Nicole Bradtke was born on 22 September 1969 and is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.
14 Facts About Nicole Bradtke
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Nicole Bradtke reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan.
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Nicole Bradtke reached career-high rankings of No 24 in singles and No 11 in doubles.
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Nicole Bradtke retired from professional tennis in 1997 after a shoulder injury.
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The young Nicole Provis started playing tennis at the age of seven.
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Nicole Bradtke found early success in mixed doubles, finishing runner-up at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships with Darren Cahill.
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Nicole Bradtke beat Sybille Niox-Chateau, Emmanuelle Derly before defeating two seeded players, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Sylvia Hanika, as well as Arantxa Sanchez Vicario before losing to Natasha Zvereva, despite holding two match points.
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Nicole Bradtke then went on to great 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 in Barcelona.
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Nicole Bradtke enjoyed a minor resurgence in singles in 1993, winning her second tour title in Kuala Lumpur and reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open.
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Nicole Bradtke earned her biggest career victory during that year, beating world No 1 Steffi Graf in a Fed Cup tie.
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Nicole Bradtke later helped Australia to reach the final, where they lost to the Spanish team.
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Nicole Bradtke is married to Mark Bradtke, a former Australian professional basketball player, since 1994.
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Nicole Bradtke previously served as a coach for the Australian Fed Cup team, as well as undertaking private coaching.
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Nicole Bradtke has worked with fellow Australians Samantha Stosur and Alicia Molik.