Pauline Déroulède Explained

Birth Date:30 December 1990
Birth Place:Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singlesrecord:82-59
Singlestitles:4
Currentsinglesranking:No. 20 (1 July 2024)
Highestsinglesranking:No. 13 (12 June 2023)
Australianopenresult:1R (2024)
Frenchopenresult:QF (2023)
Usopenresult:1R (2022, 2023)
Doublesrecord:74-44
Doublestitles:15
Currentdoublesranking:No. 17 (1 July 2024)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 11 (11 July 2022)
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2022, 2023)

Pauline Déroulède (born 30 December 1990) is a French wheelchair tennis player, she was 2023 French Open wheelchair singles quarterfinalist and 2023 French Open wheelchair doubles semi-finalist with Katharina Krüger. Her highest world ranking is world number 17 in singles and world number 11 in doubles.[1]

Personal life

Déroulède started playing tennis when she was eight years old.

On 27 October 2018, Déroulède sitting on a stationary scooter at Rue de la Convention in Paris while she was waiting for her girlfriend, Typhaine, who was working in a florist. Pauline and two other pedestrians were struck by an elderly driver who had lost control of their vehicle, the 92-year-old driver claimed to have had confusion over the accelerator and brake pedals. She lost her leg in the accident, the two other pedestrians had also got severely injured: a 33-year-old man was in a coma while a 27-year-old woman also had a leg injury. Déroulède has campaigned to introduce mandatory medical tests to ensure elderly drivers are fit to drive.[2] [3]

Déroulède is a descendent of French novelist Paul Déroulède.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 8 July 2024. Pauline Deroulede - ITF Profile. International Tennis Federation.
  2. Web site: 10 February 2020. I was convinced that they were going to glue my leg back together (in French). FranceBleu.
  3. Web site: 29 April 2020. Pauline Deroulede from Boulogne has her sights set on the 2024 Summer Paralympics (in French). Boulogne Billancourt.
  4. Web site: 8 September 2023. The Uniqlo Interview: Pauline Deroulede. International Tennis Federation.