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Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 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 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]

WTA Tour titles (10)

Singles wins (1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)

Singles wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	22 February 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	7-6(3), 6-1

Singles runners-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	14 October 2001	Shanghai, China	Hard	Monica Seles	6-2, 6-3

Doubles wins (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	25 June 2000	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Erika de Lone	Karina Habšudová Catherine Barclay-Reitz	7-6(6), 4-3 ret.
2.	5 November 2000	Quebec, Canada	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Kimberly Po-Messerli Els Callens	6-3, 6-4
3.	19 August 2001	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Kimberly Po-Messerli	Katarina Srebotnik Tina Krizan	6-3 6-1
4.	21 September 2003	Shanghai, China	Hard	Émilie Loit	Tamarine Tanasugarn Ai Sugiyama	6-3 6-3
5.	18 July 2004	Stanford, USA	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Claudine Schaul Iveta Benešová	6-2 6-4
6.	15 May 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Émilie Loit	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Jelena Kostanić Tosic	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4
7.	13 January 2006	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Jelena Kostanić Tosic Jill Craybas	6-2 6-1
8.	11 February 2007	Pattaya City, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Mara Santangelo	Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan	6-4 7-6(4)
9.	24 February 2007	Memphis, USA	Carpet (i)	Bryanne Stewart	Akiko Morigami Jarmila Gajdošová	7-5 4-6 10-5

Doubles runners-up (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	24 May 1998	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	Dominique Monami Florencia Labat	6-3 6-1
2.	16 September 2001	Waikoloa, USA	Hard	Els Callens	Katarina Srebotnik Tina Krizan	6-2 6-3
3.	14 September 2003	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Angelique Widjaja Maria Vento-Kabchi	7-5 6-2
4.	3 March 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Émilie Loit	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6-3 6-3