From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt 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 in Mackay) is a retired
professional female tennis player from Australia.
She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farm-
ers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was
a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and re-
ceived a tennis scholarship to the Australian Institute of
Sport in Canberra. She turned professional at 18.Lachlan
was her childhood idol
She became Australia’s no. 1 ranked female player in
Country Australia January 2001. She won her first WTA Title at the Hyder-
abad Open and reached the third round of the Australian
Residence Orlando, USA
Open in 2004.
Born 5 March 1973 (1973-03-05) In August 2006, at age 33, Pratt reached her first ever
Mackay, Australia Tier I quarterfinal at Toronto. Soon after this she rose
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) back up into the top 100. In 2007, Pratt entered the Syd-
ney Medibank International where she reached the 2nd
Turned pro 1989
round after defeating Dinara Safina in the 1st round. She
Retired 2008 was then beaten by Kim Clijsters in straight sets. At the
2007 Australian Open, she was beaten in 1st round by Vir-
Plays Right-handed (one-handed
backhand) ginie Razzano of France. During 2007 she was drafted by
the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league.
Career prize US$2,404,547 At the 2008 Australian Open, after losing her first
money
match to Nadia Petrova, a tearful Pratt announced her
Singles retirement from professional tennis.[1] She currently
coaches Australian female player, Casey Dellacqua. After
Career record 456–441
the 2009 Australian Open, Nicole Pratt and Casey Dellac-
Career titles 1 WTA, 5 ITF qua decided to go different ways.[2]
Highest ranking No. 35 (17 June 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4r (2003)
French Open 2r (5 times)
Wimbledon 3r (2006)
US Open 3r (2003)
Doubles
Career record 348–347
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Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 22 February 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Maria Kirilenko 7–6(3), 6–1
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 14 October 2001 Shanghai, China Hard Monica Seles 6–2, 6–3
WTA Tour finals () Year End Singles Ranking
• 2007-70
Singles • 2006-78
• 2005-127
Win (1)
• 2004-51
Runner-up (1) • 2003-53
• 2002-49
Doubles (13) • 2001-52
• 2000-55
Wins (9) • 1999-58
• 1998-113
Runner-ups (4) • 1997-102
• 1996-198
ITF Circuit titles •
•
1995-297
1994-182
• 1993-204
Singles Winner (5)
• 1992-177
• 2000 - $75k Midland, USA • 1991-241
• 1998 - $25k Rockford, USA • 1990-218
• 1995 - $25k Port Pirie, Australia • 1989-447
• 1995 - $25k Mount Gambier, Australia
• 1993 - $25k Nuriootpa, Australia
References
Doubles Winner (9) [1] "That’s that for Pratt". Sydney Morning Herald.
• 2006 - $75k Las Vegas, USA (w/ Casey Dellacqua) 2008-01-15. http://www.smh.com.au/news/
• 1997 - $50k Tashkent, Uzbekistan (w/ Erika de Lone) tennis/thats-that-for-pratt/2008/01/15/
• 1996 - $50k Wilmington, USA (w/ Erika de Lone) 1200159444103.html. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
• 1993 - $10k Bangkok, Thailand (w/ Suzanna Wibowo) [2] Women Players Carrying "Excess Baggage" Says
• 1992 - $10k Burgdorf, Switzerland (w/ Kristin Top Coach Yahoo Sports, January 21, 2009
Godridge)
•
•
1992 - $50k Jakarta, Indonesia (w/ Angie Woolcock)
1991 - $25k Mount Gambier, Australia (w/ Kristin
External links
Godridge) • Nicole Pratt at the Women’s Tennis Association
• 1990 - $10k Bournemouth, United Kingdom (w/ • Nicole Pratt - Official Site
Kirrily Sharpe) • Nicole Pratt at the International Tennis Federation
• 1990 - $10k Swansea, United Kingdom (w/ Kirrily Persondata
Sharpe) Name
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No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 25 June 2000 ’s-Hertogenbosch, Grass Erika de Lone Karina Habšudová 7–6(6), 4–3 re-
Netherlands Catherine Barclay- tired
Reitz
2. 5 November Quebec, Canada Hard Meghann Kimberly Po-Messerli 6–3, 6–4
2000 Shaughnessy Els Callens
3. 19 August Toronto, Canada Hard Kimberly Po- Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–1
2001 Messerli Tina Križan
4. 21 September Shanghai, China Hard Émilie Loit Tamarine Tanasug- 6–3, 6–3
2003 arn
Ai Sugiyama
5. 18 July 2004 Stanford, USA Hard Eleni Daniilidou Claudine Schaul 6–2, 6–4
Iveta Benešová
6. 15 May 2005 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová- 6–7(6), 6–4,
Strýcová 6–4
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
7. 13 January Hobart, Australia Hard Émilie Loit Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–2, 6–1
2006 Jill Craybas
8. 11 February Pattaya City, Thailand Carpet Mara Santangelo Chia-Jung Chuang 6–4, 7–6(4)
2007 (i) Yung-Jan Chan
9. 24 February Memphis, USA Carpet Bryanne Stewart Akiko Morigami 7–5, 4–6,
2007 (i) Jarmila Gajdošová [10–5]
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the fi-
nal
1. 24 May 1998 Madrid, Spain Clay Rachel McQuil- Dominique Monami 6–3, 6–1
lan Florencia Labat
2. 16 September Waikoloa, USA Hard Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik 6–2, 6–3
2001 Tina Križan
3. 14 September Bali, Indonesia Hard Émilie Loit Angelique Widjaja 7–5, 6–2
2003 María Vento-Kabchi
4. 3 March 2007 Acapulco, Mexi- Clay Émilie Loit Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–3, 6–3
co Lourdes Domínguez Li-
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Categories:
• 1973 births
• Living people
• Australian female tennis players
• Australian Open (tennis) champions
• French Open champions
• Hopman Cup competitors
• Olympic tennis players of Australia
• People from Mackay, Queensland
• People from Orlando, Florida
• Tennis people from Florida
• Tennis people from Queensland
• Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• United States Open champions (tennis)
• United States Open junior tennis champions
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