
Iroda At The 2007 US Open
Iroda Tulyaganova (born
January 7, 1982) is a professional tennis
player who comes from Uzbekistan
.
She has been ranked as high as #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 Taskent,
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.
She began 2008 losing in the first round of the Australian Open to
Sania Mirza 4–6, 2–6.
WTA Tour titles (7)
Singles (6)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| WTA Tour (3) |
| ITF Circuit (3) |
|
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
9 May 1999 |
Seoul , Korea |
Clay |
Shiho Hisamatsu |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 2. |
3 October 1999 |
Seoul , Korea |
Hard |
Tamarine Tanasugarn |
6–0, 6–2 |
| 3. |
16 April 2000 |
Cagnes Sur Mer,
France |
Hard |
Giulia Casoni |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 4. |
18 June 2000 |
Tashkent , Uzbekistan |
Hard |
Francesca Schiavone |
6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 5. |
15 July 2001 |
Vienna , Austria |
Clay |
Patty Schnyder |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 6. |
22 July 2001 |
Knokke-Heist , Belgium |
Clay |
Gala León García |
6–2, 6–3 |
Singles finalist (4)
Doubles (4)
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