Nicole Pratt


Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female 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 coached Australian female player, Casey Dellacqua. After the 2009 Australian Open, Nicole Pratt and Casey Dellacqua decided to go different ways.

WTA Tour finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tour Championships
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in finalScore in final
Runner-up1.14 October 2001Shanghai, ChinaHard Monica Seles2–6, 3–6
Winner1.22 February 2004Hyderabad, IndiaHard Maria Kirilenko7–6, 6–1

Doubles (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.24 May 1998Madrid, SpainClay Rachel McQuillan Dominique Monami
Florencia Labat
3–6, 1–6
Winner1.25 June 2000's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrass Erika deLone Karina Habšudová
Catherine Barclay-Reitz
7–6, 4–3 retired
Winner2.5 November 2000Quebec, CanadaHard Meghann Shaughnessy Kimberly Po-Messerli
Els Callens
6–3, 6–4
Winner3.19 August 2001Toronto, CanadaHard Kimberly Po-Messerli Katarina Srebotnik
Tina Križan
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up2.16 September 2001Waikoloa, USAHard Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik
Tina Križan
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.14 September 2003Bali, IndonesiaHard Émilie Loit Angelique Widjaja
María Vento-Kabchi
5–7, 2–6
Winner4.21 September 2003Shanghai, ChinaHard Émilie Loit Tamarine Tanasugarn
Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–3
Winner5.18 July 2004Stanford, USAHard Eleni Daniilidou Claudine Schaul
Iveta Benešová
6–2, 6–4
Winner6.15 May 2005Prague, Czech RepublicClay Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner7.13 January 2006Hobart, AustraliaHard Émilie Loit Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Jill Craybas
6–2, 6–1
Winner8.11 February 2007Pattaya City, ThailandCarpet Mara Santangelo Chia-Jung Chuang
Yung-Jan Chan
6–4, 7–6
Winner9.24 February 2007Memphis, USACarpet Bryanne Stewart Akiko Morigami
Jarmila Gajdošová
7–5, 4–6,
Runner-up4.3 March 2007Acapulco, MexicoClay Émilie Loit Arantxa Parra Santonja
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit titles

Singles Winner (5)