Iroda Tulyaganova
Quick Facts
Biography
Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbek: 'Iroda To'laganova, Ирода Тўлаганова', born 7 January 1982 in Tashkent) is a former professional tennis player from Uzbekistan.
She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on June 17, 2002 and of No. 28 in doubles on September 23, 2002. Tulyaganova has won 3 WTA singles titles and 4 WTA doubles titles.
Tulyaganova retired from tennis 2010.
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, and the mixed doubles bronze medal in the same event.
WTA career finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–4) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–1) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (4–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |