Akgul Amanmuradova

Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova (Uzbek: Oqgul Omonmurodova; born June 23, 1984) is an inactive professional tennis player from Uzbekistan.

Amanmuradova has twice reached the final of the Tashkent Open in her native Uzbekistan, losing in 2005 to Michaëlla Krajicek and in 2009 to Shahar Pe'er.

Amanmuradova played her first WTA Tour match in her home town of Tashkent where she lost in the first round.

She played her first ITF tournaments in 2002, and reached the semifinals in Mysore and finals in Manila and Hyderabad, both times losing to Sania Mirza.

2003 was a successful year for Amanmuradova; she won four singles titles, including a $25k tournament in Mumbai.

Amanmuradova received a wild-card entry into the Australian Open, where she defeated Dally Randriantefy in three sets in the first round.

Uzbekistan was made to play New Zealand in the relegation play-off and Amanmuradova was matched up against Marina Erakovic.

She returned to Tashkent but failed to replicate her run from the previous year, falling to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round.

In November, Amanmuradova played the Shanghai $50k tournament and defeated the first, third and fifth seeds to reach the final.

In March, Amanmuradova headed to the $25k Mumbai tournament, which she won for the third time, dispatching Stefanie Vögele in the final.

At the French Open she managed to qualify by defeating María José Argeri, Evgeniya Rodina and Gréta Arn.

Playing in the Fed Cup, Amanmuradova defeated Chan Yung-jan and Tamarine Tanasugarn for a chance of promotion.

At Pattaya City, Amanmuradova made it to the semifinals, losing to American Jill Craybas.

She defeated Stefanie Vögele and Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets en route to the final.

Amanmuradova and partner Ai Sugiyama won the Aegon International at Eastbourne, the only WTA Premier event played on grass.

At the first round of the Pattaya Open, Amanmuradova was forced to retire with an abdominal strain whilst trailing Sabine Lisicki 6–0.

Ammanmuradova then had some recent success in singles as she qualified for the Indian Wells Open after defeating Chanelle Scheepers and Patricia Mayr.

Amanmuradova then lost to Tsvetana Pironkova again the following week, this time in the first round of the qualifying draw of the Miami Open.

She then qualified for the main draw of the Italian Open by defeating Giulia Gatto-Monticone, and Chanelle Scheepers.

Amanmuradova then qualified for a Premier Mandatory Madrid Open, by defeating Roberta Vinci and Ayumi Morita.

In the first round, she caused one of the biggest upsets of the day by defeating 20th seed and well established clay-court player María José Martínez Sánchez.

At the Swedish Open, Amanmuradova defeated Mariana Duque Marino in the first round before falling to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second.

In the second round, she defeated Bojana Jovanovski to book a third-round encounter with top seed and world No.

Amanmuradova gained direct entry into the Guangzhou International Open and defeated Olga Savchuk in the first round.

2 at her home tournament in Tashkent where she made the final in 2005 and 2009, Amanmuradova defeated Eirini Georgatou in the first round.

Amanmuradova then lost early in Pattaya and Kuala Lumpur, to Vera Zvonareva and Agnieszka Radwańska, respectively.

She failed to qualify for the Premier Mandatory tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, and also lost in the first round at Osprey.

As the clay-court season began, she managed to make it to the main draw of Charleston, but was beaten by Jill Craybas.

She was given a lucky loser spot in Stuttgart where she upset Dominika Cibulková in round one, her biggest win since 2010.

Amanmuradova at the US Open, 2010
Amanmuradova with Petra Kvitová of Czech Republic at Wimbledon 2012