Julie Ditty

Infobox Tennis player

playername = Julie Ditty
country = USA
residence = Ashland, Kentucky, USA
datebirth = birth date and age|1979|1|4
placebirth = Atlanta, Georgia, USA
height = height|m=1.68
weight = convert|61|kg|abbr=on
turnedpro = 2002
plays = Left (double-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney = $338,816
singlesrecord = 235–174
singlestitles = 0 WTA, 9 ITF
highestsinglesranking = 89 (March 24, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult = 1r (2008)
FrenchOpenresult = 1r (2008)
Wimbledonresult = 1r (2008)
USOpenresult = Q3 (2007)
doublesrecord = 224–123
doublestitles = 0 WTA, 24 ITF
highestdoublesranking = 98 (June 11, 2007)
updated = (September 21, 2008)

Julie Ditty (born January 4, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional tennis player. Ditty did not have her true WTA breakthrough until 2007, when she reached the semifinals of the Bell Challenge, a result that took her into the top 100 for the first time in her career on November 5, 2007, at No. 91. She beat Alize Cornet and Vania King before falling to Julia Vakulenko in three sets.

2008

In 2008, Ditty qualified for the Gaz de France tournament in Paris where she lost to the Number 6 seed and former world number 1 Amelie Mauresmo.During the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, she made it through the first round by defeating Alona Bondarenko, who was seeded eighth, and got to the 2nd round there before falling to qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 7–5 6–4, after having leads in both sets. Her win over world No. 22 Alona Bondarenko was best-ever career win. She hasn't won in a major tournament since the match against Bondarenko.

ITF circuit titles

ingles winner (9)

* 2008 - $75k Albuquerque, United States
* 2007 - $50k Lawrenceville, United States
* 2007 - $50k Sea Island, United States
* 2007 - $25k Palm Desert, United States
* 2006 - $10k Hilton Head, United States
* 2006 - $10k Houston-1, United States
* 2002 - $10k Winter Park, United States
* 2002 - $10k Raleigh, United States
* 2001 - $10k Waco, United States

Doubles winner (24)

* 2008 - $75k Albuquerque, United States (with Carly Gullickson)
* 2008 - $50k Surbiton, Great Britain (with Abigail Spears)
* 2007 - $25k Redding, United States (with Chin-wei Chan)
* 2007 - $25k Palm Desert, United States (with Edina Gallovits)
* 2006 - $50k Lawrenceville, United States (with Leanne Baker)
* 2006 - $50k Houston-2, United States (with Tetiana Luzhanska)
* 2006 - $50k Ashland, United States (with Milagros Sequera)
* 2006 - $75k Albuquerque, United States (with Milagros Sequera)
* 2006 - $50k Bronx, United States (with Natalie Grandin)
* 2006 - $50k St Paul, United States (with Milagros Sequera)
* 2005 - $50k Troy, United States (with Milagros Sequera)
* 2005 - $75k Albuquerque, United States (with Milagros Sequera)
* 2005 - $25k Allentown, United States (with Ansley Cargill)
* 2005 - $25k Rockford, United States (with Vladimira Uhlirova)
* 2005 - $10k Miami, United States (with Vladimira Uhlirova)
* 2005 - $10k Tampa, United States (with Vladimira Uhlirova)
* 2004 - $25k Lafayette, United States (with Kristen Schlukebir)
* 2004 - $50k Louisville, United States (with Edina Gallovits)
* 2004 - $10k Boca Raton-2, United States (with Allison Bradshaw)
* 2003 - $50k Louisville, United States (with Lisa McShea)
* 2003 - $10k Edmond, United States (with Kelly McCain)
* 2002 - $10k Winter Park, United States (with Michelle Dasso)
* 2002 - $10k Raleigh, United States (with Michelle Dasso)
* 2001 - $10k Edmond, United States (with Michelle Dasso)

External links

*wta|id=40319
*ITF female profile|number=20010478
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