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)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2001	China Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2004	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Rachel McQuillan	Template:Flagicon Dominique Monami Template:Flagicon Florencia Labat	3–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Jun 2000	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Karina Habšudová Template:Flagicon Catherine Barclay-Reitz	7–6(8–6), 4–3 ret.
Win	2.	Nov 2000	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy	Template:Flagicon Kimberly Po-Messerli Template:Flagicon Els Callens	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	Aug 2001	Canadian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kimberly Po-Messerli	Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik Template:Flagicon Tina Križan	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2.	Sep 2001	Waikoloa Championships, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Els Callens	Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik Template:Flagicon Tina Križan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	Sep 2003	Wismilak International, Indonesia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Angelique Widjaja Template:Flagicon María Vento-Kabchi	5–7, 2–6
Win	4.	Sep 2003	China Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3
Win	5.	Jul 2004	Stanford Classic, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou	Template:Flagicon Claudine Schaul Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	May 2005	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	Jan 2006	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Tošić Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas	6–2, 6–1
Win	8.	Feb 2007	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo	Template:Flagicon Chuang Chia-jung Template:Flagicon Chan Yung-jan	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	9.	Feb 2007	Memphis Cup, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Bryanne Stewart	Template:Flagicon Akiko Morigami Template:Flagicon Jarmila Gajdošová	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	4.	Mar 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Kirrily Sharpe	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	19 February 1990	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nadin Ercegović	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	18 November 1991	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Louise Stacey	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	29 March 1993	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Romana Tedjakusuma	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	8 November 1993	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tessa Price	6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	22 November 1993	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	28 November 1993	Mildura, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tessa Price	5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	2.	27 November 1995	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	10 December 1995	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Annabel Ellwood	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 March 1998	Rockford, United States	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jessica Steck	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	3 May 1999	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	6–7(6), 7–6(7), 5–7
Runner-up	8.	12 July 1999	Morristown, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	5–7, 6–7(1)
Winner	5.	20 February 2000	ITF Midland, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Kirrily Sharpe	Template:Flagicon Catherine Barclay Template:Flagicon Louise Stacey	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	20 May 1990	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kirrily Sharpe	Template:Flagicon Catherine Barclay Template:Flagicon Louise Stacey	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	11 November 1991	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kristin Godridge	Template:Flagicon Ingelise Driehuis Template:Flagicon Louise Pleming	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	3 February 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Angie Cunningham	Template:Flagicon Ruxandra Dragomir Template:Flagicon Irina Spîrlea	6–1, 6–0
Winner	5.	12 October 1992	Burgdorf, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Kristin Godridge	Template:Flagicon Isabela Listowska Template:Flagicon Petra Winzenhöller	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	26 October 1992	Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kristin Godridge	Template:Flagicon Michelle Jaggard-Lai Template:Flagicon Kristine Kunce	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	29 March 1993	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Suzanna Wibowo	Template:Flagicon Mimma Chernovita Template:Flagicon Irawati Iskandar	w/o
Runner-up	2.	3 July 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kirrily Sharpe	Template:Flagicon Lara Bitter Template:Flagicon Maaike Koutstaal	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	21 May 1995	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Seda Noorlander Template:Flagicon Helena Vildová	3–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	Template:Dts	Wilmington, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Maureen Drake Template:Flagicon Meilen Tu	7–5, 7–6(2)
Runner-up	4.	30 September 1996	Newport Beach, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Mercedes Paz Template:Flagicon Rene Simpson	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	20 April 1997	Wichita, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Louise Pleming	Template:Flagicon Shannan McCarthy Template:Flagicon Kelly Wilson	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	8.	2 June 1997	ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Alicia Ortuño Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	5 October 1998	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Rachel McQuillan Template:Flagicon Nana Miyagi	6–7(5), 2–6
Runner-up	7.	3 October 1999	ITF Santa Clara,, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nannie de Villiers	Template:Flagicon Debbie Graham Template:Flagicon Nana Smith	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	3 April 2000	ITF West Palm Beach, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Erika deLone	Template:Flagicon Rika Hiraki Template:Flagicon Yuka Yoshida	6–1, 0–6, 6–7(5)
Winner	9.	4 March 2006	ITF Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Casey Dellacqua	Template:Flagicon Maria Fernanda Alves Template:Flagicon 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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