Iroda Tulyaganova ( uz, Ирода Тўлаганов, translit=Iroda To'laganova; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional tennis player from

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. 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

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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

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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 The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tulyaganova, Iroda 1982 births Living people Olympic tennis players of Uzbekistan Sportspeople 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