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]
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Nicole Pratt born 5 March 1973 is a retired tennis player from Australia Nicole PrattPratt in 2008Country sports AustraliaResidenceOrlando Florida U S Born 1973 03 05 5 March 1973 age 50 Mackay Queensland AustraliaHeight1 63 m 5 ft 4 in Turned pro1989Retired2008PlaysRight handed one handed backhand Prize money 2 404 645SinglesCareer record456 441Career titles1Highest rankingNo 35 17 June 2002 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open4R 2003 French Open2R 1998 2001 2002 2004 2007 Wimbledon3R 2006 US Open3R 2003 DoublesCareer record350 348Career titles9Highest rankingNo 18 17 September 2001 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian OpenQF 2000 2001 2005 French OpenQF 2005 Wimbledon2R 1990 2004 2005 2007 US OpenSF 2002 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 Contents 1 WTA career finals 1 1 Singles 1 title 1 runner up 1 2 Doubles 9 titles 4 runner ups 2 ITF finals 2 1 Singles 5 8 2 2 Doubles 9 8 3 Year end singles ranking 4 References 5 External linksWTA career finals EditSingles 1 title 1 runner up Edit Legend singles Grand Slam 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV 1 Result W L Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Oct 2001 China Open Hard Monica Seles 2 6 3 6Win 1 1 Feb 2004 Bangalore Open India Hard Maria Kirilenko 7 6 7 3 6 1Doubles 9 titles 4 runner ups Edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1 May 1998 Madrid Open Spain Clay Rachel McQuillan Dominique Monami Florencia Labat 3 6 1 6Win 1 Jun 2000 Rosmalen Open Netherlands Grass Erika deLone Karina Habsudova Catherine Barclay Reitz 7 6 8 6 4 3 ret Win 2 Nov 2000 Tournoi de Quebec Canada Hard Meghann Shaughnessy Kimberly Po Messerli Els Callens 6 3 6 4Win 3 Aug 2001 Canadian Open Hard Kimberly Po Messerli Katarina Srebotnik Tina Krizan 6 3 6 1Loss 2 Sep 2001 Waikoloa Championships U S Hard Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik Tina Krizan 2 6 3 6Loss 3 Sep 2003 Wismilak International Indonesia Hard Emilie Loit Angelique Widjaja Maria Vento Kabchi 5 7 2 6Win 4 Sep 2003 China Open Hard Emilie Loit Tamarine Tanasugarn Ai Sugiyama 6 3 6 3Win 5 Jul 2004 Stanford Classic U S Hard Eleni Daniilidou Claudine Schaul Iveta Benesova 6 2 6 4Win 6 May 2005 Prague Open Czech Republic Clay Emilie Loit Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Jelena Kostanic Tosic 6 7 6 8 6 4 6 4Win 7 Jan 2006 Hobart International Australia Hard Emilie Loit Jelena Kostanic Tosic Jill Craybas 6 2 6 1Win 8 Feb 2007 Pattaya Open Thailand Carpet i Mara Santangelo Chuang Chia jung Chan Yung jan 6 4 7 6 7 4 Win 9 Feb 2007 Memphis Cup U S Carpet i Bryanne Stewart Akiko Morigami Jarmila Gajdosova 7 5 4 6 10 5 Loss 4 Mar 2007 Acapulco Mexico Clay Emilie Loit Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Dominguez Lino 3 6 3 6ITF finals Edit 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 10 000 tournamentsSingles 5 8 Edit Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreRunner up 1 12 February 1990 ITF Adelaide Australia Hard Kirrily Sharpe 6 2 4 6 1 6Runner up 2 19 February 1990 Melbourne Australia Hard Nadin Ercegovic 1 6 5 7Runner up 3 18 November 1991 Nuriootpa Australia Hard Louise Stacey 6 3 4 6 5 7Runner up 4 29 March 1993 Bangkok Thailand Hard Romana Tedjakusuma 3 6 2 6Runner up 5 8 November 1993 Mount Gambier Australia Hard Tessa Price 6 4 2 6 0 6Winner 1 22 November 1993 Nuriootpa Australia Hard Michelle Jaggard Lai 6 7 6 4 6 4Runner up 6 28 November 1993 Mildura Australia Hard Tessa Price 5 7 6 3 5 7Winner 2 27 November 1995 Bendigo Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood 6 4 3 6 6 2Winner 3 10 December 1995 Port Pirie Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood 4 6 6 0 6 4Winner 4 2 March 1998 Rockford United States Hard i Jessica Steck 6 2 6 3Runner up 7 3 May 1999 Sarasota United States Clay Erika deLone 6 7 6 7 6 7 5 7Runner up 8 12 July 1999 Morristown United States Hard Erika deLone 5 7 6 7 1 Winner 5 20 February 2000 ITF Midland United States Hard Yuka Yoshida 6 4 6 3Doubles 9 8 Edit Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWinner 1 13 May 1990 ITF Swansea United Kingdom Clay Kirrily Sharpe Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 6 1 6 2Winner 2 20 May 1990 ITF Bournemouth United Kingdom Clay Kirrily Sharpe Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 6 1 6 2Winner 3 11 November 1991 ITF Mount Gambier Australia Hard Kristin Godridge Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming 6 7 6 3 6 4Winner 4 3 February 1992 Jakarta Indonesia Clay Angie Cunningham Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spirlea 6 1 6 0Winner 5 12 October 1992 Burgdorf Switzerland Carpet i Kristin Godridge Isabela Listowska Petra Winzenholler 6 3 6 0Runner up 1 26 October 1992 Jakarta Indonesia Clay Kristin Godridge Michelle Jaggard Lai Kristine Kunce 6 3 3 6 2 6Winner 6 29 March 1993 Bangkok Thailand Hard Suzanna Wibowo Mimma Chernovita Irawati Iskandar w oRunner up 2 3 July 1994 Stuttgart Germany Hard Kirrily Sharpe Lara Bitter Maaike Koutstaal 1 6 2 6Runner up 3 21 May 1995 Bordeaux France Clay Erika deLone Seda Noorlander Helena Vildova 3 6 1 6Winner 7 15 July 1996 Wilmington United States Hard Erika deLone Maureen Drake Meilen Tu 7 5 7 6 2 Runner up 4 30 September 1996 Newport Beach United States Hard Erika deLone Mercedes Paz Rene Simpson 3 6 1 6Runner up 5 20 April 1997 Wichita United States Hard Louise Pleming Shannan McCarthy Kelly Wilson 6 4 5 7 2 6Winner 8 2 June 1997 ITF Tashkent Uzbekistan Hard Erika deLone Alicia Ortuno Hila Rosen 6 3 6 1Runner up 6 5 October 1998 ITF Albuquerque United States Hard Erika deLone Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi 6 7 5 2 6Runner up 7 3 October 1999 ITF Santa Clara United States Hard Nannie de Villiers Debbie Graham Nana Smith 4 6 4 6Runner up 8 3 April 2000 ITF West Palm Beach United States Clay Erika deLone Rika Hiraki Yuka Yoshida 6 1 0 6 6 7 5 Winner 9 4 March 2006 ITF Las Vegas United States Hard Casey Dellacqua Maria Fernanda Alves Tatiana Perebiynis w oYear end singles ranking Edit2007 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 447References Edit 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 2009External links EditNicole Pratt at the Women s Tennis Association Nicole Pratt at the International Tennis Federation Nicole Pratt at the Billie Jean King Cup Nicole Pratt at Tennis Australia Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nicole Pratt amp oldid 1116236586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
