Iroda Tulyaganova (; 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
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.
Tulyaganova retired from professional tennis in 2010.
Career
She returned to the main tour in 2006 after a long injury absence, and in
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
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)
Doubles: 7 (4–3)
ITF finals
Singles (3–2)
Doubles (4–4)
External links
Official website*
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1982 births
Living people
Olympic tennis players for Uzbekistan
Tennis players from Tashkent
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Uzbekistani female tennis players
Uzbeks
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Hopman Cup competitors
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games