Nicole Pratt

Nicole Pratt
	Pratt in 2008
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Born	5 March 1973 (age 51); Mackay, Queensland, 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
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
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)

Last updated April 28, 2024

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)
Grand Slam (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2001	China Open	Hard	Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2004	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	7–6^(7–3), 6–1

Doubles (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1998	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	Dominique Monami Florencia Labat	3–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Jun 2000	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Erika deLone	Karina Habšudová Catherine Barclay-Reitz	7–6^(8–6), 4–3 ret.
Win	2.	Nov 2000	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Kimberly Po-Messerli Els Callens	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	Aug 2001	Canadian Open	Hard	Kimberly Po-Messerli	Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2.	Sep 2001	Waikoloa Championships, U.S.	Hard	Els Callens	Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	Sep 2003	Wismilak International, Indonesia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Angelique Widjaja María Vento-Kabchi	5–7, 2–6
Win	4.	Sep 2003	China Open	Hard	Émilie Loit	Tamarine Tanasugarn Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3
Win	5.	Jul 2004	Stanford Classic, U.S.	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Claudine Schaul Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	May 2005	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Émilie Loit	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	Jan 2006	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Jill Craybas	6–2, 6–1
Win	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 Gajdošová	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	4.	Mar 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Émilie Loit	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	3–6, 3–6

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 February 1990	ITF Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Kirrily Sharpe	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	19 February 1990	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Nadin Ercegović	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	18 November 1991	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Louise Stacey	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	29 March 1993	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	8 November 1993	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Tessa Price	6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	22 November 1993	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	28 November 1993	Mildura, Australia	Hard	Tessa Price	5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	2.	27 November 1995	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	10 December 1995	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 March 1998	Rockford, United States	Hard (i)	Jessica Steck	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	3 May 1999	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Erika deLone	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 5–7
Runner-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, 6–3

Doubles (9–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	13 May 1990	ITF Swansea, United Kingdom	Clay	Kirrily Sharpe	Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	20 May 1990	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Kirrily Sharpe	Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	11 November 1991	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Kristin Godridge	Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	3 February 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Angie Cunningham	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	6–1, 6–0
Winner	5.	12 October 1992	Burgdorf, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Kristin Godridge	Isabela Listowska Petra Winzenhöller	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	26 October 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Kristin Godridge	Michelle Jaggard-Lai Kristine Kunce	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	29 March 1993	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Suzanna Wibowo	Mimma Chernovita Irawati Iskandar	w/o
Runner-up	2.	3 July 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard	Kirrily Sharpe	Lara Bitter Maaike Koutstaal	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	21 May 1995	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Erika deLone	Seda Noorlander Helena Vildová	3–6, 1–6
Winner	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, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	20 April 1997	Wichita, United States	Hard	Louise Pleming	Shannan McCarthy Kelly Wilson	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	8.	2 June 1997	ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Erika deLone	Alicia Ortuño Hila Rosen	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	5 October 1998	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Erika deLone	Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	3 October 1999	ITF Santa Clara,, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Debbie Graham Nana Smith	4–6, 4–6
Runner-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/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

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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

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[1] "That's that for Pratt". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.

[2] Women Players Carrying "Excess Baggage" Says Top Coach Yahoo Sports, 21 January 2009

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