Kerryn Pratt
Australian sports broadcaster and tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kerryn Pratt (born 20 June 1959) is an Australian sports broadcaster and former professional tennis player.
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | (1959-06-20) 20 June 1959 (age 65) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1979, 1980) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (1979, 1981) |
US Open | Q1 (1980) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1979) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1981) |
US Open | 1R (1980) |
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Trained at the AIS, Pratt is the daughter of tennis player Maureen McCalman and was a two-time Australian Open girls' doubles champion. She twice reached the women's singles second round at the Australian Open and was a women's doubles semi-finalist with Elizabeth Little in 1979.[1]
Pratt began her media career as a sports reporter for the Seven Network in the mid 1980s before joining Nine, where she reported on the Wide World of Sports and was a producer on 60 Minutes in the 1990s. She has commentated on every Summer Olympics from Sydney to Rio de Janeiro, covering tennis, table tennis, badminton and softball.[2]