Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired 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 then coached Australian female player, Casey Dellacqua; after the 2009 Australian Open, Pratt and Dellacqua decided to go different ways.[2]
WTA career finals
Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend (singles) |
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Grand Slam (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (0) |
Tier IV (1) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2001 | China Open | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2004 | Bangalore Open, India | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
Doubles (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)
ITF finals
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (5–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 12 February 1990 | ITF Adelaide, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 19 February 1990 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 18 November 1991 | Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 29 March 1993 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 November 1993 | Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 1. | 22 November 1993 | Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 28 November 1993 | Mildura, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 27 November 1995 | Bendigo, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 10 December 1995 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 2 March 1998 | Rockford, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 May 1999 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(6), 7–6(7), 5–7 |
Runner-up | 8. | 12 July 1999 | Morristown, United States | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–7(1) |
Winner | 5. | 20 February 2000 | ITF Midland, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles (9–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 13 May 1990 | ITF Swansea, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 20 May 1990 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 11 November 1991 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 3 February 1992 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 5. | 12 October 1992 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1. | 26 October 1992 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 29 March 1993 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 2. | 3 July 1994 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 May 1995 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 7. | 15 July 1996 | Wilmington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(2) |
Runner-up | 4. | 30 September 1996 | Newport Beach, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 20 April 1997 | Wichita, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 8. | 2 June 1997 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 5 October 1998 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 October 1999 | ITF Santa Clara,, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 3 April 2000 | ITF West Palm Beach, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 0–6, 6–7(5) |
Winner | 9. | 4 March 2006 | ITF Las Vegas, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
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
- ^ "That's that for Pratt". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ^ 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 Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
- Nicole Pratt at Tennis Australia
- Official website