Iroda Tulyaganova

Iroda Tulyaganova was born in 1982 in Tashkent and turned professional in 1999. That year she won the Wimbledon girls' singles and, with Dája Bedáňová, the US Open girls' doubles.

On the WTA Tour she won three singles titles — Tashkent (2000), Vienna (2001) and Knokke-Heist (2001) — and four doubles titles — Knokke-Heist (2000), Strasbourg (2001), Pattaya City (2001) and Hyderabad (2003). Her best singles ranking was No. 16 (17 June 2002) and her best doubles ranking No. 28 (23 September 2002). At Grand Slam level she reached the third round in singles (Australian Open and French Open 2002, Wimbledon 2001).

She competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan she won gold in singles, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final, and bronze in mixed doubles. After a long injury absence she returned to the tour in 2006, reaching the semi-finals in Kolkata and the final of her home event in Tashkent, and retired in 2010. In 2019 she was elected Secretary General of the Tennis Federation of Uzbekistan and is also described as head coach of the women's national team.