Iroda Tulyaganova


Iroda Tulyaganova is a former professional tennis player from Uzbekistan.
Tulyaganova has career-high WTA rankings of 16 in singles and 28 in doubles. 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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.18 June 2000Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Francesca Schiavone6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up1.22 October 2000Shanghai, ChinaHard Meghann Shaughnessy6–7, 5–7
Winner2.15 July 2001Vienna, AustriaClay Patty Schnyder6–3, 6–2
Winner3.22 July 2001Knokke-Heist, BelgiumClay Gala León García6–2, 6–3
Runner-up2.16 June 2002Vienna, AustriaClay Anna Smashnova4–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.9 February 2003Hyderabad, IndiaHard Tamarine Tanasugarn4–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.8 October 2006Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Sun Tiantian2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.14 May 2000Warsaw, PolandClay Anna Zaporozhanova Tathiana Garbin
Janette Husárová
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.18 June 2000Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Anna Zaporozhanova Li Na
Li Ting
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner1.23 July 2000Knokke-Heist, BelgiumClay Giulia Casoni Catherine Barclay
Eva Dyrberg
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up3.4 February 2001Tokyo, JapanHard Anna Kournikova Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Winner2.27 May 2001Strasbourg, FranceClay Silvia Farina Elia Amanda Coetzer
Lori McNeil
6–1, 7–6
Winner3.11 November 2001Pattaya City, ThailandHard Åsa Carlsson Liezel Huber
Wynne Prakusya
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner4.9 February 2003Hyderabad, IndiaHard Elena Likhovtseva Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 6–4

ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.9 May 1999Seoul, South KoreaClay Shiho Hisamatsu6–2, 6–2
Winner2.3 October 1999Seoul, South KoreaHard Tamarine Tanasugarn6–0, 6–2
Winner3.19 April 2000Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceHard Giulia Casoni6–2, 6–3
Runner-up4.4 June 2006Galatina, ItalyClay Corina-Claudia Corduneanu3–6, 4–6
Runner-up5.6 November 2006Shenzhen, ChinaHard Yuan Meng6–4, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles (4–4)