Career

Ditty did not have her true Women's Tennis Association 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 Number. 91. She beat Alizé Cornet and Vania King before falling to Julia Vakulenko in three sets. In 2007, she was drafted by the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league.

In, Ditty qualified for the Gaz de France tournament in Paris where she lost to the Number 6 seed and former world number 1 Amélie 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. In February, following, Julie lost in the opening round in Midland and Memphis.

She did not play in the month of March. In her next tournament, $75k Dothan, Julie would retire in her opening round against Zi Yan.

In May, Julie would enter the singles qualifying draws in Rome, Madrid, Strasbourg, and the French Open, failing to qualify in all four.

Julie"s singles record for the year to date is 4–13. Ditty has appeared in the Family Circle Cup, Sony Ericsson Open, and now Wimbledon. She then went on to defeat Jelena Dokić (Army of the United States) 5–7 7–5 6–2 to reach the final round of qualifying.

She next faces compatriot Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United States of America) for a place in the main draw.

She followed this up by winning the United States Open National Playoff tournament for the Southern section Singles 14 (9–5) Doubles 53 (30–23).

Achievements

• Her win over world Number. 22 Alona Bondarenko was best-ever career win. In August, Julie defeated Meng Yuan in the first round at Cincinnati, marking her first win in a Women's Tennis Association main draw since Antwerp. Ditty was named to the United States Federation Cup team for their February match against Argentina after Bethanie Mattek withdrew with an injury. She played doubles with Liezel Huber. They would win the decisive match for Team United States of America 6–2, 6–3. In April, Julie won her opening main draw match in Charleston defeating Ayumi Morita 6–1, 6–1. This would mark her first tour level win for the year. In doubles, Julie would partner with Carly Gullickson to extend her record of USTA International Tennis Federation titles to 35 as they would win the doubles title. In Rome, Julie partnered with Jill Craybas to win their opening round before falling in the second round. Ditty won her first qualifying match against Margalita Chakhnashvili (GEO) 6–4 6–3. In June, Ditty emerged from retirement and led Team Kentucky to a decisive win in the Southern Senior Cup Women"s 35 and over division.