Iroda Tulyaganova
Tulyaganova at the 2001 Uzbekistan stamp | ||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | Uzbekistan | |||||||||||
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| Residence | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | |||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1982 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1999 | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2010 | |||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two–handed backhand) | |||||||||||
| Prize money | $973,334 | |||||||||||
| 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
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Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbek: Ирода Тўлаганов, romanized: Iroda To'laganova; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Uzbekistan.
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 |
| WTA Tour Championships |
| Tier I (0–0) |
| Tier II (0–0) |
| Tier III, IV & V (3–4) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2000 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Francesca Schiavone | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2000 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Meghann Shaughnessy | 6–7(2–7), 5–7 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2001 | Vienna, Austria | Clay | Patty Schnyder | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2001 | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Clay | Gala León García | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jun 2002 | Vienna, Austria | Clay | Anna Smashnova | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2003 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Oct 2006 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Sun Tiantian | 2–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 7 (4–3)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| WTA Tour Championships |
| Tier I (0–0) |
| Tier II (0–1) |
| Tier III, IV & V (4–2) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2000 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2000 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Anna Zaporozhanova | Li Na Li Ting |
6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jul 2000 | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Clay | Giulia Casoni | Catherine Barclay Eva Dyrberg |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Feb 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Anna Kournikova | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 2–3 | May 2001 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Silvia Farina Elia | Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil |
6–1, 7–6(7–0) |
| Win | 3–3 | Nov 2001 | Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | Åsa Carlsson | Liezel Huber Wynne Prakusya |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–3 | Feb 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 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 9 May 1999 | Seoul, South Korea | Clay | Shiho Hisamatsu | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 3 October 1999 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | 19 April 2000 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Hard | Giulia Casoni | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | 4 June 2006 | Galatina, Italy | Clay | Corina-Claudia Corduneanu | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 6 November 2006 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | Yuan Meng | 6–4, 5–7, 1–6 |
Doubles (4–4)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 7 November 1998 | Moulins, France | Hard (i) | Diane Asensio | Debby Haak Andrea van den Hurk |
7–5, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 15 November 1998 | Le Havre, France | Clay | Cindy Schuurmans | Chloé Carlotti Stéphanie Foretz |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3. | 22 November 1998 | Deauville, France | Carpet (i) | Lubomira Bacheva | Emmanuelle Curutchet Samantha Schoeffel |
1–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
| Win | 4. | 7 February 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Tatiana Perebiynis | Nadejda Ostrovskaya Aliénor Tricerri |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | 9 May 1999 | Seoul, South Korea | Clay | Samantha Schoeffel | Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6. | 10 April 2000 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Hard (i) | Anna Zaporozhanova | Angelika Bachmann Giulia Casoni |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 5 November 2006 | Shanghai, China | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan |
4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 8. | 5 November 2006 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva |
0–2 ret. |
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iroda Tulyaganova.
- Official website
- Iroda Tulyaganova at the Women's Tennis Association
- Iroda Tulyaganova at the International Tennis Federation
- Iroda Tulyaganova at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)