Julie Pullin (born 5 November 1975), now Julie Hobbs, is a retired British

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player who turned professional in 1993. She won eight singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF circuit, many with compatriot

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. 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

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for the first time. Pullin had defeated Slovak 15th seed

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in the first round of qualifying 6–4, 7–5,

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6–4, 6–0 in the second and American

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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

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, 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

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and

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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

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Personal life

Pullin was born in

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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

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WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ITF finals

Singles: 18 (8–10)

Doubles: 46 (27–19)

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