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Iroda Tulyaganova
Residence: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Birthdate: January 7, 1982
Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Weight: 139 lbs. (63 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (with two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (June 1999)
Sanex WTA Tour singles titles: 3
High rank for doubles: 28
High rank date for doubles: September 23, 2002
Sanex WTA Tour doubles titles: 4
Grand Slam titles: 0
ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 3
2001 Prize Money: $285,740
Career Prize Money: $795,421
2001 W-L Record: 31-24
Career W-L Record: 104-65
Sanex 2001 HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES
QUARTERFINALIST: Strasbourg
THIRD ROUND: Miami
THIRD ROUND: Wimbledon
SEMI-FINAL: s'Hertogenbosch
WINNER: Vienna
WINNER: Knokke-Heist 2001 HIGHLIGHTS - DOUBLES
WINNER: Strasbourg (w/Farina Elia)
FINALIST: Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Kournikova)
SEMIFINALIST: Antwerp (w/J. Lee)
QUARTERFINALIST: Dubai (w/Krasnoroutskaya)
Grand Slam Singles Results
Year Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open 2000 - - - 2ND 2001 1ST 1ST 3RD 2ND 2002 3RD 3RD 2ND 2ND 2003 2ND - - -
Grand Slam Doubles Results
Year Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open 2000 - 1ST - 1ST 2001 1ST 1ST 1ST 2ND 2002 1ST 2ND 2ND 3RD CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES
WINNER: (3 Sanex WTA TOUR) 2001 - Vienna; Knokke-Heist, 2000 - Tashkent, ITF/Cagnes Sur Mer-FRA, 1999 - ITF/Seoul 2-
KOR, ITF/Seoul-3-KOR
FINALIST (2): 2002, Vienna; 2000 - Shanghai
QUARTERFINALIST (1): 2001 – Strasbourg
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - DOUBLES
WINNER (2): Strasbourg (w/Farina Elia), Pattaya (Carlsson)
FINALIST (4): 2001 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Kournikova); 2000 - Warsaw
(w/Zaporozhanova), Tashkent (w/Zaporozhanova); 1999 - Tashkent (w/Perebiynis)
SEMIFINALIST (4): 2001 - Antwerp (w/J. Lee), Linz (w/Tatarkova); 2000 - Antwerp (Bacheva), Shanghai
(w/Husarova)
ADDITIONAL: Uzbekistan Olympic Team 2000.
QUICK FACTS
- The 14th tournament also became lucky for her. In Belgian Knokke-Heist she won $110,000 Sanex Trophy.
Without loosing a single set throughout the tournament, she defeated top-seeded Belgian Kim Clijsters
(world's Number 6) in the semi-final.- In 2001 her 13th WTA tournament became lucky. In Vienna she won Uniqa Grand Prix.
She defeated top-seeded Dementieva, Suarez, Schnyder.
This victory allowed her to jump from 48th to 34th place.- Captured her first win over a Top 20 player at 2001 Strasbourg, stunning 17th-ranked
Mary Pierce in the first round and eventually advancing to her third career
quarterfinal, and won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour- Doubles finalist at 2001 Tokyo [Pan Pacific], a top-level event, with partner Anna
Kournikova- Served a 119 mph (191.5 Km/h) serve at 2001 Miami, where she upset 34th-ranked Anne-
Gaelle Sidot to reach the third round before falling to seventh-ranked Serena Williams
in three sets- Ended final two weeks of the 2000 season at a career-high ranking of No. 75
- In 2000, appearing in a career-first Sanex WTA TOUR final, became the first player
from Uzbekistan to win a tour title by defeating Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 2-6,
6-3 at Tashkent, her hometown; ranked No. 166 at the time- At 2000 Shanghai, upset the second, third and eighth seeds en route to the final,
where she fell to fourth seed Meghann Shaughnessy 7-6(7-2), 7-5; ranking cracked the
Top 100 for the first time, jumping from No. 112 to 78- Grand Slam debut came at 2000 U.S. Open; defeated Vanessa Webb in the first round
before losing to Sandrine Testud- Debut on the Sanex WTA TOUR came at Tashkent, her hometown, in 1999; defeated Seda
Noorlander 6-1, 6-3 before falling to Tina Pisnik 6-2, 2-6, 6-3- First pro title came at a 1999 ITF event in Seoul (KOR); dropped only 16 games total
in her five straight-sets matches- Won 1999 Wimbledon junior singles and 1999 U.S. Open junior doubles
- Coached by Alexander Zlatousov
- Began playing at age 9 when father introduced her to the game at a local club
PERSONAL
Coached by Alexander Zlatoustov...Iroda's nickname is Iri...Father, Batir,
manages Iroda; mother, Anna, works as a director for a company; has a
younger sister, Nargiza...Spends time with children from the Mehrijon
orphanage in Tashkent, where she also donates rackets and tennis balls
for the children to use...Likes reading mysteries and books by author
Sidney Sheldon...Enjoys movies with Julia Roberts in them...Pastimes
includes listening to music, reading and exchanging e-mail...Admires
Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Carlos Moya and Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Sanex AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Won 1999 Wimbledon junior singles over No. 1 Krasnoroutskaya and 1999 U.S. Open junior doubles.
Sanex WTA TOUR RANKING (SEASON-ENDING, SINGLES)
2001 (July 16)-34; 2000-75; 1999-185; 1998-570
HIGHEST SINGLES RANKING: No. 16 (June 17, 2002)
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