Lesia Tsurenko Full name Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko Country (sports) Ukraine Residence Kiev , UkraineBorn (1989-05-30 ) 30 May 1989 (age 35) Volodymyrets , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet UnionHeight 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2007 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Dmytro Brichek Prize money $1,989,195 Career record 324–209 Career titles 3 WTA, 6 ITF Highest ranking 29 (17 July 2017) Current ranking 29 (17 July 2017) Australian Open 3R (2013 ) French Open 3R (2017 ) Wimbledon 3R (2017 ) US Open 4R (2016 ) Career record 102–59 Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF Highest ranking 116 (16 August 2010) Current ranking 887 (3 July 2017) Australian Open 1R (2014 ) French Open 1R (2012 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 ) Wimbledon 3R (2017 )US Open 2R (2015 ) 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.[ 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 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
Lesia Tsurenko at Wimbledon
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]
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
Hard
QF
6–2, 6–2
5.
Lucie Šafářová
No. 6
US Open , New York City, USA
Hard
1R
6–4, 6–1
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