Nicole Pratt

Nicole Pratt

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Orlando, USA
Born	5 March 1973 Mackay, Australia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,404,645
Singles
Career record	456–441
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (17 June 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2003)
French Open	2R (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
US Open	3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	350–348
Career titles	9 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (17 September 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2000, 2001, 2005)
French Open	QF (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (1990, 2004, 2005, 2007)
US Open	SF (2002)

Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.

Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. She turned professional at 18.

She became Australia's No. 1 ranked female player in January 2001. She won her first WTA Title at the Hyderabad Open and reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2004.

In August 2006, at age 33, Pratt reached her first ever Tier I quarterfinal at Toronto. Soon after this she rose back up into the top 100. During 2007 she was drafted by the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league.

At the 2008 Australian Open, after losing her first match to Nadia Petrova, a tearful Pratt announced her retirement from professional tennis.^[1] She coached Australian female player, Casey Dellacqua. After the 2009 Australian Open, Nicole Pratt and Casey Dellacqua decided to go different ways.^[2]

WTA Tour finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tour Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	14 October 2001	Shanghai, China	Hard	Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	22 February 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	7–6^(7–3), 6–1

Doubles (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 May 1998	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	Dominique Monami Florencia Labat	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	25 June 2000	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Erika de Lone	Karina Habšudová Catherine Barclay-Reitz	7–6^(8–6), 4–3 retired
Winner	2.	5 November 2000	Quebec, Canada	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Kimberly Po-Messerli Els Callens	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	19 August 2001	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Kimberly Po-Messerli	Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	16 September 2001	Waikoloa, USA	Hard	Els Callens	Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	14 September 2003	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Angelique Widjaja María Vento-Kabchi	5–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	21 September 2003	Shanghai, China	Hard	Émilie Loit	Tamarine Tanasugarn Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	18 July 2004	Stanford, USA	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Claudine Schaul Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	15 May 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Émilie Loit	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	13 January 2006	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Jill Craybas	6–2, 6–1
Winner	8.	11 February 2007	Pattaya City, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Mara Santangelo	Chia-Jung Chuang Yung-Jan Chan	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	9.	24 February 2007	Memphis, USA	Carpet (i)	Bryanne Stewart	Akiko Morigami Jarmila Gajdošová	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	3 March 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Émilie Loit	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit titles

Singles Winner (5)

• 2000 – $75k Midland, USA
• 1998 – $25k Rockford, USA
• 1995 – $25k Port Pirie, Australia
• 1995 – $25k Mount Gambier, Australia
• 1993 – $25k Nuriootpa, Australia

Doubles Winner (9)

• 2006 – $75k Las Vegas, USA (w/ Casey Dellacqua)
• 1997 – $50k Tashkent, Uzbekistan (w/ Erika de Lone)
• 1996 – $50k Wilmington, USA (w/ Erika de Lone)
• 1993 – $10k Bangkok, Thailand (w/ Suzanna Wibowo)
• 1992 – $10k Burgdorf, Switzerland (w/ Kristin Godridge)
• 1992 – $50k Jakarta, Indonesia (w/ Angie Woolcock)
• 1991 – $25k Mount Gambier, Australia (w/ Kristin Godridge)
• 1990 – $10k Bournemouth, United Kingdom (w/ Kirrily Sharpe)
• 1990 – $10k Swansea, United Kingdom (w/ Kirrily Sharpe)

Year-end Singles ranking

• 2007–70
• 2006–78
• 2005–127
• 2004–51
• 2003–53
• 2002–49
• 2001–52
• 2000–55
• 1999-58
• 1998-113
• 1997-102
• 1996-198
• 1995-297
• 1994-182
• 1993-204
• 1992-177
• 1991-241
• 1990-218
• 1989-447

References

1. "That's that for Pratt". Sydney Morning Herald. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
2. Women Players Carrying "Excess Baggage" Says Top Coach Yahoo Sports, 21 January 2009

External links

• Nicole Pratt at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nicole Pratt at the International Tennis Federation
• Nicole Pratt at the Fed Cup
• Official website