Julie Pullin

Julie Pullin

Country (sports)	United Kingdom  England
Residence	Brighton & Hove, Sussex
Born	(1975-11-05) 5 November 1975 Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2003
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	US$421,976
Singles
Career record	302–283
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 125 (10 April 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	– 2R (2000
French Open	–
Wimbledon	1R (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
US Open	–
Doubles
Career record	255–183
Career titles	0 WTA (25 ITF)
Highest ranking	67 (2 February 1998)

Julie Pullin (born 5 November 1975), now Julie Hobbs, is a former British female tennis player who turned professional in 1993. She won 8 International Tennis Federation singles titles and 26 ITF doubles titles in her career, many with compatriot Lorna Woodroffe. She is most well known for receiving 9 wildcards over her career for the Ladies' Singles at The Championships, Wimbledon, but failing to win a match.

She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 125 in April 2000, after she achieved her best performance in a Grand Slam, qualifying and reaching the second round of the Australian Open for the first time.^[1] Pullin had defeated Slovak 15th seed Martina Sucha in the first round of qualifying 6-4 7-5, Gloria Pizzichini 6-4 6-0 in the second round and American Samantha Reeves in the final round 6-2 7-6(9). She defeated another American, Jane Chi 6-1 6-3 in the first round proper, before narrowly losing to Chinese wildcard Jing-Qian Yi 6-3 2-6 9-7. It was the only tournament where Pullin won a main draw Grand Slam match in singles.

She reached the second round of the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles tournament once in 2000, with Woodroffe, beating Dawn Buth and Julie Scott 6-4 6-1, before losing to the 14th seeded Anke Huber and Barbara Schett in the second round.

She announced her retirement in 2003, after playing her last professional singles match in the first round at Wimbledon, losing 6-1 6-3 to Russian Lina Krasnoroutskaya.

Personal life

Pullin was born in Cuckfield in Sussex to her father, Alan Pullin, and her tennis coach mother Andrea. She had two brothers, Roger and Keith, and a sister Vicki. She was coached during her career by Leighton Alfred.

Pullin's married name is now Hobbs, and under that name she is now the head coach at the Pavilion and Avenue Tennis Club in Brighton.^[2]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0

Titles by Surface Hard 0 Clay 1 Grass 0 Carpet 0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 May 1997	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Kerry-Anne Guse Debbie Graham	3–6, 4–6

