Nicola Slater
{{short description|British tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Nicola Slater
| fullname =
| country = {{GBR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|08|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ayr, United Kingdom
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| careerprizemoney = $42,142
| singlesrecord = 48–66
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 650 (24 October 2011)
| doublesrecord = 103–127
| doublestitles = 6 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 167 (16 September 2013)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (2013)
}}
Nicola Slater (born 14 August 1984{{cite web|url=http://www.seminoles.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/slater_nicola00.html|title=Nicola Slater|work=Florida State Seminoles|access-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233403/http://www.seminoles.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/slater_nicola00.html|archive-date=2 December 2013}}) is a British pickleball player and former tennis player.
Slater won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 16 September 2013, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 167, while she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 650 in October 2011.
Partnering CoCo Vandeweghe, Slater won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Clay Court Classic, defeating Nicole Gibbs and Shelby Rogers in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/sports/rogers-captures-tinsley-singles-title/article_ecd2bf58-b05c-11e2-8096-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Rogers captures Tinsley singles title|first=Scott|last=Ratcliffe|work=The Daily Progress|date=28 April 2013|access-date=29 April 2013}}
ITF Circuit finals
=Doubles: 11 (6–5)=
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|$75,000 tournaments |
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|$50,000 tournaments |
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|$25,000 tournaments |
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|$10,000 tournaments |
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!Finals by surface |
| Hard (4–2) |
| Clay (1–2) |
| Grass (1–1) |
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!Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 8 November 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Salnikova | {{flagicon|CZE}} Nikola Fraňková | 6–3, 5–7, [5–10] |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1. | 16 May 2011 | Landisville, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Hsu Chieh-yu | {{flagicon|AUS}} Brooke Rischbieth | 7–5, 6–3 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2. | 23 May 2011 | Sumter, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bojana Bobusic | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ebony Panoho | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2. | 27 February 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Sanaz Marand | {{flagicon|ITA}} Claudia Giovine | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3. | 21 May 2012 | Sumter, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Jan Abaza | {{flagicon|AUS}} Elizabeth Ferris | 7–6(1), 6–3 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 16 July 2012 | Woking, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|ESP}} Yvonne Cavallé Reimers | {{flagicon|THA}} Nicha Lertpitaksinchai | 2–6, 5–7 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 22 April 2013 | Charlottesville, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe | {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs | 6–3, 7–6(4) |
| style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 3 June 2013 | Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Sanchez | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski | 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 30 June 2014 | Denain, France | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Karolina Wlodarczak | {{flagicon|BRA}} Paula Cristina Gonçalves | 6–7(3), 6–7(4) |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | 20 October 2014 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|BEL}} Ysaline Bonaventure | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonja Molnar | 6–4, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 8 June 2015 | Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom | Grass | {{flagicon|GBR}} Tara Moore | {{flagicon|UKR}} Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6–7(6), 3–6 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Ayr
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