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]
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]