Nicole Pratt

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. She then coached Australian female player, Casey Dellacqua; after the 2009 Australian Open, Pratt and Dellacqua decided to go different ways.

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)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2001 Beijing China Hard Monica Seles 2–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Feb 2004 Bangalore, India Hard Maria Kirilenko 7–6(7–3), 6–1

Doubles (9 titles, 4 runner-ups) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. May 1998 Madrid, Spain Clay Rachel McQuillan Dominique Monami Florencia Labat 3–6, 1–6Win 1. Jun 2000 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Erika deLone Karina Habšudová Catherine Barclay-Reitz 7–6(8–6), 4–3 ret.Win 2. Nov 2000 Québec, 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 Križan 6–3, 6–1Loss 2. Sep 2001 Waikoloa, U.S. Hard Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan 2–6, 3–6Loss 3. Sep 2003 Bali, Indonesia Hard Émilie Loit Angelique Widjaja María Vento-Kabchi 5–7, 2–6Win 4. Sep 2003 Beijing, China Hard Émilie Loit Tamarine Tanasugarn Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–3Win 5. Jul 2004 Stanford, U.S. Hard Eleni Daniilidou Claudine Schaul Iveta Benešová 6–2, 6–4Win 6. May 2005 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4Win 7. Jan 2006 Hobart, Australia Hard Émilie Loit Jelena Kostanić Tošić Jill Craybas 6–2, 6–1Win 8. Feb 2007 Pattaya, Thailand Carpet (i) Mara Santangelo Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan 6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win 9. Feb 2007 Memphis, 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) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1. 12 February 1990 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard Kirrily Sharpe 6–2, 4–6, 1–6Loss 2. 19 February 1990 Melbourne, Australia Hard Nadin Ercegović 1–6, 5–7Loss 3. 18 November 1991 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Louise Stacey 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss 4. 29 March 1993 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Romana Tedjakusuma 3–6, 2–6Loss 5. 8 November 1993 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Tessa Price 6–4, 2–6, 0–6Win 1. 22 November 1993 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Michelle Jaggard-Lai 6–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss 6. 28 November 1993 Mildura, Australia Hard Tessa Price 5–7, 6–3, 5–7Win 2. 27 November 1995 Bendigo, Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 3–6, 6–2Win 3. 10 December 1995 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood 4–6, 6–0, 6–4Win 4. 2 March 1998 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Jessica Steck 6–2, 6–3Loss 7. 3 May 1999 Sarasota, United States Clay Erika deLone 6–7(6), 7–6(7), 5–7Loss 8. 12 July 1999 Morristown, United States Hard Erika deLone 5–7, 6–7(1)Win 5. 20 February 2000 ITF Midland, United States Hard Yuka Yoshida 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (9–8) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. 13 May 1990 ITF Swansea, United Kingdom Clay Kirrily Sharpe Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 6–1, 6–2Win 2. 20 May 1990 ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Kirrily Sharpe Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 6–1, 6–2Win 3. 11 November 1991 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Kristin Godridge Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming 6–7, 6–3, 6–4Win 4. 3 February 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Angie Cunningham Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea 6–1, 6–0Win 5. 12 October 1992 Burgdorf, Switzerland Carpet (i) Kristin Godridge Isabela Listowska Petra Winzenhöller 6–3, 6–0Loss 1. 26 October 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Kristin Godridge Michelle Jaggard-Lai Kristine Kunce 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win 6. 29 March 1993 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Suzanna Wibowo Mimma Chernovita Irawati Iskandar w/oLoss 2. 3 July 1994 Stuttgart, Germany Hard Kirrily Sharpe Lara Bitter Maaike Koutstaal 1–6, 2–6Loss 3. 21 May 1995 Bordeaux, France Clay Erika deLone Seda Noorlander Helena Vildová 3–6, 1–6Win 7. Wilmington, United States Hard Erika deLone Maureen Drake Meilen Tu 7–5, 7–6(2)Loss 4. 30 September 1996 Newport Beach, United States Hard Erika deLone Mercedes Paz Rene Simpson 3–6, 1–6Loss 5. 20 April 1997 Wichita, United States Hard Louise Pleming Shannan McCarthy Kelly Wilson 6–4, 5–7, 2–6Win 8. 2 June 1997 ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Erika deLone Alicia Ortuño Hila Rosen 6–3, 6–1Loss 6. 5 October 1998 ITF Albuquerque, United States Hard Erika deLone Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi 6–7(5), 2–6Loss 7. 3 October 1999 ITF Santa Clara,, United States Hard Nannie de Villiers Debbie Graham Nana Smith 4–6, 4–6Loss 8. 3 April 2000 ITF West Palm Beach, United States Clay Erika deLone Rika Hiraki Yuka Yoshida 6–1, 0–6, 6–7(5)Win 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