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	Dmytro Brichek
Prize money	$1,989,195
Singles
Career record	324–209
Career titles	3 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	33 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	50 (27 February 2017)
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 three 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.

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, 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 Wolfe in three sets. She also reached the semifinals of the 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 beating Nicole Gibbs and Lara Arruabarrena. She then defeated Yanina Wickmayer, Wimbledon finalist Garbiñe Muguruza and Carina Witthöft, before succumbing to Sara Errani in the quarterfinals.

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 quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she eventually 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 3 (3 titles)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	20 July 2015	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	19 September 2016	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Jelena Janković	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	4 March 2017	Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	6–1, 7–5

ITF finals (14–14)

Singles (6–6)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	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 Wolfe	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles (8–8)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (2–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	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	walkover
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	walkover
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

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	4–7
French Open	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	1R	1R		0–4
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R		3–6
US Open	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	4R		4–5
Win–Loss	0–0	1–2	1–4	3–4	1–3	2–4	3–4	0–1	11–22

Doubles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0–1
French Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0–3
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–6

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	Hard	QF	6–2, 6–2
5.	Lucie Šafářová	No. 6	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–1

External links

• Lesia Tsurenko at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lesia Tsurenko at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Lesia Tsurenko on X