ITF finals

Singles finals: 18 (8–10)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	23 March 1992	Harare, Zimbabwe	Hard	Julia Muir	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	6 April 1992	Gaborone, Botswana	Hard	Estelle Gevers	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	5 July 1993	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Lucie Ahl	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	4.	9 August 1993	College Park, United States	Hard	Vickie Paynter	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Runner–up	5.	27 September 1993	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	5–7, 2–6
Runner–up	6.	4 March 1996	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Hila Rosen	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	7.	4 May 1996	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Jessica Steck	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Runner–up	8.	8 July 1996	Easton, United States	Hard	Stephanie Mabry	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	9.	29 September 1996	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lucie Ahl	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	27 April 1997	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Joanne Ward	6–0, 6–3
Winner	11.	14 February 1998	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Joanne Ward	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	9 August 1998	Lexington, United States	Hard	Abigail Tordoff	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	13.	7 November 1999	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Yvonne Doyle	4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	14.	20 February 2000	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Elena Bovina	6–2, 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	30 October 2000	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard	Louise Latimer	2–4, 2–4, 1–4
Runner-up	16.	19 February 2001	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Ekaterina Kozhokina	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	17.	9 October 2001	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Eva Dyrberg	6–1, 6–7(1–7), 6–2
Winner	18.	5 May 2002	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles finals: 45 (25–20)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	10 February 1992	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet	Lorna Woodroffe	Jacqueline Geller Tina Samara	6-4 6-4
Runner–up	2.	4 May 1992	Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Alison Smith Tamsin Wainwright	1-6 4-6
Runner–up	3.	25 October 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Robyn Mawdsley	Ei Iida Nana Smith	4-6, 5-7
Winner	4.	5 February 1996	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Melissa Beadman Helen Laupa	6-4 7-5
Runner-up	5.	18 February 1996	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward	6–7, 3–6
Winner	6.	4 March 1996	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Kate Warne-Holland	Hila Rosen Shiri Burstein	6-2 6-4
Runner-up	7.	22 April 1996	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	2-6 0-6
Winner	8.	29 September 1996	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Natalia Egorova Henriette van Aalderen	6-2 7-6(4)
Winner	9.	6 October 1996	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Emily Bond Ekaterina Roubanova	6-2 6-4
Winner	10.	28 October 1996	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Joelle Schad Syna Schmidle	6-3 6-4
Winner	11.	16 February 1997	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Shirli-Ann Siddall Charlotte Aagaard	6-2, 6-4
Winner	12.	23 February 1997	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Kerry-Anne Guse Clare Wood	2-6 6-4 6-4
Runner-up	13.	07 April 1997	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Amanda Wainwright	Patrícia Marková Zuzana Váleková	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Runner–up	14.	27 April 1997	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Amanda Wainwright Shirli-Ann Siddall	3-6 5-7
Winner	15.	14 July 1997	Clearwater, United States	Hard (i)	Amanda Wainwright	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	16.	27 July 1997	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Amanda Wainwright	Sonya Jeyaseelan Kaoru Shibata	4-6 1-6
Winner	17.	19 October 1997	Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Lenka Cenková Sandra Načuk	6-2 6-1
Winner	18.	2 November 1997	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Amanda Hopmans Seda Noorlander	6-3 6-1
Runner–up	19.	26 July 1998	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Vanessa Webb Keri Phebus	3-6 6-2 6-4
Runner–up	20.	2 August 1998	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Vanessa Webb Keri Phebus	6-4 4-6 6-7
Winner	21.	23 August 1998	Bronx, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Christína Papadáki Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	6-3 6-1
Runner–up	22.	9 August 1998	Lexington, United States	Hard	Kim Eun-ha	Alexandra Fusai Florencia Labat	4-6 1-6
Winner	23.	18 October 1999	Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	6-3 6-2
Winner	24.	7 November 1999	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Michaela Paštiková Jasmin Wöhr	6-4 6-3
Runner–up	25.	20 February 2000	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Alexandra Fusai Tina Križan	6-7(4) 6-3 6-7(1)
Runner–up	26.	21 February 2000	Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Annabel Ellwood Nadejda Ostrovskaya	1-6 1-6
Winner	27.	6 March 2000	Haikou, China	Hard	Gréta Arn	Chae Kyung-yee Ryoko Takemura	7-5, 6-4
Winner	28.	22 October 2000	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Giulia Casoni Laurence Courtois	0-6 6-1 6-3
Winner	29.	30 October 2000	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Mia Buric Syna Schmidle	4-1 1-4 4-1 5-4(4)
Winner	30.	11 February 2001	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Irina Selyutina Tina Križan	6-1 6-3
Runner-up	31.	19 February 2001	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Alice Barnes	Carine Bornu Aliénor Tricerri	3-6 3-6
Winner	32.	25 March 2001	La Cañada, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha	6-2 6-4
Runner-up	33.	6 May 2001	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Wynne Prakusya Kim Eun-ha	6-1 4-6 6-7(2)
Runner-up	34.	13 May 2001	Fukuoka, Japan	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Rika Hiraki Nana Smith	0-6 6-7(3)
Winner	35.	20 May 2001	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6-2 6-1
Winner	36.	4 June 2001	Surbiton, United Britain	Grass	Lorna Woodroffe	Kim Grant Lilia Osterloh	7-6(3) 7-5
Winner	37.	15 July 2001	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Natalie Grandin Kim Grant	7-5 6-4
Runner-up	38.	29 July 2001	Pamplona, Spain	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Giulia Casoni Roberta Vinci	6-7(2) 4-6
Winner	39.	5 August 2001	Alghero, Italy	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Maret Ani Joana Cortez	6-4 7-5
Runner–up	40.	16 September 2001	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Allison Bradshaw Jennifer Russell	6-7(1) 2-6
Runner–up	41.	19 March 2002	La Canada, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Kim Grant Abigail Spears	6-4 5-7 1-6
Runner-up	42.	12 May 2002	Fukuoka, Japan	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Shinobu Asagoe Cho Yoon-jeong	2-6 4-6
Winner	43.	9 June 2002	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Lorna Woodroffe	Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina	6-2 6-2
Runner-up	44.	8 October 2002	Cardiff, United States	Hard (i)	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Marion Bartoli Vanessa Webb	4-6, 2-6
Winner	45.	17 November 2002	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Amanda Augustus Gabriela Lastra	7-6(1) 6-2

Unplayed final

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
NP	N/A	5 June 1999	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Lorna Woodroffe	Rika Hiraki Linda Wild	Cancelled

References

External links

• Julie Pullin at the Women's Tennis Association
• Julie Pullin at the International Tennis Federation