Lorna Woodroffe
Lorna Woodroffe (born 18 August 1976) is an English former tennis player.
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1976 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) |
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
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 18 May 1997 | Welsh Open, United Kingdom |
Clay | Julie Pullin |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kerry-Anne Guse  Debbie Graham |
3–6, 4–6 |
ITF finals
Singles: 7 (1–6)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| 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) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
Jacqueline Geller Tina Samara |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 4 May 1992 | ITF Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom | Clay | Julie Pullin |
Alison Smith Tamsin Wainwright |
1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 19 April 1993 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard | Julie Salmon |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | Caroline Stassen |
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 |
Melissa Beadman  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 Ekaterina Roubanova |
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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
- Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. "Lorna Woodroffe Bio, Stats, and Results". OlyMADMen. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "Coaching Team – Wimx".
- "About Wimx Tennis – Wimx".
External links
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