Tara Iyer ( te, తర ఆయర్, hi, तारा आयर, ''Tārā Āyara'') is a former professional

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player from

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. She won four ITF singles titles and one doubles title.

Personal life

Tara Iyer was born in the Indian

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. Her mother is noted IRS officer, Indira Iyer and father is Parmeshwaran Iyer, an IAS officer.Tara Iyer - Biography , GroundReport
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Career

2003-2010

Iyer played at the 2006 Sunfeast Open – Singles qualifying where she won in the first round against

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6–4, 6–2, before losing to

Rushmi Chakravarthi Rushmi Chakravarthi ( te, రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional tennis player from India. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned pro ...

5–7, 4–6. Iyer got a wildcard to play at the

2007 Bangalore Open The 2007 Sony Ericsson International was a Tier III WTA tennis tournament held in Bangalore, India from 12 to 18 February 2007. Finals Singles Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6-4 Doubles Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia- ...

where she lost to

Dominika Cibulková Dominika Cibulková (; born 6 May 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player (after Serena Williams in 2001 WTA Tour Championships, 2001, Maria Sharapova in 2004 WTA Tour ...

0–6, 2–6 in round one. Iyer also played for

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in the 2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone when she beat Sahar Al Disi of

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, 6–0, 6–0, but lost to

Albina Khabibulina Albina Khabibulina (born 11 May 1992) is a former professional tennis player and member of the Uzbekistan Fed Cup team. She is of Tatar descent. On 4 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 492, whilst her best doubles rankin ...

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, 4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾. She received another wildcard to play at the

2007 Sunfeast Open The 2007 Sunfeast Open was a Tier III tennis event on the 2007 WTA Tour, organised for women's professional tennis organized at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta. This was the third edition of the tournament. Entrants Seeds Qualifiers Thes ...

where she lost her first-round match against

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

, 3–6, 1–6.

2011

Iyer played at the 2011 Citi Open – Singles qualifying, also as a wildcard, against

Līga Dekmeijere Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is a Latvian tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On ...

in the first round and lost 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 2–6.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (4–0)

Doubles (1–2)

References

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