Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell in Brisbane and Sydney qualifying; fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Barrois).

2000 - Made first appearance in Tashkent qualifying (as WC).

2001 - Played first Tour main draw at Tashkent, falling 1r (as WC).

2002 - Fell 1r at Tashkent (as WC); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell 1r at Tashkent (as WC); won four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Fell 1r at Tashkent (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying once; won three singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Reached first Tour final at Tashkent (as WC, l. to Krajicek); reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying once (US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Reached 2r once (in Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open); fell 1r twice and in Tour qualifying seven times (incl. other three majors).

2007 - First Top 100 season; SF at Cincinnati (l. to Morigami); QF at Tashkent; reached 2r three times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r three times and in Tour qualifying six times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open); made Top 100 debut on August 20 (rose from No.102 to No.99); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Second Top 100 season; SF twice, at Pattaya City (l. to Craybas) and Istanbul (l. to Dementieva); made Top 50 debut afterwards on May 26 (rose from No.58 to No.50); QF at Bangalore; reached 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 12 times (incl. other three majors, Olympics); played all four majors in a season for first time; fell in Tour qualifying three times.

2009 - Third straight Top 100 season; runner-up at Tashkent (d. No.5 seed Voegele and top seed Shvedova en route to final; l. to No.2 seed Peer); reached 2r four times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Martínez Sánchez) and Roland Garros (l. to Govortsova 75 third set); fell 1r six times, incl. Wimbledon (l. to Parmentier); fell in Tour qualifying nine times (incl. US Open): won first Tour title of any kind in doubles at Eastbourne (w/Sugiyama); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

SINGLES
Winner: 2007 - ITF/Mumbai-IND; 2004 - ITF/Coimbra 2-POR, ITF/Pune-IND, ITF/Bangkok-THA; 2003 - ITF/Mumbai 1-IND, ITF/Incheon-KOR, ITF/Mumbai 3-IND, ITF/Pune-IND.
Finalist (2): 2009 - Tashkent; 2005 - Tashkent.
Semifinalist (3): 2008 - Pattaya City, Istanbul; 2007 - Cincinnati.
Quarterfinalist (2): 2008 - Bangalore; 2007 - Tashkent.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Eastbourne (w/Sugiyama), ITF/Cuneo-ITA (w/Kustova); 2007 - ITF/Mumbai-IND (w/Bratchikova); 2005 - ITF/Phuket-THA (w/Tongsalee); 2004 - ITF/Alkmaar-NED (w/Hogendoorn), ITF/Coimbra 2-POR (w/Kotkina), ITF/Pune-IND, ITF/Mumbai 2-IND (both w/Jayalakshmy), ITF/Bangkok-THA (w/Tongsalee); 2003 - ITF/Chennai-IND (w/Isroilova), ITF/Mumbai 1-IND (w/Khoo); 2002 - ITF/Pune 2-IND (w/K.Bondarenko).

ADDITIONAL
Uzbek Olympic Team, 2001-09.

Coached by Steeve Elhaik ... Father, Chari, is a builder; mother, Saadat, is a high school music teacher; brother, Shokhrat, is a university student; born and raised in Tashkent ... Began playing at age 10 when grandmother took her to a local club to keep her busy ... As a child, also liked to read, draw, play piano and basketball; was asked to play on national junior basketball team but declined ... As a teenager, was part of the East Asia Grand Slam Development Fund through the ITF as well as the Tashkent State Fund, and at age 18 was invited to be a member of the national tennis team; it was then that she decided to make a career out of tennis ... Idolized Pete Sampras and Michael Jordan when growing up ... Works hard on improving her movement, which she classes as a weakness ... Best memories to date are winning 2005 Asian Tennis Championships, her first ITF title in India and her first Tour final at Tashkent ... Enjoys music, reading and travelling; studied International Tourism at Tashkent State University of Economics.

Official Website: www.akgulamanmuradova.com