Nicole Arendt

Nicole Arendt
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	August 26, 1969 (age 55); Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2003
Plays	Left-handed
College	University of Florida
Prize money	US$ 1,642,964
Singles
Career record	172–131
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 49 (June 16, 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1996)
French Open	4R (1997)
Wimbledon	3R (1996, 1997)
US Open	3R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	324–171
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 3 (August 25, 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1996, 2001)
French Open	SF (1995, 2002)
Wimbledon	F (1997)
US Open	SF (1997)

Nicole J. Arendt (born August 26, 1969) is an American retired professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked 49th in the world. Arendt reached her career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 in the world on August 25, 1997.

Arendt was born in Somerville, New Jersey. She attended the Hun School of Princeton for her high school education.^[1]

Arendt received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1988 to 1991.^[2] She was a key member of the Gators' NCAA national championship runners-up teams in 1988 and 1990, and received eight All-American honors during her college career.

She turned professional in 1991. Arendt's best Grand Slam doubles result was reaching the finals of the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Manon Bollegraf. She and her mixed doubles partner Luke Jensen were the runners-up in the 1996 Australian Open and 1996 French Open. Her highest world doubles ranking was No. 3 on August 25, 1997.

Arendt was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001;^[3]^[4] she graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in public relations in 2003.

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 runner-up

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents	Score
1997	Wimbledon	Manon Bollegraf	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 runner-ups

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents	Score
1996	Australian Open	Luke Jensen	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 0–6
1996	French Open	Luke Jensen	Patricia Tarabini Javier Frana	2–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Doubles titles: 16

Legend
WTA Championships (2)
Tier I (4)
Tier II (4)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV & V (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Apr 1993	Jakarta Open, Indonesia	Hard	Kristine Radford	Amy deLone Erika deLone	6–3, 6–4
2.	Apr 1994	Jakarta Open, Indonesia	Hard	Kristine Radford	Kerry Anne Guse Andrea Strnadová	6–2, 6–2
3.	Feb 1995	U.S. National Indoors	Hard (i)	Laura Golarsa	Katrina Adams Brenda Schultz	6–4, 6–3
4.	Mar 1995	Family Circle Cup, U.S.	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
5.	Apr 1995	Virginia Slims of Houston, U.S.	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Wiltrud Probst Rene Simpson	6–4, 6–2
6.	Oct 1995	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
7.	Oct 1995	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
8.	May 1996	World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(8–6)
9.	Oct 1996	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany	Hard (i)	Jana Novotná	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6–2, 6–3
10.	Feb 1997	Hanover Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Larisa Neiland Brenda Schultz	4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
11.	May 1997	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–2, 6–4
12.	May 1997	World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
13.	Aug 1997	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
14.	Jan 2001	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Nannie De Villiers Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
15.	Mar 2001	Indian Wells Masters, U.S.	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–4
16.	Dec 2001	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Liezel Huber	Květa Hrdličková Henrieta Nagyová	7–5, 6–4

Doubles runner-ups: 16

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Aug 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Shannan McCarthy	Rachel McQuillan Claudia Porwik	2–6, 4–6
2.	Apr 1993	Malaysian Open	Hard (i)	Kristine Radford	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
3.	Apr 1994	Kallang, Singapore	Hard	Kristine Radford	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	4–6, 1–6
4.	Apr 1995	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
5.	Oct 1996	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	5–7, 4–6
6.	Nov 1996	Philadelphia Championships, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Lori McNeil	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
7.	Apr 1997	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	3–6, 0–6
8.	Jun 1997	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Manon Bollegraf	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	Not played^[5]
9.	Jun 1997	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Manon Bollegraf	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 4–6
10.	Aug 1997	Canadian Open,	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
11.	Mar 2000	Miami Masters, U.S.	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Julie Halard Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
12.	May 2000	Hamburg Cup, Germany	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Anna Kournikova Natasha Zvereva	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 4–6
13.	Nov 2000	WTA Championships, New York	Carpet (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	2–6, 3–6
14.	Jul 2001	Stanford Classic, U.S.	Hard	Caroline Vis	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
15.	Aug 2001	Manhattan Beach Classic, U.S.	Hard	Caroline Vis	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 5–7
16.	Sep 2001	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Patricia Tarabini	Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil	7–6^(10–8), 2–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	SF	QF	A	QF	1R	SF	3R	A	0 / 10	19–10
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	QF	A	2R	3R	QF	SF	2R	0 / 8	20–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF	QF	3R	F	A	QF	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 11	20–11
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	3R	2R	QF	SF	A	QF	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 10	14–10
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	8–3	9–4	11–4	15–4	0–0	10–4	3–4	7–4	8–4	1–2	0 / 39	73–39
Year-end championships
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	SF	A	A	F	A	QF	A	0 / 4	4–4
Tier I tournaments
Tokyo	Not Tier I						A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	QF	SF	1R	A	0 / 4	5–3
Indian Wells	Not Held		Not Tier I							A	A	A	A	QF	W	QF	A	1 / 3	9–2
Miami	Not Tier I			A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	QF	A	2R	F	1R	SF	A	0 / 10	14–10
Charleston	Not Tier I			A	A	A	A	A	W	SF	SF	A	2R	2R	SF	1R	A	1 / 7	12–6
Rome	Not Tier I			A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1 / 5	4–4
Berlin	Not Tier I			A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	SF	2R	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Montreal / Toronto	Not Tier I			A	A	A	1R	SF	A	2R	F	A	1R	1R	2R	SF	A	0 / 8	9–7
Zürich	Not Tier I						A	1R	W	F	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1 / 5	7–4
Moscow	Not Held									NTI	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Boca Raton	Not Tier I				A	2R	Not Tier I			Not Held								0 / 1	1–1
Philadelphia	Not Held				Not Tier I		A	A	QF	Not Tier I					Not Held			0 / 1	1–1
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	—	426	—	—	127	146	85	24	11	11	8	—	32	11	10	19	313

References

^ New Jersey Tennis Stars, Hangout NJ. Accessed June 12, 2007. "Nicole Arendt of Somerville turned pro in 1991 and is currently ranked 26 in the world in women's doubles. The Hun School of Princeton graduate holds 16 career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) doubles titles and won the tour sportsmanship award in 1993."
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ "Nine Former Gators Enshrined into the Hall of Fame Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine," GatorZone.com (April 6, 2001). Retrieved July 21, 2011.
^ For reasons outside the control of the tournament organizers, the final was not played. The teams in the final split the prize money and WTA Tour points, but neither were granted the title.

External links

Nicole Arendt at the Women's Tennis Association
Nicole Arendt at the International Tennis Federation
Nicole Arendt at Wimbledon

Awards
Preceded by Jill Hetherington	Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award 1993	Succeeded by Kimberly Po

[1] New Jersey Tennis Stars, Hangout NJ. Accessed June 12, 2007. "Nicole Arendt of Somerville turned pro in 1991 and is currently ranked 26 in the world in women's doubles. The Hun School of Princeton graduate holds 16 career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) doubles titles and won the tour sportsmanship award in 1993."

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[4] "Nine Former Gators Enshrined into the Hall of Fame Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine," GatorZone.com (April 6, 2001). Retrieved July 21, 2011.

[N1-5] For reasons outside the control of the tournament organizers, the final was not played. The teams in the final split the prize money and WTA Tour points, but neither were granted the title.

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