Lesia Tsurenko

Lesia Tsurenko

Tsurenko at the 2016 US Open
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 (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Dmytro Brichek
Prize money	$1,989,195
Singles
Career record	324–209
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	33 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	48 (10 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	4R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	102–59
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	116 (16 August 2010)
Current ranking	1109 (10 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	2R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–11
Last updated on: 10 October 2016.

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

Tsurenko has won two singles titles on the WTA tour, as well as six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit 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 number 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 number 2 seed to three sets before losing out on a possible third round appearance. She did however proceed to reach her first final on the ITF Women's Circuit in nearly two years, losing in the final of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open to Jarmila Gajdošová in three sets, and reaching the semifinals of the 2014 Tashkent Open 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: First WTA title

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 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, defeating Urszula Radwańska in final. As a result, she reached a career high-ranking of world number 47. 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 good form continued at the Connecticut Open. As a lucky loser, replacing Simona Halep, she defeated number five seed Karolína Plíšková in straight sets in the quarterfinal. But in her semifinal she lost to French Open finalist Lucie Šafářová. Tsurenko found revenge one week later at the US Open, defeating the Czech sixth seed Lucie Šafářová in the first round. However, she lost to Varvara Lepchenko in round two.

WTA finals

Singles (2–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	20 July 2015	International	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	19 September 2016	International	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Jelena Janković	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

ITF finals (14–14)

Singles (6–6)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 September 2007	$10,000	Baku, Azerbaijan	Clay	Tinatin Kavlashvili	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	28 April 2008	$10,000	Adana, Turkey	Clay	Vivian Segnini	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	13 October 2008	$10,000	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet (i)	Elina Gasanova	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	8 February 2010	$25,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	1 March 2010	$25,000	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	1–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	3.	9 November 2010	$25,000	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Richèl Hogenkamp	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	28 March 2011	$25,000	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Sally Peers	7–5, 5–7, 0–6
Winner	4.	19 September 2011	$25,000	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner	5.	31 October 2011	$25,000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Irina Khromacheva	6–1, 7–5
Winner	6.	14 November 2011	$25,000	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	24 September 2012	$50,000	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Elina Svitolina	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	28 July 2014	$100,000	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles (8–8)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 September 2007	$10,000	Baku, Azerbaijan	Clay	Kateryna Yergina	Vasilisa Davydova Avgusta Tsybysheva	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	23 June 2008	$10,000	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Ima Bohush	Daniëlle Harmsen Renee Reinhard	w/o
Runner-up	3.	21 July 2008	$25,000	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Kristina Antoniychuk	Mihaela Buzărnescu Oksana Kalashnikova	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1 September 2008	$25,000	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Darija Jurak Vojislava Lukić	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	2.	15 September 2008	$25,000	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ima Bohush	Albina Khabibulina Alexandra Kolesnichenko	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	20 October 2008	$50,000	Podolsk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Ima Bohush Darya Kustova	7–6(9–7), 1–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	4.	10 November 2008	$50,000	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Alisa Kleybanova Tatiana Poutchek	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	30 March 2009	$50,000	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Ksenia Milevskaya	Oksana Kalashnikova Valeria Savinykh	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	27 April 2009	$100,000+H	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Naomi Cavaday	Kristína Kučová Anastasija Sevastova	6–2, 2–6, [11–9]
Winner	6.	18 May 2009	$25,000	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	8 February 2010	$25,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Ksenia Milevskaya	Nikola Hofmanova Yvonne Meusburger	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	3 May 2010	$50,000+H	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	31 May 2010	$25,000	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Darya Kustova	Carmen Klaschka Laura Siegemund	w/o
Winner	8.	9 August 2010	$50,000	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	2 May 2011	$50,000	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Olga Savchuk	Darya Kustova Arina Rodionova	6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	8.	26 March 2012	$50,000	Osprey, United States	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2015
1.	Andrea Petkovic	No. 10	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	2R	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2.	Eugenie Bouchard	No. 7	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	4R	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
3.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 9	Toronto, Canada	Hard	2R	7–5, 6–1
4.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 8	New Haven, USA	Clay	QF	6–2, 6–2
5.	Lucie Šafářová	No. 6	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–1

References

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Women's Tennis Association: Top Ukrainian female singles tennis players as of 14 November 2016
1. Elina Svitolina (14 ) 2. Lesia Tsurenko (58 ) 3. Kateryna Bondarenko (70 ) 4. Kateryna Kozlova (99 ) 5. Valeriya Strakhova (272 )
6. Olga Savchuk (309 ) 7. Olga Ianchuk (317 ) 8. Elizaveta Ianchuk (321 ) 9. Dayana Yastremska (342 ) 10. Olga Fridman (358 )