Julie Pullin

Julie Pullin
Country (sports)	United Kingdom ; England
Residence	Brighton & Hove, Sussex
Born	5 November 1975 (age 48); Cuckfield, Sussex
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)

Last updated October 27, 2024

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.^[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
Loss	0–1	May 1997	Cardiff, Great Britain	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Kerry-Anne Guse Debbie Graham	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

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

Doubles: 46 (27–19)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	10 February 1992	Swindon, Great Britain	Carpet	Lorna Woodroffe	Jacqueline Geller Tina Samara	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	4 May 1992	Lee-on-the-Solent, Great Britain	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Alison Smith Tamsin Wainwright	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	25 October 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Robyn Mawdsley	Ei Iida Nana Smith	4–6, 5–7
Win	4.	5 February 1996	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Melissa Beadman Helen Laupa	6–4, 7–5
Loss	5.	18 February 1996	Sheffield, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward	6–7, 3–6
Win	6.	4 March 1996	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Kate Warne-Holland	Hila Rosen Shiri Burstein	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7.	22 April 1996	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	2–6, 0–6
Win	8.	29 September 1996	Telford, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Natalia Egorova Henriëtte van Aalderen	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	9.	6 October 1996	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Emily Bond Ekaterina Roubanova	6–2, 6–4
Win	10.	28 October 1996	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Joelle Schad Syna Schmidle	6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	16 February 1997	Birmingham, Great Britain	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	6–2, 6–4
Win	12.	23 February 1997	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Kerry-Anne Guse Clare Wood	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	13.	7 April 1997	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Amanda Wainwright	Patrícia Marková Zuzana Váleková	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	14.	27 April 1997	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Amanda Wainwright Shirli-Ann Siddall	3–6, 5–7
Win	15.	14 July 1997	Clearwater, United States	Hard (i)	Amanda Wainwright	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 6–4
Loss	16.	27 July 1997	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Amanda Wainwright	Sonya Jeyaseelan Kaoru Shibata	4–6, 1–6
Win	17.	19 October 1997	Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Lenka Cenková Sandra Načuk	6–2, 6–1
Win	18.	2 November 1997	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Amanda Hopmans Seda Noorlander	6–3, 6–1
Win	19.	26 July 1998	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Vanessa Webb Keri Phebus	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	20.	2 August 1998	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Vanessa Webb Keri Phebus	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Win	21.	23 August 1998	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Christína Papadáki Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	6–3, 6–1
Win	22.	5 June 1999	Surbiton, Great Britain	Grass	Lorna Woodroffe	Rika Hiraki Linda Wild	w/o
Loss	23.	9 August 1999	Lexington, United States	Hard	Kim Eun-ha	Alexandra Fusai Florencia Labat	4–6, 1–6
Win	24.	18 October 1999	Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	6–3, 6–2
Win	25.	7 November 1999	Hull, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Michaela Paštiková Jasmin Wöhr	6–4, 6–3
Loss	26.	20 February 2000	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Alexandra Fusai Tina Križan	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	27.	21 February 2000	Bushey, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Annabel Ellwood Nadejda Ostrovskaya	1–6, 1–6
Win	28.	6 March 2000	Haikou, China	Hard	Gréta Arn	Chae Kyung-yee Ryoko Takemura	7–5, 6–4
Win	29.	22 October 2000	Cardiff, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Giulia Casoni Laurence Courtois	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	30.	30 October 2000	Hull, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Mia Buric Syna Schmidle	4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 5–4(4)
Win	31.	11 February 2001	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Irina Selyutina Tina Križan	6–1, 6–3
Loss	32.	19 February 2001	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Alice Barnes	Carine Bornu Aliénor Tricerri	3–6, 3–6
Win	33.	25 March 2001	La Cañada, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha	6–2, 6–4
Loss	34.	6 May 2001	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Wynne Prakusya Kim Eun-ha	6–1, 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	35.	13 May 2001	Fukuoka, Japan	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Rika Hiraki Nana Smith	0–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	36.	20 May 2001	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Lorna Woodroffe	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–2, 6–1
Win	37.	4 June 2001	Surbiton, Great Britain	Grass	Lorna Woodroffe	Kim Grant Lilia Osterloh	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Win	38.	15 July 2001	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Natalie Grandin Kim Grant	7–5, 6–4
Loss	39.	29 July 2001	Pamplona, Spain	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Giulia Casoni Roberta Vinci	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Win	40.	5 August 2001	Alghero, Italy	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Maret Ani Joana Cortez	6–4, 7–5
Loss	41.	16 September 2001	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Allison Bradshaw Jennifer Russell	6–7^(1–7), 2–6
Loss	42.	19 March 2002	La Cañada, United States	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Kim Grant Abigail Spears	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	43.	12 May 2002	Fukuoka, Japan	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Shinobu Asagoe Cho Yoon-jeong	2–6, 4–6
Win	44.	9 June 2002	Surbiton, Great Britain	Grass	Lorna Woodroffe	Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina	6–2, 6–2
Loss	45.	8 October 2002	Cardiff, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Marion Bartoli Vanessa Webb	4–6, 2–6
Win	46.	17 November 2002	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Amanda Augustus Gabriela Lastra	7–6^(7–1), 6–2

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References

↑ "Pullin flies British flag". London: BBC. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
↑ "Tennis Coaching Team". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

External links

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

Preceded by Louise Latimer Lucie Ahl Lucie Ahl	British Tennis number one 10 April 2000 – 16 April 2000 6 August 2001 – 17 March 2002 6 May 2002 – 22 September 2002	Succeeded by Louise Latimer Lucie Ahl Elena Baltacha

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[Australian_Open_2000-1] "Pullin flies British flag". London: BBC. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2011.

[2] "Tennis Coaching Team". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

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Singles
Country (sports)	United Kingdom England
Residence	Brighton & Hove, Sussex
Born	(1975-11-05) 5 November 1975 (age 48) Cuckfield, Sussex
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2003
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$421,976
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)