Lesia Tsurenko

Lesia Tsurenko

Tsurenko at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full name	Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kiev, Ukraine
Born	(1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 Volodymyrets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Dmytro Brichek
Prize money	$ 1,476,113
Singles
Career record	303–192
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 33 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 35 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	102–58
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 116 (16 August 2010)
Current ranking	No. 371 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2011)
US Open	2R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–11
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (Ukrainian: Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989 in Volodymyrets) is a Ukrainian tennis player.

Tsurenko has won 1 WTA singles title as well as six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 26 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 33. On 16 August 2010, she peaked at world number 116 in the doubles rankings.^[1]

Career

2013

In 2013, Tsurenko reached the semifinals of the WTA Premier Brisbane International tournament, after entering the draw as a lucky loser replacing Maria Sharapova; she defeated Jarmila Gajdošová and Daniela Hantuchová before losing in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Having qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open, she again faced Pavlyuchenkova, the 24th seed. This time Tsurenko won in three sets. She then beat fellow qualifier Daria Gavrilova in the second round, but lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third. Tsurenko continued her good run of form on the North American hard courts, as she reached the third round at the BNP Paribas Open as a qualifier; she defeated Ayumi Morita and Yaroslava Shvedova before falling to Petra Kvitová. She reached a then-career high ranking of No. 60 in the world.

2014

After nearly falling out of the world's top 200 prior to Wimbledon in 2014,^[2] Tsurenko experienced a mid-career revival. After qualifying for Wimbledon, Tsurenko defeated Dinah Pfizenmaier to set up a second round meeting with Simona Halep; Tsurenko pushed the No. 2 seed to three sets, eventually falling 3–6, 6–4, 4–6. She then proceeded to reach her first final on the ITF Pro Circuit in nearly two years, losing in the final of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open to Jarmila Gajdošová, 6–3, 2–6, 6–7(3), and reaching the semifinals in Tashkent before losing to eventual champion Karin Knapp. Her late-season run ensured she'd finish inside the world's top 100 for the second year in a row.

2015

In 2015, Tsurenko reached the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open, again as a qualifier, defeating Annika Beck, Andrea Petkovic, Alizé Cornet and Eugenie Bouchard before retiring against Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals while trailing 1–6, 1–4 due to an ankle injury she suffered in defeating Bouchard. After again reaching the second round of Wimbledon and losing to Irina-Camelia Begu, Tsurenko won her first WTA singles title in Istanbul after beating Urszula Radwańska 7–5, 6–1 in final and reached a career-high ranking of No. 47 as a result. Her good form continued into the summer, as she qualified for the Rogers Cup in Toronto by defeating Nicole Gibbs and Lara Arruabarrena, before defeating Yanina Wickmayer and Wimbledon finalist Garbiñe Muguruza for her third career top 10 win.

Her surprises did not stop in Connecticut Open. As a lucky loser replacing Simona Halep, she bested No.5 seed Karolína Plíšková by 6–2, 6–2 in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal, she lost to French Open finalist Lucie Šafářová in 2 sets, 2–6 6–7(4). Tsurenko had her revenge one week later in US Open. She defeated No.6 seed Lucie Šafářová in the first round by 6-4 6-1. Unfortunately, losing to Varvara Lepchenko ended her US Open journey in the second round, yet the record is her best US Open so far.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	26 July 2015	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 6–1

ITF finals (14–14)

Singles (6–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 September 2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Clay	Tinatin Kavlashvili	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	28 April 2008	Adana, Turkey	Clay	Vivian Segnini	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	13 October 2008	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet (i)	Elina Gasanova	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	8 February 2010	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	1 March 2010	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	1–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	3.	9 November 2010	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Richèl Hogenkamp	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	28 March 2011	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Sally Peers	7–5, 5–7, 0–6
Winner	4.	19 September 2011	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner	5.	31 October 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Irina Khromacheva	6–1, 7–5
Winner	6.	14 November 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	24 September 2012	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Elina Svitolina	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	28 July 2014	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles (8–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 September 2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Clay	Kateryna Yergina	Vasilisa Davydova Avgusta Tsybysheva	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	23 June 2008	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Ima Bohush	Daniëlle Harmsen Renee Reinhard	w/o
Runner-up	3.	21 July 2008	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Kristina Antoniychuk	Mihaela Buzărnescu Oksana Kalashnikova	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1 September 2008	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Darija Jurak Vojislava Lukić	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	2.	15 September 2008	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ima Bohush	Albina Khabibulina Alexandra Kolesnichenko	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	20 October 2008	Podolsk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Ima Bohush Darya Kustova	7–6(9–7), 1–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	4.	10 November 2008	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Alisa Kleybanova Tatiana Poutchek	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	30 March 2009	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Ksenia Milevskaya	Oksana Kalashnikova Valeria Savinykh	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	27 April 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Naomi Cavaday	Kristína Kučová Anastasija Sevastova	6–2, 2–6, [11–9]
Winner	6.	18 May 2009	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	8 February 2010	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Ksenia Milevskaya	Nikola Hofmanova Yvonne Meusburger	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	3 May 2010	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	31 May 2010	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Darya Kustova	Carmen Klaschka Laura Siegemund	w/o
Winner	8.	9 August 2010	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	2 May 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Olga Savchuk	Darya Kustova Arina Rodionova	6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	8.	26 March 2012	Osprey, United States	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

List of Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2015
1.	Andrea Petkovic	No. 10	BNP Paribas Open, U.S.	Hard	2nd Round	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2.	Eugenie Bouchard	No. 7	BNP Paribas Open, U.S.	Hard	4th Round	6-7, 7-5, 6-4
3.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 9	Rogers Cup, Canada	Hard	2nd Round	7–5, 6-1
4.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 7	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–2, 6–2
5.	Lucie Šafářová	No. 6	US Open, U.S.	Hard	1st Round	6–4, 6–1

References

External links

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