Lorna Woodroffe

Lorna Woodroffe

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1976-08-18) 18 August 1976 (age 45) Epsom, Surrey, UK
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Prize money	$254,301
Singles
Career record	177–214 (45.3%)
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 (63.2%)
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)

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

She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Playing with Julie Pullin, she lost her first-round match in the women's doubles to Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans of the Netherlands, in two sets.^[1]

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 1 runner-up[]

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[]

Singles: 7 (1–6)[]

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

Doubles (28–23)[]

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

References[]

External links[]

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