Millie Tomlinson joined the Tour in 2008 but it was 2014 where her professional career really took off.

She caused a storm at the LiveStuff Open in November of that year when she rose from her unseeded position to claim the title, beating first and second seeds Sabrina Sobhy and Kanzy Emad en-route. Derby-born Tomlinson followed that up with success at the Libery Bell Open two months later and rounded off her 2014/15 season in style by storming to the Dafi Consult Invest Squash Open in June 2015.

Tomlinson finished 2015 with a couple of runner-up positions at both the Nash Cup and JSW Indian Squash Circuit Chennai – losing to Maria Toorpakai Wazir and Liu Tsz-Ling respectively before going on to seal victory at the London Open downing Nele Gilis in straight games.

England’s Tomlinson began 2016 with victory at the Edinburgh Sports Club Open after beating Sina Wall in straight games in the final. The Englishwoman then went onto claim an impressive four titles on the bounce at the Irish Open, Jersey Squash Classic, Harrow Ukrainian Squash Cup and Harrow Ukrainian Squash Cup 2.

Tomlinson’s stunning 2016 form continued as she went on to clinch titles at the Victorian Open against Dipika Pallikal Karthik in the biggest win of her career and the Salight Music Granite Open. In 2017, Tomlinson finished runner-up to Nele Gilis in the final of the Irish Open and broke into the world’s top 30 for the first time in the May 2017 World Rankings.

She was then beaten by the Belgian in her next outing, in the semis of the Nantes Open. Tomlinson then reached the last four of the Slaight Music Granite Open, as well as the quarter finals of the Monte Carlo Classic towards the end of 2017. The Englishwoman then broke into the world’s top 25 for the first time, and won the Sekisui Open, beating Julianne Courtice in the final.

Two more victories followed in 2018, with Tomlinson taking the title at the Chamberlain Open and the Tournament of Pyramides, before reaching the semis of the Monte Carlo Classic at the end of the year. She also reached the semi finals of the Cannon Kirk Irish Open in 2019, along with making it into the top 20 of the World Rankings for the first time in July of that year.

The Englishwoman started the 2019/2020 season with a quarter-final appearance at the Open de France - Nantes presented by Tailor Capital, but was unable to push on from there as she failed to make it past the last 32 of any major tournament throughout the rest of the campaign. Injuries kept the Englishwoman from competing on Tour through 2021, with Tomlinson featuring just once, at the CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open in March of that year, where she made the second round.