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Nicole Provis

Nicole Bradtke
Country (sports) Australia Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1969-09-22) 22 September 1969 (age 47)
Melbourne, Australia
Turned pro 1986
Retired 1997
Plays Right-handed (two handed backhand)
Prize money US$1,283,966
Singles
Career record 243–191
Career titles 3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 24 (24 May 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (1989, 1993)
French Open SF (1988)
Wimbledon 4R (1995)
US Open 3R (1987)
Doubles
Career record 222–164
Career titles 9 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 11 (6 April 1992)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1992, 1996)
French Open SF (1988, 1990)
Wimbledon SF (1989)
US Open SF (1989)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open W (1992)
French Open F (1990)
Wimbledon F (1987)
US Open W (1992)

Nicole Bradtke (née Provis) (born 22 September 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.

Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles on the WTA Tour in her career. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan. In mixed doubles, she reached four Grand Slam finals, winning two of those partnering Mark Woodforde. Bradtke reached career-high rankings of no. 24 in singles and no. 11 in doubles. She retired from professional tennis in 1997 after a shoulder injury.

Bradtke started playing tennis at the age of seven. She played her first professional match in 1985 and made her debut at the Australian Open later that year. She found early success in mixed doubles, finishing runner-up at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships with Darren Cahill.

Bradtke burst into prominence in 1988, when she made the semifinals of the French Open as a relative unknown. She beat Sybille Niox-Chateau, Emmanuelle Derly and then two seeded players, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Sylvia Hanika, as well as Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (who had earlier beaten Chris Evert) before losing to Natasha Zvereva, despite holding two match points.

In early 1989, she reached the top 30, but failed to fulfill her early promise and quickly settled into the lower top 100 range, despite making further fourth rounds at the 1989 Australian Open and the 1990 French Open and winning her first title at home in Brisbane in 1992. However, she went on to greater success in mixed doubles, winning both the 1992 Australian Open and the 1992 US Open with her partner, Mark Woodforde; and women's doubles, earning a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.


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