Julie Pullin
Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
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Residence | Brighton & Hove, Sussex |
Born | Cuckfield, Sussex | 5 November 1975
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2003 |
Plays | Left-handed |
Prize money | $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) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 255–183 |
Career titles | 27 ITF |
Highest ranking | 67 (2 February 1998) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1998) |
French Open | 2R (2001) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2000) |
US Open | 1R (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001) |
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 is most well known for receiving nine wild cards over her career for the ladies' singles at 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 championship, qualifying and reaching the second round of the Australian Open for the first time.[1] 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 Brighton.[2]
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | |
Tier I | |
Tier II | |
Tier III | |
Tier IV & V |
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 1997 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
ITF finals
Singles: 18 (8–10)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 23 March 1992 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 6 April 1992 | Gaborone, Botswana | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 July 1993 | Frinton, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
1–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 9 August 1993 | College Park, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 27 September 1993 | Bracknell, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 4 March 1996 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 4 May 1996 | Hatfield, Great Britainm | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7) |
Runner-up | 8. | 8 July 1996 | Easton, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 29 September 1996 | Telford, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 10. | 27 April 1997 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 11. | 14 February 1998 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–1, 1–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 12. | 9 August 1998 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 13. | 7 November 1999 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 14. | 20 February 2000 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 0–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 30 October 2000 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
2–4, 2–4, 1–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 19 February 2001 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Winner | 17. | 9 October 2001 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7(1–7), 6–2 |
Winner | 18. | 5 May 2002 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 46 (27–19)
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 10 February 1992 | Swindon, Great Britain | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 4 May 1992 | Lee-on-the-Solent, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 October 1993 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 5 February 1996 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 18 February 1996 | Sheffield, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 4 March 1996 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 22 April 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 8. | 29 September 1996 | Telford, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 9. | 6 October 1996 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 28 October 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 11. | 16 February 1997 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 23 February 1997 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 13. | 7 April 1997 | Hvar, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 27 April 1997 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 15. | 14 July 1997 | Clearwater, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 17. | 19 October 1997 | Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 18. | 2 November 1997 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 19. | 26 July 1998 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 20. | 2 August 1998 | Winnipeg, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 21. | 23 August 1998 | The Bronx, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 22. | 5 June 1999 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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Runner-up | 23. | 9 August 1999 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 24. | 18 October 1999 | Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 25. | 7 November 1999 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 26. | 20 February 2000 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–7(1–7) |
Runner-up | 27. | 21 February 2000 | Bushey, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 28. | 6 March 2000 | Haikou, China | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 29. | 22 October 2000 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 30. | 30 October 2000 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 5–4(4) |
Winner | 31. | 11 February 2001 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 32. | 19 February 2001 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 33. | 25 March 2001 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 34. | 6 May 2001 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Runner-up | 35. | 13 May 2001 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Winner | 36. | 20 May 2001 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 37. | 4 June 2001 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
Winner | 38. | 15 July 2001 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 39. | 29 July 2001 | Pamplona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Winner | 40. | 5 August 2001 | Alghero, Italy | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 41. | 16 September 2001 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 2–6 |
Runner-up | 42. | 19 March 2002 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 43. | 12 May 2002 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 44. | 9 June 2002 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 45. | 8 October 2002 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 46. | 17 November 2002 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–1), 6–2 |
References
- ^ "Pullin flies British flag". London: www.bbc.co.uk. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Tennis Coaching Team". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.