In her career, she reached three finals on the
WTA Tour: at Taranto in 1990, she lost to
Raffaella Reggi, and in New York in 1991, she lost to
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to
Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, in three sets. Her best Grand Slam performance was the fourth round at the
1994 French Open. As a wildcard entrant and the world No. 197, she beat Emanuela Zardo, Wiltrud Probst and
Marzia Grossi, then lost to third seed
Conchita Martínez, 1–6, 2–6. She achieved more notable success in doubles, winning six titles, four with
Florencia Labat, and ranking as high as No. 22 in the
WTA rankings. On 17 August 1992, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 46. She retired after a first-round defeat at the hands of
Emmanuelle Gagliardi, at the
2000 Australian Open. On 16 December 2008, Alexia Dechaume was named coach of the French Fed Cup team by the French Tennis Federation. == Personal life ==