Julie Pullin
British tennis player
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| name | Julie Pullin |
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| | residence | Brighton & Hove, Sussex | | birth_date | | | birth_place | Cuckfield, Sussex | | height | | | turnedpro | 1993 | | retired | 2003 | | plays | Left-handed | | careerprizemoney | $421,976 | | singlesrecord | 302–283 | | singlestitles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF | | highestsinglesranking | No. 125 (10 April 2000) | | AustralianOpenresult | 2R (2000) | | Wimbledonresult | 1R (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) | | doublesrecord | 255–183 | | doublestitles | 27 ITF | | AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 2R (1998) | | FrenchOpenDoublesresult | 2R (2001) | | WimbledonDoublesresult | 2R (2000) | | USOpenDoublesresult | 1R (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001) | | highestdoublesranking | 67 (2 February 1998) | ::
| name = Julie Pullin | image = | country =
| residence = Brighton & Hove, Sussex | birth_date = | birth_place = Cuckfield, Sussex | height = | turnedpro = 1993 | retired = 2003 | plays = Left-handed | careerprizemoney = $421,976 | singlesrecord = 302–283 | singlestitles = 0 WTA, 8 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 125 (10 April 2000) | AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2000) | Wimbledonresult = 1R (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) | doublesrecord = 255–183 | doublestitles = 27 ITF | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1998) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2001) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (2000) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001) | highestdoublesranking = 67 (2 February 1998)
Julie Pullin (born 5 November 1975), now Julie Hobbs, is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 1993. She won eight singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF circuit, many with compatriot Lorna Woodroffe.
She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 125 in April 2000, after she achieved her best performance in a Grand Slam championship, qualifying and reaching the second round of the Australian Open for the first time. Pullin had defeated Slovak 15th seed Martina Suchá in the first round of qualifying 6–4, 7–5, Gloria Pizzichini 6–4, 6–0 in the second and American Samantha Reeves in the final round 6–2, 7–6. She defeated another American, Jane Chi, 6–1, 6–3 in the first round proper, before narrowly losing to Chinese wild card Yi Jing-Qian, 3–6, 6–2, 7–9. 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.
Julie Pullin announced her retirement in 2003, after playing her last professional singles match in the first round at Wimbledon, losing 1–6, 3–6 to Lina Krasnoroutskaya.
Personal life
Pullin was born in Cuckfield in Sussex to her father Alan and her tennis coach mother Andrea. She has two brothers, Roger and Keith, and a sister, Vicki. She was coached during her career by Leighton Alfred.
Her married name is now Hobbs, and under that name she is now the head coach at the Pavilion and Avenue Tennis Club in Hove.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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| Tier III |
| Tier IV & V |
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 1997 | Cardiff, UK | Clay | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | AUS Kerry-Anne Guse | |
| USA Debbie Graham | 3–6, 4–6 | ||||||
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ITF finals
Singles: 18 (8–10)
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| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1. | 23 March 1992 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Hard | ZIM Julia Muir | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 2. | 6 April 1992 | Gaborone, Botswana | Hard | RSA Estelle Gevers | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | Frinton, Great Britain | Grass | GBR Lucie Ahl | 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 | |
| Win | 4. | 9 August 1993 | College Park, United States | Hard | USA Vickie Paynter | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | 27 September 1993 | Bracknell, Great Britain | Hard | RUS Svetlana Parkhomenko | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 4 March 1996 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ISR Hila Rosen | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 4 May 1996 | Hatfield, Great Britainm | Clay | RSA Jessica Steck | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 8. | 8 July 1996 | Easton, United States | Hard | USA Stephanie Mabry | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 9. | Telford, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lucie Ahl | 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 10. | 27 April 1997 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | GBR Joanne Ward | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 11. | 14 February 1998 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Joanne Ward | 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 12. | 9 August 1998 | Lexington, United States | Hard | GBR Abigail Tordoff | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 13. | 7 November 1999 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | IRL Yvonne Doyle | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14. | 20 February 2000 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | RUS Elena Bovina | 6–2, 0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 15. | 30 October 2000 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard | GBR Louise Latimer | 2–4, 2–4, 1–4 |
| Loss | 16. | 19 February 2001 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | RUS Ekaterina Kozhokina | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 17. | 9 October 2001 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | DEN Eva Dyrberg | 6–1, 6–7(1–7), 6–2 |
| Win | 18. | 5 May 2002 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | JPN Shinobu Asagoe | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
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Doubles: 46 (27–19)
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| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1. | 10 February 1992 | Swindon, Great Britain | Carpet | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | USA Jacqueline Geller | |
| USA Tina Samara | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 2. | 4 May 1992 | Lee-on-the-Solent, Great Britain | Clay | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Alison Smith | |
| GBR Tamsin Wainwright | 1–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 3. | 25 October 1993 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | AUS Robyn Mawdsley | JPN Ei Iida | |
| JPN Nana Smith | 4–6, 5–7 | ||||||
| Win | 4. | 5 February 1996 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | AUS Melissa Beadman | |
| EST Helen Laupa | 6–4, 7–5 | ||||||
| Loss | 5. | Sheffield, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Lucie Ahl | ||
| GBR Joanne Ward | 6–7, 3–6 | ||||||
| Win | 6. | 4 March 1996 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | GBR Kate Warne-Holland | ISR Hila Rosen | |
