Julie Pullin
{{short description|British tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Julie Pullin
| image =
| country = {{GBR}}
{{ENG}}
| residence = Brighton & Hove, Sussex
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|11|05}}
| birth_place = Cuckfield, Sussex
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| 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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/tennis/606670.stm |title=Pullin flies British flag |publisher=BBC | location=London | date=17 January 2000 | access-date=20 June 2011}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://pavavetennishove.com/brighton-hove-tennis-coaching/tennis-coaching-team/ |title=Tennis Coaching Team |access-date=10 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220135327/http://pavavetennishove.com/brighton-hove-tennis-coaching/tennis-coaching-team/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}
WTA career finals
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | May 1997 | Cardiff, UK | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse | 3–6, 4–6 |
ITF finals
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| $75,000 tournaments |
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!Result !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 23 March 1992 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Hard | {{flagicon|ZIM}} Julia Muir | 6–1, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 6 April 1992 | Gaborone, Botswana | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Estelle Gevers | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
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| 3. | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|7|5}} | Frinton, Great Britain | Grass | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucie Ahl | 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 9 August 1993 | College Park, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Vickie Paynter | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
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| 5. | 27 September 1993 | Bracknell, Great Britain | Hard | {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Parkhomenko | 5–7, 2–6 |
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| 6. | 4 March 1996 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hila Rosen | 4–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | 4 May 1996 | Hatfield, Great Britainm | Clay | {{flagicon|RSA}} Jessica Steck | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | 8 July 1996 | Easton, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Stephanie Mabry | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 9. | {{dts|format=dmy|1996|9|29}} | Telford, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucie Ahl | 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
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| 10. | 27 April 1997 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward | 6–0, 6–3 |
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| 11. | 14 February 1998 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward | 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 12. | 9 August 1998 | Lexington, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Abigail Tordoff | 6–4, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 13. | 7 November 1999 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|IRL}} Yvonne Doyle | 4–6, 5–7 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 14. | 20 February 2000 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Bovina | 6–2, 0–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 15. | 30 October 2000 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Louise Latimer | 2–4, 2–4, 1–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 16. | 19 February 2001 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Kozhokina | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 17. | 9 October 2001 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|DEN}} Eva Dyrberg | 6–1, 6–7(1–7), 6–2 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 18. | 5 May 2002 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
=Doubles: 46 (27–19)=
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!Result !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| 1. | 10 February 1992 | Swindon, Great Britain | Carpet | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|USA}} Jacqueline Geller | 6–4, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 4 May 1992 | Lee-on-the-Solent, Great Britain | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alison Smith | 1–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 25 October 1993 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Robyn Mawdsley | {{flagicon|JPN}} Ei Iida | 4–6, 5–7 |
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| 4. | 5 February 1996 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|AUS}} Melissa Beadman | 6–4, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | {{dts|format=dmy|1996|2|18}} | Sheffield, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucie Ahl | 6–7, 3–6 |
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6. | 4 March 1996 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kate Warne-Holland | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hila Rosen | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | 22 April 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Crook | 2–6, 0–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 8. | 29 September 1996 | Telford, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalia Egorova | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 9. | 6 October 1996 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Emily Bond | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 10. | 28 October 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|DOM}} Joelle Schad | 6–3, 6–4 |
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| 11. | 16 February 1997 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 12. | 23 February 1997 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 13. | 7 April 1997 | Hvar, Croatia | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright | {{flagicon|SVK}} Patrícia Marková | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
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| 14. | 27 April 1997 | Bournemouth, Great Britain | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright | 3–6, 5–7 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 15. | 14 July 1997 | Clearwater, United States | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright | {{flagicon|CAN}} Maureen Drake | 6–4, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 16. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonya Jeyaseelan | 4–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 17. | 19 October 1997 | Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Cenková | 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 18. | 2 November 1997 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|NED}} Amanda Hopmans | 6–3, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 19. | 26 July 1998 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 20. | 2 August 1998 | Winnipeg, Canada | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Renata Kolbovic | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 21. | 23 August 1998 | The Bronx, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GRE}} Christína Papadáki | 6–3, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 22. | 5 June 1999 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Hiraki | w/o |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 23. | 9 August 1999 | Lexington, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alexandra Fusai | 4–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 24. | 18 October 1999 | Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|ROU}} Magda Mihalache | 6–3, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 25. | 7 November 1999 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|CZE}} Michaela Paštiková | 6–4, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 26. | 20 February 2000 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alexandra Fusai | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–7(1–7) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 27. | 21 February 2000 | Bushey, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|AUS}} Annabel Ellwood | 1–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 28. | 6 March 2000 | Haikou, China | Hard | {{flagicon|GER}} Gréta Arn | {{flagicon|KOR}} Chae Kyung-yee | 7–5, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 29. | 22 October 2000 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Casoni | 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 30. | 30 October 2000 | Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GER}} Mia Buric | 4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 5–4(4) |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 31. | 11 February 2001 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|KAZ}} Irina Selyutina | 6–1, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 32. | 19 February 2001 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alice Barnes | {{flagicon|FRA}} Carine Bornu | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 33. | 25 March 2001 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Hiraki | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 34. | 6 May 2001 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | 6–1, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 35. | 13 May 2001 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Hiraki | 0–6, 6–7(3–7) |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 36. | 20 May 2001 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Crook | 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 37. | 4 June 2001 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|RSA}} Kim Grant | 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 38. | 15 July 2001 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave | {{flagicon|RSA}} Natalie Grandin | 7–5, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 39. | 29 July 2001 | Pamplona, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Casoni | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 40. | 5 August 2001 | Alghero, Italy | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave | {{flagicon|EST}} Maret Ani | 6–4, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 41. | 16 September 2001 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave | {{flagicon|USA}} Allison Bradshaw | 6–7(1–7), 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 42. | 19 March 2002 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|RSA}} Kim Grant | 6–4, 5–7, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 43. | 12 May 2002 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe | 2–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 44. | 9 June 2002 | Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe | {{flagicon|RSA}} Nannie de Villiers | 6–2, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 45. | 8 October 2002 | Cardiff, Great Britain | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Díaz Oliva | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marion Bartoli | 4–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 46. | 17 November 2002 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave | {{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Augustus | 7–6(7–1), 6–2 |
References
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{{Succession box
| before = Louise Latimer
Lucie Ahl
Lucie Ahl
| title = British Tennis number one
| years = 10 April 2000 – 16 April 2000
6 August 2001 – 17 March 2002
6 May 2002 – 22 September 2002
| after = Louise Latimer
Lucie Ahl
Elena Baltacha
}}
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