1–2May 2011ITF Getxo, Spain10,000Clay Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko6–7(9), 6–3, 6–7(5)Loss1–3Jun 2011ITF Florence, Italy10,000Clay Anastasia Grymalska0–6, 6–4, 1–6Loss1–4May 2012ITF Edinburgh, UK10,000Clay Quirine Lemoine1–6, 0–6Win2–4May 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Hard Yuliana Lizarazo6–3, 3–6, 6–4Win3–4Sep 2016ITF Pétange, Luxembourg10,000Hard (i) Magali Kempen6–3, 6–0Win4–4Oct 2016GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK10,000Hard (i) Petra Krejsová 7–5, 6–1Loss4–5Mar 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Polina Monova6–2, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments (2–2)$25,000 tournaments (8–4)$10/15,000 tournaments (6–8)Finals by surfaceHard (7–8)Clay (8–5)Carpet (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreLoss0–1May 2009ITF Bournemouth, UK10,000Clay Alizé Lim Stephanie Cornish Tímea Babosw/oWin1–1Sep 2009ITF Espinho, Portugal10,000Clay Caroline Garcia Mishel Okhremchuk Morgane Pons7–5, 6–1Win2–1Nov 2009ITF Équeurdreville, France10,000Hard (i) Constance Sibille Elitsa Kostova Kinnie Laisné6–4, 6–2Win3–1Aug 2010ITF Innsbruck, Austria10,000Clay Victoria Larrière Xenia Knoll Amra Sadikovićw/oLoss3–2Oct 2010ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France25,000Hard Alizé Lim Youlia Fedossova Iryna Brémond6–7(5), 3–6Loss3–3July 2011ITF Denain, France25,000Hard Céline Ghesquière Verónica Cepede Royg Teliana Pereira1–6, 1–6Loss3–4Nov 2011ITF Équeurdreville, France10,000Hard Silvia Njirić Elyne Boeykens Eva Wacanno4–6, 4–6Loss3–5Jan 2012ITF Sutton, UK10,000Hard (i) Irina Ramialison Amy Bowtell Quirine Lemoine6–7(5), 3–6Loss3–6May 2012ITF Edinburgh, UK10,000Clay Martina Přádová Eva Wacanno Karolina Wlodarczak6–4, 0–6, [11–13]Win4–6Nov 2016ITF Solarino, Italy10,000Carpet Mathilde Armitano Deborah Chiesa Maria Masini7–5, 6–1Loss4–7Nov 2016ITF Solarino, Italy10,000Carpet Mathilde Armitano Anna-Giulia Remondina Dalila Spiteriw/oLoss4–8Jul 2017ITF Denain, France25,000Hard Mathilde Armitano Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu4–6, 3–6Loss4–9Nov 2017ITF Benicarló, Spain15,000Clay Cristina Bucșa Noelia Bouzó Zanotti Ángeles Moreno Barranquero3–6, 4–6Loss4–10Feb 2018Open de l'Isère, France25,000Hard (i) Estelle Cascino Amra Sadiković Eva Wacanno6–4, 1–6, [6–10]Win5–10Mar 2018ITF Mâcon, France15,000Hard Mathilde Armitano Manon Arcangioli Diāna Marcinkēviča6–1, 3–6, [10–8]Loss5–11Mar 2018ITF Tel Aviv, Israel15,000Hard (i) Mathilde Armitano Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls6–7(3), 3–6Loss5–12Jun 2018ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Claudia Hoste Ferrer Fernanda Brito Sofía Luini3–6, 2–6Win6–12Jun 2018Open de Montpellier, France25,000Clay Alice Ramé Carolina Alves Martina Colmegna6–7(5), 6–2, [10–6]Win7–12Jun 2018ITF Périgueux, France25,000Clay Eleni Kordolaimi Cristina Bucșa María Herazo González6–4, 3–6, [11–9]Win8–12Jul 2018ITF Setúbal, Portugal25,000Hard Mathilde Armitano Tereza Mihalíková Julia Terziyska6–7(5), 6–3, [13–11]Win9–12Nov 2018Open Nantes Atlantique, France25,000Hard (i) Estelle Cascino Akgul Amanmuradova Alina Silich7–5, 6–4Win10–12Feb 2019Open de l'Isère, France25,000Hard (i) Estelle Cascino Andreea Mitu Elena-Gabriela Ruse6–2, 6–2Win11–12Mar 2019ITF Gonesse, France15,000Clay Mathilde Armitano Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger7–6(1), 7–5Win12–12Apr 2019ITF Calvi, France25,000Hard Estelle Cascino Ekaterina Kazionova Linnéa Malmqvist6–3, 6–2Win13–12Apr 2019ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Manon Arcangioli Victoria Kan Anna Morginaw/oWin14–12Feb 2020Open de l'Isère, France25,000Hard (i) Amandine Hesse Samantha Murray Sharan Julia Wachaczyk6–3, 4–6, [13–11]Win15–12Sep 2022 Prague Open, Czech Republic 60,000Clay Julia Lohoff Linda Klimovičová Dominika Šalková7–5, 7–5Loss 15–13 Jan 2023 Vero Beach Open, 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]Win 16–14 Apr 2025 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W75 Clay Alicia Barnett Inès Ibbou Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 6–3

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