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Nicole Pratt

Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Nicole Pratt was one such tennis player who was born on March 05, 1973, in Mackay, Australia. She is a 5 foot 4 inches right handed player weighing 119 pounds.

Nicole is coached by Dr. Noel Blundell with her fitness coach, Jeremy Oliver and physiotherapist, Natalie McColl. She was the singles Winner of 2004 in Hyderabad, 2000 ITF, International Tennis Federation, and Midland-USA, 1998 ITF and Rockford-USA, 1995 ITF and Mt.Gambier-AUS, ITF and Port Pirie-AUS, 1993 ITF and Nuriootpa-AUS. She was the finalist in 2001 Shanghai and semifinalist in 2002 Hobart, Birmingham. She was doubles Winner in 2006 Hobart, ITF and Las Vegas, NV-USA, 2005 Prague, 2004 Stanford, 2003 Shanghai, 2001 Toronto in Canadian Open, 2000 Hertogenbosch, Quebec City. She was the finalist in 2003 Bali, 2001 Hawaii, 1998 Madrid.

In the year 1988 she played first ITF Circuit events, reaching the quarterfinals at ITF and Melbourne-AUS. In 1989 she reached quarterfinals in three of eight ITF Circuit events contested. In 2005 she captured her sixth career Tour doubles title at Prague, also reaching semifinalist at Tokyo and Rabat, and quarterfinals at Australian Open and Roland Garros, reached eight times in singles, including Wimbledon and US Open. She suffered right knee sprain while practicing for Gold Coast and was forced to withdraw from event.

In February 2006 she reached the second round at Bangalore. She withdrew from Memphis due to a right hand sprain. She captured her ninth career ITF Circuit doubles title at 75 thousand dollars ITF and Las Vegas, NV-USA. In august she achieved her career-first Tier I singles quarterfinals at Montreal. Afterwards on August 21, she surged back into Top 100, moving from No.111 to No.79.

She won awards in Voted by players to receive Tour Player Service Award in 1999, 2000 and 2004. In juniors, she won 1991 Australian Open and won doubles at 1991 US Open and 1989 Roland Garros. She is a player known for her mental toughness, and because of that, many of her most famous matches went the distance.

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