Nicole Bradtke

Nicole Bradtke (née Provis) (born 22 September 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.

Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan. In mixed doubles, she reached four Grand Slam finals, winning two of those partnering Mark Woodforde. Bradtke reached career-high rankings of No. 24 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She retired from professional tennis in 1997 after a shoulder injury.

Professional career

The young Nicole Provis (Bradtke) started playing tennis at the age of seven. Whilst still at school, she played her first professional tennis match in 1985, and made her debut at the Australian Open later that year. She found early success in mixed doubles, finishing runner-up at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships with Darren Cahill.

Bradtke burst into prominence in 1988, when she made the semifinals of the French Open as a relative unknown. She beat Sybille Niox-Château, Emmanuelle Derly before defeating two seeded players, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Sylvia Hanika, as well as Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (who had earlier beaten Chris Evert) before losing to Natasha Zvereva, despite holding two match points.

In early 1989, she reached the top 30, but failed to fulfill her early promise and quickly settled into the lower top 100 range, despite making further fourth rounds at the 1989 Australian Open and the 1990 French Open and winning her first title at home in Brisbane in 1992.

She then went on to great success in mixed doubles, winning both the 1992 Australian Open and the 1992 US Open with her partner, Mark Woodforde; and women's doubles, earning a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

She enjoyed a minor resurgence in singles in 1993, winning her second tour title in Kuala Lumpur and reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open. She also earned her biggest career victory during that year, beating world No. 1 Steffi Graf in a Fed Cup tie. Bradtke later helped Australia to reach the final, where they lost to the Spanish team.

After playing only eight events in 1994, she dropped out of the top 100, before recovering in 1995, earning another big victory over Gabriela Sabatini at the tournament in Berlin and returning to the top 40 in the world.

Bradtke retired after the 1997 Australian Open.

Personal life

She is married to Mark Bradtke, a former Australian professional basketball player, since 1994. Together they have two boys, Austin (born 2000) and Jensen (born 2004), and run an indoor sports centre in Melbourne. She previously served as a coach for the Australian Fed Cup team, as well as undertaking private coaching. She has worked with fellow Australians Samantha Stosur and Alicia Molik. In 2007, she joined the National High Performance Academy team.

Her sister Natasha is married to Todd Woodbridge, making him her brother-in-law.

Her eldest son Austin was selected by the Melbourne Football Club as a category B rookie in 2019 but delisted in 2021 without playing a senior game.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill	Template:Flagicon Jo Durie Template:Flagicon Jeremy Bates	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Loss	1990	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano	7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)
Win	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Win	1992	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Helena Suková Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

WTA career finals

Singles (3–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (3)
Tier V (0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1992	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rachel McQuillan	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ann Grossman	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	May 1993	Lucerne, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jan 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ginger Helgeson	3–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles (9–4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (5)
Tier V (2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1988	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf	Template:Flagicon Jenny Byrne Template:Flagicon Janine Thompson	7–5, 6–7(11–13), 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 1989	Albuquerque, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	Template:Flagicon Raffaella Reggi Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	3–0	May 1990	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–0	May 1990	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	Template:Flagicon Kathy Jordan Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Smylie	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–1	May 1991	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati Template:Flagicon Monica Seles	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–2	May 1991	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	May 1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Smylie	Template:Flagicon Cathy Caverzasio Template:Flagicon Manuela Maleeva	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jun 1991	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Smylie	Template:Flagicon Sandy Collins Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Jan 1992	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Larisa Neiland	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–3	Feb 1992	Oklahoma, US	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	Template:Flagicon Katrina Adams Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	8–3	Jan 1993	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	Template:Flagicon Cammy MacGregor Template:Flagicon Shaun Stafford	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–4	Jun 1995	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Kristine Kunce	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	9–4	May 1996	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yayuk Basuki	Template:Flagicon Marianne Witmeyer Template:Flagicon Tami Jones	5–7, 6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (4–0)

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	31 October 1986	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michelle Bowrey	6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	3 December 1989	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kate McDonald	1–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	3.	27 November 1994	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	4.	17 December 1995	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rachel McQuillan	7–5, 6–0

Doubles (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	31 October 1986	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Louise Field	Template:Flagicon Michelle Jaggard-Lai Template:Flagicon Lisa O'Neill	w/o

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