Iroda Tulyaganova

Iroda Tulyaganova
Country  Uzbekistan
Residence Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Born 7 January 1982
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 1999
Retired 2010
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)
Last updated on: 12 October 2013.
Iroda Tulyaganova

Medal record
Women's Tennis
Asian Games
Gold 2002 Busan Singles

Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbek: Iroda To'laganova, Ирода Тўлаганова, born 7 January 1982) is a 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: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1-1) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (2-3) International (0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 18 June 2000 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Italy Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 22 October 2000 China Shanghai, China Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy 6(2)–7, 5–7
Winner 2. 15 July 2001 Austria Vienna, Austria Clay Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–2
Winner 3. 22 July 2001 Belgium Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Spain Gala León García 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 16 June 2002 Austria Vienna, Austria Clay Israel Anna Smashnova 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 9 February 2003 India Hyderabad, India Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 8 October 2006 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard China Sun Tiantian 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4-3)

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0-1) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1-0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (3-2) International (0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 14 May 2000 Poland Warsaw, Poland Clay Ukraine Anna Zaporozhanova Italy Tathiana Garbin
Slovakia Janette Husárová
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 18 June 2000 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Ukraine Anna Zaporozhanova China Li Na
China Li Ting
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 23 July 2000 Belgium Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Australia Catherine Barclay
Denmark Eva Dyrberg
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 4 February 2001 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard Russia Anna Kournikova United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6(5)–7, 6–2, 6(6)–7
Winner 2. 27 May 2001 France Strasbourg, France Clay Italy Silvia Farina Elia South Africa Amanda Coetzer
United States Lori McNeil
6–1, 7–6(0)
Winner 3. 11 November 2001 Thailand Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Sweden Åsa Carlsson South Africa Liezel Huber
Indonesia Wynne Prakusya
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 9 February 2003 India Hyderabad, India Hard Russia Elena Likhovtseva Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 6–4

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