She played in the Bitburger Open and achieved runner-up, beaten by Xu Huaiwen of Germany in the final, but she scored an upset by beating the seeded player Pi Hongyan of France in the quarterfinal.

She reached her first quarterfinal of the Super Series tournament in Indonesia, by beating Lu Lan of China in a rubber set.

She competed in a few Super Series tournaments such as All England and the Swiss Open but was stopped in the first round in each.

They reached the final for the first time in 14 years by beating Hong Kong in the quarterfinal and Germany in the semifinal.

She accomplished a big upset by beating the Chinese senior player and second seed, Zhang Ning, in a very tight match, 21–14, 20–22, 22–20 and reached her first Super Series final.

Yulianti's biggest achievement in the sport, thus far, is earning the women's singles bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics as an unseeded player.

In the round of 64, she saved a match point against Juliane Schenk of Germany and won the game in the rubber set, 18–21, 21–13, 22–20.

She reached the semifinal by beating Saina Nehwal of India after she saved 8 game points and won 26–28, 21–14, 21–15.

After the Olympics, she competed in some Super Series tournaments, although she was always defeated by Lu Lan in three sets.