{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Short description|American tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Nicole Pitts | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{Flagu|United States}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|03}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 10 in | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 584 (August 5, 2002) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 494 (March 7, 2005) }} '''Nicole Pitts''' (born November 3, 1986) is an American former child actress and former professional tennis player.
As a child, she appeared in Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus.
Pitts, a Junior Orange Bowl (14s) champion in 2000, turned professional as a teenager.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kohn |first1=David |title=A swing at tennis stardom |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-07-18-0407180064-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=July 18, 2004 |language=en}}</ref> She made a WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 2002 Kroger St. Jude International in Memphis, where she was beaten in the first round by the ninth-seeded Irina Selyutina.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kroger St. Jude Monday At The Racquet Club of Memphis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/278751226/ |work=Hattiesburg American |date=February 19, 2002}}</ref> With a wrist injury ending her career early, Pitts attended medical school in Tennessee and now works as a pediatric sports medicine physician.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fialkov |first1=Harvey |title=Tornado blows away competition in USTA Girls 14s |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fl-xpm-2010-07-20-fl-alicia-black-tennis-0721-20100720-story.html |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=July 20, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pitts is a half sister of tennis players Hurricane Tyra Black and Tornado Alicia Black, from her mother Gayal's marriage to their father Sylvester "Sly" Black, a former hitting coach of Nicole.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brioso |first1=Cesar |title=Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-07-10-9807090485-story.html |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=July 10, 1998 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Greatness in forecast for Tornado Black |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/story/_/id/9683950/espnw-tornado-black-shows-remarkable-game-go-memorable-name-junior-girls-us-open-tennis-tournament |website=ESPN.com |language=en |date=September 17, 2013}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA|310427}} * {{ITF profile|nicole-pitts/800215551/usa}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitts, Nicole}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:American female tennis players Category:Tennis players from Florida