Iroda Tulyaganova

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

Iroda Tulyaganova
Country (sports) Uzbekistan
ResidenceTashkent, Uzbekistan
Born (1982-01-07) 7 January 1982
Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money$972,624
Singles
Career record205–142
Career titles3 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 16 (17 June 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2002)
French Open3R (2002)
Wimbledon3R (2001)
US Open2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record102–91
Career titles4 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 28 (23 September 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001, 2002)
French Open3R (2003)
Wimbledon2R (2002)
US Open3R (2002)
Medal record
Asian Games
2002 Busan Singles
2002 BusanMixed Doubles

Tulyaganova has career-high WTA rankings of 16 in singles (reached in June 2002) and 28 in doubles (September 2002). She won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Tulyaganova retired from professional tennis in 2010.

Career

She returned to the main tour in 2006 after a long injury absence, and in Kolkata in September 2006, she reached the semifinals 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 Tour career finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (3–4)
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), 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
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V (4–2)
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), 6–2, 6–7(6)
Winner 2. 27 May 2001 Strasbourg, France Clay Silvia Farina Elia Amanda Coetzer
Lori McNeil		 6–1, 7–6(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

ITF finals

Singles (3–2)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 9 May 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Shiho Hisamatsu 6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 3 October 1999 Seoul, South Korea Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–0, 6–2
Winner 3. 19 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard Giulia Casoni 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 4 June 2006 Galatina, Italy Clay Corina-Claudia Corduneanu 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 6 November 2006 Shenzhen, China Hard Yuan Meng 6–4, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles (4–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 7 November 1998 Moulins, France Hard (i) Diane Asensio Debby Haak
Andrea van den Hurk		 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 15 November 1998 Le Havre, France Clay Cindy Schuurmans Chloé Carlotti
Stéphanie Foretz		 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 22 November 1998 Deauville, France Carpet (i) Lubomira Bacheva Emmanuelle Curutchet
Samantha Schoeffel		 1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner 4. 7 February 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Tatiana Perebiynis Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Aliénor Tricerri		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 5. 9 May 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Samantha Schoeffel Choi Young-ja
Kim Eun-sook		 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 10 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard (i) Anna Zaporozhanova Angelika Bachmann
Giulia Casoni		 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 5 November 2006 Shanghai, China Hard Akgul Amanmuradova Ji Chunmei
Sun Shengnan		 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 5 November 2006 Shenzhen, China Hard Akgul Amanmuradova Hsieh Su-wei
Alla Kudryavtseva		 0–2 ret.
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