Julie Pullin

Who is Julie Pullin?

Julie Pullin was a British female tennis player who turned professional in 1993. She won 8 International Tennis Federation singles titles and 26 ITF doubles titles in her career, many with compatriot Lorna Woodroffe. She is most well known for receiving 9 wildcards over her career for the Ladies' Singles at The Championships, 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, qualifying and reaching the second round of the Australian Open for the first time. Pullin had defeated Slovakian 15th seed Martina Sucha in the first round of qualifying 6-4 7-5, Gloria Pizzichini 6-4 6-0 in the second round 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 wildcard Jing-Qian Yi 6-3 2-6 9-7. It was the only tournament where Pullin won a main draw Grand Slam match in singles.