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.
^"Pullin flies British flag". London: BBC. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
JuliePullin (born 5 November 1975), now Julie Hobbs, is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 1993. She won eight singles titles...
US Open. She fell just short of reaching the main draw when she lost to Julie Coin in the final round of qualifying. She played seven more higher-level...
25 October 1993 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Ei Iida Robyn Mawdsley JuliePullin 6–4, 7–5 Winner 3. 11 August 1996 ITF Austin, United States Hard Laxmi...
2. 27 July 1997 ITF Peachtree City, United States Hard Kaoru Shibata JuliePullin Amanda Wainwright 6–4, 6–1 Runner-up 3. 21 February 1999 ITF Midland...
2–6 Runner-up 9. 6 June 1999 Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Linda Wild JuliePullin Lorna Woodroffe W/O Win 10. 25 July 1999 Peachtree City, United States...
August 1999 Lexington, United States Hard Florencia Labat Kim Eun-ha JuliePullin 6–4, 6–1 Runner-up 7. 17 October 1999 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Rita...
competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Playing with JuliePullin, she lost her first-round match in the women's doubles to Kristie Boogert...
Claire Taylor 3–6, 6–7(5) Winner 4. 9 March 1996 Haifa, Israel Hard JuliePullin 6–4, 6–3 Winner 5. 17 March 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Nataly Cahana...
Bailey 6–2, 6–3 Runner-up 3. 4 March 1996 Haifa, Israel Hard Hila Rosen JuliePullin Kate Warne-Holland 2–6, 4–6 Winner 5. 17 March 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel...
11 February 2001 ITF Redbridge, Great Britain Hard (i) Tina Križan JuliePullin Lorna Woodroffe 1–6, 3–6 Winner 11. 15 April 2001 ITF Columbus, United...
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