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

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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

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. She attended the

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for her high school education. Arendt received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach

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team in

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(NCAA) competition from 1988 to 1991. 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

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, partnering with

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. She and her mixed doubles partner

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were the runners-up in the 1996 Australian Open and

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. 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;Nine Former Gators Enshrined into the Hall of Fame
," GatorZone.com (April 6, 2001). Retrieved July 21, 2011. she graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in public relations in 2003.

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 runner-up

Mixed doubles: 2 runner-ups

WTA career finals

Doubles titles: 16

Doubles runner-ups: 16

Performance timeline

Doubles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arendt, Nicole 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Somerville, New Jersey American female tennis players Florida Gators women's tennis players Hun School of Princeton alumni Sportspeople from Gainesville, Florida Tennis people from Florida Tennis people from New Jersey