Natacha Randriantefy (born 14 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Madagascar.
Over her career, she won one singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 August, 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 325. On the same date, she peaked at No. 173 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Madagascar in Fed Cup competitions, Randriantefy has a win–loss record of 7–5.
Randriantefy took part in two Olympic Games, in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996). Natacha became the youngest ever Olympian in tennis at Olympic Games at age 14 years and 136 days in Barcelona (1992).https://db4tennis.com/players/female/dally-randriantefyhttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics-barcelona-1992-madagascar-s-finest-hour-tennis-1536302.html The Randriantefy sisters competed in women's doubles and they faced the Spanish pair of Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario at both Olympics in the first rounds. As of today, only Natacha and Dally Randriantefy represented Madasgascar in tennis at Olympic Games leaving everlasting mark on the history of their home country and the international tennis.
Her sister and doubles partner, Dally was the flag bearer of Malagasy Olympic team in Atlanta.
She played in Madagascar Fed Cup team in 1997-98, her record 7-5 (6-2 in singles, 1-3 in doubles). She was the Madagascan's Fed Cup team captainMadagascar Fed Cup team in 2014, and 2016.
Natacha retired from professional tennis 2010.
Personal Born in Antananarivo, Randriantefy was coached by father, Max; mother Olga is a language professor. Her sister Dally was also a tennis player.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1 Aug 2001 Aosta, Italy Clay Diana Brunel 6–1, ret.Loss 1 Jul 2003 Le Touquet, France Clay Capucine Rousseau 6–7(0–7), 0–6
Doubles: 16 (8–8) Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (5–6)Carpet (0–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1 Sep 1993 Marseille, France Clay Dally Randriantefy Andrea Noszály Daphne van de Zande 0–6, 4–6Loss 2 Dec 1995 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) Dally Randriantefy Angela Lettiere Corina Morariu 3–6, 5–7Win 1 Sep 1996 Bossonnens, Switzerland Clay Aliénor Tricerri Andrea Noszály Fruzsina Siklosi 6–4, 7–5Loss 3 Oct 1996 Burgdorf, Switzerland Carpet (i) Aliénor Tricerri Patrícia Marková Denisa Sobotková 3–6, 4–6Win 2 Aug 2001 Aosta, Italy Clay Kildine Chevalier Stefanie Haidner Luciana Masante 1–6, 6–2, 6–2Win 3 Oct 2001 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Dally Randriantefy Flavia Pennetta Maria Paola Zavagli 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 4 Nov 2001 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) Daniela Olivera Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes 6–4, 6–2Loss 4 Nov 2001 Le Havre, France Clay Daniela Olivera Līga Dekmeijere Maria Kondratieva 4–6, 3–6Win 5 Jan 2002 Grenoble, France Hard (i) Kildine Chevalier Karla Mraz Aurélie Védy 6–4, 6–4Loss 5 Jun 2002 Grado, Italy Clay Sandra Načuk Gloria Pizzichini Hana Šromová 3–6, 5–7Win 6 Jul 2002 Mont de Marsan, France Clay Stefanie Haidner Séverine Beltrame Amandine Dulon 6–4, 6–2Win 7 Jul 2002 Valladolid, Spain Hard Elena Baltacha 6–2, 6–3Loss 6 Nov 2002 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) Kildine Chevalier Bianca Kamper Nicole Remis 3–6, 4–6Loss 7 Jun 2003 Périgueux, France Clay Lana Popadić María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues 0–6, 3–6Win 8 Jul 2003 Le Touquet, France Clay Aurélie Védy Mandy Minella Pauline Parmentier 6–2, 6–2Loss 8 Mar 2004 Amiens, France Clay (i) Florence Haring Caroline Maes Virginie Pichet 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
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