Nicole Arendt

Nicole J. Arendt (born August 26, 1969) is an American retired professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked 49th in the world. Arendt reached her career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 in the world on August 25, 1997.

Arendt was born in Somerville, New Jersey. She attended the Hun School of Princeton for her high school education.

Arendt received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1988 to 1991. She was a key member of the Gators' NCAA national championship runners-up teams in 1988 and 1990, and received eight All-American honors during her college career.

She turned professional in 1991. Arendt's best Grand Slam doubles result was reaching the finals of the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Manon Bollegraf. She and her mixed doubles partner Luke Jensen were the runners-up in the 1996 Australian Open and 1996 French Open. Her highest world doubles ranking was No. 3 on August 25, 1997.

Arendt was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001; she graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in public relations in 2003.

Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 runner-up ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1997 Wimbledon Gras Manon Bollegraf Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–7, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 runner-ups ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1996 Australian Open Hard Luke Jensen Larisa Savchenko Neiland Mark Woodforde 6–4, 5–7, 0–6Loss 1996 French Open Clay Luke Jensen Patricia Tarabini Javier Frana 2–6, 2–6

WTA career finals Doubles titles: 16 Legend WTA Championships (2) Tier I (4) Tier II (4) Tier III (3) Tier IV & V (3)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents"Score 1. Apr 1993 Jakarta Open, Indonesia Hard Kristine Radford Amy deLone Erika deLone 6–3, 6–4 2. Apr 1994 Jakarta Open, Indonesia Hard Kristine Radford Kerry Anne Guse Andrea Strnadová 6–2, 6–2 3. Feb 1995 U.S. National Indoors Hard (i) Laura Golarsa Katrina Adams Brenda Schultz 6–4, 6–3 4. Mar 1995 Family Circle Cup, U.S. Clay Manon Bollegraf Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 5. Apr 1995 Virginia Slims of Houston, U.S. Clay Manon Bollegraf Wiltrud Probst Rene Simpson 6–4, 6–2 6. Oct 1995 Zurich Open, Switzerland Carpet (i) Manon Bollegraf Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 7. Oct 1995 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Hard (i) Manon Bollegraf Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2 8. May 1996 World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh Clay Manon Bollegraf Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(8–6) 9. Oct 1996 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany Hard (i) Jana Novotná Martina Hingis Helena Suková 6–2, 6–3 10. Feb 1997 Hanover Grand Prix, Germany Carpet (i) Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland Brenda Schultz 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 11. May 1997 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Manon Bollegraf Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini 6–2, 6–4 12. May 1997 World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh Clay Manon Bollegraf Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 13. Aug 1997 Connecticut Open, U.S. Hard Manon Bollegraf Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2 14. Jan 2001 Canberra International, Australia Hard Ai Sugiyama Nannie De Villiers Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 15. Mar 2001 Indian Wells Masters, U.S. Hard Ai Sugiyama Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–4 16. Dec 2001 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Liezel Huber Květa Hrdličková Henrieta Nagyová 7–5, 6–4

Doubles runner-ups: 16

Performance timeline

Doubles