Nicole Pratt

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Nicole Pratt

Nicole Pratt at the 2008 Australian Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge
Born March 5, 1973
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Tennis player
Nicole Pratt
Country Flag of Australia Australia
Residence Orlando, USA
Date of birth March 5, 1973 (1973-03-05) (age 35)
Place of birth Mackay, Australia
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 54 kg (120 lb/8.5 st)
Turned pro 1989
Plays Right; one-handed backhand
Career prize money US$2,404,547
Singles
Career record: 456-441
Career titles: 1 (WTA) & 5 (ITF)
Highest ranking: No. 35 (June 17), (2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4r (2003)
French Open 2r (2007), (2004), (2002), (2001) & (1998)
Wimbledon 3r (2006)
US Open 3r (2003)
Doubles
Career record: 348-347
Career titles: 9 (WTA) & 9 (ITF)
Highest ranking: No. 18 (September 17, 2001)

Infobox last updated on: April 19, 2008.

Nicole Pratt (born March 5, 1973 in Mackay) is a professional female tennis player from Australia.

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 player in January of 2001. She won the Indian 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. In 2007, Pratt entered the Sydney Medibank International where she reached the 2nd round after defeating Dinara Safina in the 1st round. She was then beaten by Kim Clijsters in straight sets. At the 2007 Australian Open, she was beaten in 1st round by Virginie Razzano of France.

At the 2008 Australian Open, after losing her first match to Nadia Petrova, a tearful Pratt announced her retirement from professional tennis.[1]

Contents

[edit] WTA Singles Winner (1)

[edit] ITF Singles Winner (5)

[edit] WTA Doubles Winner (9)

[edit] ITF Doubles Winner (9)

[edit] Year End Singles Ranking

[edit] External links & References