Lorna Woodroffe

Lorna Woodroffe
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	18 August 1976 (age 48); Epsom, Surrey, UK
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Prize money	$254,301
Singles
Career record	177–214
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (26 January 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2001)
French Open	Q1 (1998)
Wimbledon	2R (1997)
US Open	Q2 (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record	249–145
Career titles	28 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 69 (3 November 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	1R (1997, 1998, 2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2000)
Mixed doubles
Career record	1–4
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1998)

Last updated October 27, 2024

Lorna Woodroffe (born 18 August 1976) is an English former tennis player.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	18 May 1997	Welsh Open, United Kingdom	Clay	Julie Pullin	Kerry-Anne Guse Debbie Graham	3–6, 4–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	28 February 1994	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Chantal Reuter	7–6, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	6 October 1996	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sofia Finér	3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	9 February 1997	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Alessia Lombardi	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	3.	30 March 1997	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Mireille Dittmann	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	4.	21 February 1998	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sandra Načuk	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	28 February 1999	ITF Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–7, 3–6
Loss	6.	16 July 2000	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Roberta Vinci	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (28–23)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	10 February 1992	ITF Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet	Julie Pullin	Jacqueline Geller Tina Samara	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1.	4 May 1992	ITF Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Julie Pullin	Alison Smith Tamsin Wainwright	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	19 April 1993	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Julie Salmon	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	1–5 ret.
Loss	3.	3 May 1993	ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Claire Taylor	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko]	6–7, 1–6
Loss	4.	4 October 1993	ITF Basingstoke, United Kingdom	Hard	Caroline Stassen	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	4 July 1994	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Caroline Stassen	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	3–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	6 February 1995	ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Amanda Wainwright	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	24 April 1995	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Robyn Mawdsley	Karen Cross Lizzie Jelfs	6–3, 6–1
Win	3.	5 February 1996	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Julie Pullin	Melissa Beadman Helen Laupa	6–4, 7–5
Loss	7.	18 February 1996	ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward	6–7, 3–6
Loss	8.	22 April 1996	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Julie Pullin	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	2–6, 0–6
Loss	9.	11 August 1996	ITF Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Louise Latimer	Shirli-Ann Siddall Lucie Ahl	2–6, 6–7
Win	4.	29 September 1996	ITF Telford, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Natalia Egorova Henriëtte van Aalderen	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	5.	6 October 1996	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Emily Bond Ekaterina Roubanova	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	28 October 1996	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Hard	Julie Pullin	Joelle Schad Syna Schmidle	6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	16 February 1997	ITF Birmingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Julie Pullin	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	6–2, 6–4
Win	8.	23 February 1997	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Kerry-Anne Guse Clare Wood	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	24 March 1997	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Joanne Ward	Evie Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	10.	30 March 1997	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Joanne Ward	Nannie de Villiers Shirli-Ann Siddall	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	27 April 1997	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Julie Pullin	Amanda Wainwright Shirli-Ann Siddall	3–6, 5–7
Win	10.	19 July 1997	ITF Frinton, United Kingdom	Clay	Joanne Ward	Karen Cross Natalia Egorova	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	12.	17 August 1997	ITF Bronx, United States	Hard	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Lisa McShea Rachel McQuillan	2–6, 1–6
Win	11.	19 October 1997	ITF Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	Lenka Cenková Sandra Načuk	6–2, 6–1
Win	12.	2 November 1997	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Amanda Hopmans Seda Noorlander	6–3, 6–1
Win	13.	26 July 1998	ITF Peachtree, United States	Hard	Julie Pullin	Vanessa Webb Keri Phebus	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	14.	23 August 1998	ITF Bronx, United States	Hard	Julie Pullin	Christína Papadáki Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	6–3, 6–1
Win	15.	1 February 1999	ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lizzie Jelfs	Surina De Beer Kim de Weille	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	13.	10 May 1999	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Surina De Beer	Selima Sfar Joanne Ward	4–6, 2–6
Win	16.	5 June 1999	Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Julie Pullin	Rika Hiraki Linda Wild	w/o
Loss	14.	31 July 1999	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Magda Mihalache Petra Mandula	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	17.	18 October 1999	ITF Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	Magda Mihalache Zuzana Váleková	6–3, 6–2
Win	18.	7 November 1999	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Michaela Paštiková Jasmin Wöhr	6–4, 6–3
Win	19.	13 December 1999	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Tathiana Garbin Nirupama Sanjeev	5–2 ret.
Loss	15.	20 February 2000	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Alexandra Fusai Tina Križan	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Loss	16.	21 February 2000	ITF Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	Annabel Ellwood Nadejda Ostrovskaya	1–6, 1–6
Win	20.	24 April 2000	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Selima Sfar	Hannah Collin Zsófia Gubacsi	6–1, 6–0
Loss	17.	15 May 2000	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Selima Sfar	Natalie Grandin Nicole Rencken	6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Win	21.	16 July 2000	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Lucie Ahl Natalia Egorova	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	18.	17 July 2000	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	María José Martínez Sánchez Alicia Ortuño	2–6, 4–6
Loss	19.	30 July 2000	ITF Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Trudi Musgrave	Catherine Barclay Andrea van den Hurk	4–6, 5–7
Win	22.	22 October 2000	ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Julie Pullin	Giulia Casoni Laurence Courtois	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	23.	30 October 2000	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Mia Buric Syna Schmidle	4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 5–4⁽⁴⁾
Win	24.	11 February 2001	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	Irina Selyutina Tina Križan	6–1, 6–3
Win	25.	25 March 2001	ITF La Cañada, United States	Hard	Julie Pullin	Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha	6–2, 6–4
Loss	20.	6 May 2001	ITF Gifu, Japan	Hard	Julie Pullin	Wynne Prakusya Kim Eun-ha	6–1, 4–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Loss	21.	13 May 2001	Fukuoka International, Japan	Grass	Julie Pullin	Rika Hiraki Nana Smith	0–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	26.	20 May 2001	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Julie Pullin	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–2, 6–1
Win	27.	4 June 2001	Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Julie Pullin	Kim Grant Lilia Osterloh	7–6⁽³⁾, 7–5
Loss	22.	19 March 2002	ITF La Cañada, United States	Hard	Julie Pullin	Kim Grant Abigail Spears	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	23.	12 May 2002	Fukuoka International, Japan	Grass	Julie Pullin	Shinobu Asagoe Cho Yoon-jeong	2–6, 4–6
Win	28.	9 June 2002	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Julie Pullin	Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina	6–2, 6–2

Post-retirement life

After retiring from professional tennis, Woodroffe was one of the founders of WimX Tennis, a tennis academy and coaching business. As of 2021, she is still coaching there.^[2]^[3]

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References

↑ Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. "Lorna Woodroffe Bio, Stats, and Results". OlyMADMen. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
↑ "Coaching Team – Wimx".
↑ "About Wimx Tennis – Wimx".

External links

Lorna Woodroffe at the Women's Tennis Association
Lorna Woodroffe at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. "Lorna Woodroffe Bio, Stats, and Results". OlyMADMen. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[2] "Coaching Team – Wimx".

[3] "About Wimx Tennis – Wimx".

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