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

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. She competed in the

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, Australia. Playing with

Julie Pullin Julie Pullin (born 5 November 1975), now Julie Hobbs, is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 1993. She won eight singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF circuit, many with compatriot Lorna Woodroffe. She is most ...

, she lost her first-round match in the women's doubles to

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and

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of the Netherlands, in two sets.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles (1–6)

Doubles (28–23)

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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodroffe, Lorna Living people British female tennis players Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Great Britain 1976 births English female tennis players Tennis people from Surrey