Iroda Tulyaganova

Iroda Tulyaganova

Country (sports)	Uzbekistan
Residence	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Born	(1982-01-07) 7 January 1982 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 972,624
Singles
Career record	205–142
Career titles	3 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 16 (17 June 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2002)
French Open	3R (2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	102–91
Career titles	4 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 28 (23 September 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2002)
French Open	3R (2003)
Wimbledon	2R (2002)
US Open	3R (2002)
Medal record Asian Games 2002 Busan Singles

Iroda Tulyaganova on a 2001 Uzbekistan stamp

Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbek: 'Iroda To'laganova, Ирода Тўлаганова', born 7 January 1982) is a former professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.

Biography

She has been ranked as high as No.16 on the WTA Tour and has won three WTA singles titles in her career. She returned to the main Tour in 2006 after a long injury absence, and in Kolkata in September 2006, she reached the semi-finals as a qualifier, leaping more than 120 places in the rankings to No. 222 after her success. The following week, she reached the final of her home event in Tashkent, beating a string of players including Top 60-ranked Olga Poutchkova. She also won the women's singles gold medal in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan by defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand.

WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam Title (0/0)
WTA Championship (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (1/1)
Tier IV (2/3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 June 2000	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	22 October 2000	Shanghai, China	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–7(2–7), 5–7
Winner	2.	15 July 2001	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	22 July 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Gala León García	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	16 June 2002	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Anna Smashnova	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	9 February 2003	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	8 October 2006	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sun Tiantian	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4-3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam Title (0/0)
WTA Championship (0/0)
Tier I (0/1)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (1/0)
Tier IV (3/2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 May 2000	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Anna Zaporozhanova	Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	18 June 2000	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Anna Zaporozhanova	Li Na Li Ting	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	23 July 2000	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Catherine Barclay Eva Dyrberg	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	4 February 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	2.	27 May 2001	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil	6–1, 7–6(7–0)
Winner	3.	11 November 2001	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Åsa Carlsson	Liezel Huber Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	9 February 2003	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4

External links

• Official website
• Iroda Tulyaganova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Iroda Tulyaganova at the Fed Cup