Lorna Woodroffe

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Lorna Woodroffe
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1976-08-18) 18 August 1976 (age 47)
Epsom, Surrey, UK
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Prize money$254,301
Singles
Career record177–214 (45.3%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 133 (26 January 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2001)
French OpenQ1 (1998)
Wimbledon2R (1997)
US OpenQ2 (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record249–145 (63.2%)
Career titles28 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 69 (3 November 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2001)
French Open2R (2001)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US Open1R (1997, 1998, 2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2000)
Mixed doubles
Career record1–4
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (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[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 18 May 1997 Welsh Open,
United Kingdom
Clay United Kingdom Julie Pullin Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
United States Debbie Graham
3–6, 4–6

ITF finals[edit]

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–6)[edit]

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

Doubles (28–23)[edit]

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

Post-retirement life[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. "Lorna Woodroffe Bio, Stats, and Results". OlyMADMen. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Coaching Team – Wimx".
  3. ^ "About Wimx Tennis – Wimx".

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