Description
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. 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 and at the 2007 Acapulco Open was beaten by Melissa Torres . During 2007 she was drafted by the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league.
Born
March 5th, 1973 in Mackay (Age 51)
Last Changes
2024/01/28
New Scanned Autograph (Pack/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))
2023/09/21
New Address: Available to members only
2014/04/04
New Scanned Autograph (Pack/Prob.Auth/COA)