| ISR Shiri Burstein | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 7. | 22 April 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Helen Crook | |
| GBR Victoria Davies | 2–6, 0–6 | ||||||
| Win | 8. | 29 September 1996 | Telford, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | RUS Natalia Egorova | |
| NED Henriëtte van Aalderen | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | ||||||
| Win | 9. | 6 October 1996 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Emily Bond | |
| GBR Ekaterina Roubanova | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 10. | 28 October 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | DOM Joelle Schad | |
| GER Syna Schmidle | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 11. | 16 February 1997 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Shirli-Ann Siddall | |
| GBR Amanda Wainwright | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 12. | 23 February 1997 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | AUS Kerry-Anne Guse | |
| GBR Clare Wood | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 13. | 7 April 1997 | Hvar, Croatia | Clay | GBR Amanda Wainwright | SVK Patrícia Marková | |
| SVK Zuzana Váleková | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 14. | 27 April 1997 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Amanda Wainwright | |
| GBR Shirli-Ann Siddall | 3–6, 5–7 | ||||||
| Win | 15. | 14 July 1997 | Clearwater, United States | Hard (i) | GBR Amanda Wainwright | CAN Maureen Drake | |
| USA Lindsay Lee-Waters | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 16. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | GBR Amanda Wainwright | CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan | |
| JPN Kaoru Shibata | 4–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 17. | 19 October 1997 | Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | CZE Lenka Cenková | |
| FR Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 18. | 2 November 1997 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | NED Amanda Hopmans | |
| NED Seda Noorlander | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 19. | 26 July 1998 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | CAN Vanessa Webb | |
| USA Keri Phebus | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 20. | 2 August 1998 | Winnipeg, Canada | Hard | CAN Renata Kolbovic | CAN Vanessa Webb | |
| USA Keri Phebus | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7 | ||||||
| Win | 21. | 23 August 1998 | The Bronx, United States | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GRE Christína Papadáki | |
| FRA Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 22. | 5 June 1999 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | JPN Rika Hiraki | |
| USA Linda Wild | w/o | ||||||
| Loss | 23. | 9 August 1999 | Lexington, United States | Hard | KOR Kim Eun-ha | FRA Alexandra Fusai | |
| ARG Florencia Labat | 4–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 24. | 18 October 1999 | Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | ROU Magda Mihalache | |
| SVK Zuzana Váleková | 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
| Win | 25. | 7 November 1999 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | CZE Michaela Paštiková | |
| GER Jasmin Wöhr | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 26. | 20 February 2000 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | FRA Alexandra Fusai | |
| SLO Tina Križan | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–7(1–7) | ||||||
| Loss | 27. | 21 February 2000 | Bushey, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | AUS Annabel Ellwood | |
| BLR Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 1–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 28. | 6 March 2000 | Haikou, China | Hard | GER Gréta Arn | KOR Chae Kyung-yee | |
| JPN Ryoko Takemura | 7–5, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 29. | 22 October 2000 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | ITA Giulia Casoni | |
| BEL Laurence Courtois | 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 30. | 30 October 2000 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GER Mia Buric | |
| GER Syna Schmidle | 4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 5–4(4) | ||||||
| Win | 31. | 11 February 2001 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | KAZ Irina Selyutina | |
| SLO Tina Križan | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 32. | 19 February 2001 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | GBR Alice Barnes | FRA Carine Bornu | |
| SUI Aliénor Tricerri | 3–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Win | 33. | 25 March 2001 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | JPN Rika Hiraki | |
| KOR Kim Eun-ha | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 34. | 6 May 2001 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | INA Wynne Prakusya | |
| KOR Kim Eun-ha | 6–1, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) | ||||||
| Loss | 35. | 13 May 2001 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | JPN Rika Hiraki | |
| USA Nana Smith | 0–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||||||
| Win | 36. | 20 May 2001 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | GBR Helen Crook | |
| GBR Victoria Davies | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 37. | 4 June 2001 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | RSA Kim Grant | |
| USA Lilia Osterloh | 7–6(7–3), 7–5 | ||||||
| Win | 38. | 15 July 2001 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | AUS Trudi Musgrave | RSA Natalie Grandin | |
| RSA Kim Grant | 7–5, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 39. | 29 July 2001 | Pamplona, Spain | Clay | AUS Trudi Musgrave | ITA Giulia Casoni | |
| ITA Roberta Vinci | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | ||||||
| Win | 40. | 5 August 2001 | Alghero, Italy | Hard | AUS Trudi Musgrave | EST Maret Ani | |
| BRA Joana Cortez | 6–4, 7–5 | ||||||
| Loss | 41. | 16 September 2001 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | AUS Trudi Musgrave | USA Allison Bradshaw | |
| USA Jennifer Russell | 6–7(1–7), 2–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 42. | 19 March 2002 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | RSA Kim Grant | |
| USA Abigail Spears | 6–4, 5–7, 1–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 43. | 12 May 2002 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | JPN Shinobu Asagoe | |
| KOR Cho Yoon-jeong | 2–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Win | 44. | 9 June 2002 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | GBR Lorna Woodroffe | RSA Nannie de Villiers | |
| KAZ Irina Selyutina | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 45. | 8 October 2002 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva | FRA Marion Bartoli | |
| CAN Vanessa Webb | 4–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 46. | 17 November 2002 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | AUS Trudi Musgrave | USA Amanda Augustus | |
| USA Gabriela Lastra | 7–6(7–1), 6–2 | ||||||
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References
References
- (17 January 2000). "Pullin flies British flag". BBC.
- "Tennis Coaching Team".
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