1. Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko is a Ukrainian professional tennis player.
25 Facts About Lesia Tsurenko
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In 2013, Lesia 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 Gajdosova and Daniela Hantuchova before losing in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Lesia Tsurenko then beat fellow qualifier Daria Gavrilova in the second round, but lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third.
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Lesia Tsurenko continued her good run of form on the North American hardcourts, as she reached the third round at the Indian Wells Open as a qualifier; she defeated Ayumi Morita and Yaroslava Shvedova before falling to Petra Kvitova.
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Lesia Tsurenko reached a new career-high ranking of No 60 in the world.
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Lesia Tsurenko did proceed to reach her first final on the ITF Circuit in nearly two years, losing the Vancouver Open final to Jarmila Wolfe, in three sets.
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Lesia Tsurenko reached the semifinals of the Tashkent Open before losing to eventual champion Karin Knapp.
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Lesia Tsurenko's late-season run ensured she'd finish inside the top 100 for the second year in a row.
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In 2015, Lesia Tsurenko reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Open, again as a qualifier, defeating Annika Beck, Andrea Petkovic, Alize Cornet and Eugenie Bouchard before retiring against Jelena Jankovic in the quarterfinals due to an ankle injury she suffered in defeating Bouchard.
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Lesia Tsurenko found revenge one week later at the US Open, defeating the sixth seed Safarova in the first round.
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Lesia Tsurenko won her third career singles title in Acapulco, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final.
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Lesia Tsurenko defended her title in Acapulco as her fourth singles title by beating Stefanie Vogele in the final.
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Lesia Tsurenko thus set a new career-high of No 26 in singles.
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Lesia Tsurenko lost in the championship match to fifth seed Karolina Pliskova.
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Lesia Tsurenko started her clay-court season in Germany, at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix where she was defeated in the first round by German wildcard player Laura Siegemund.
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At the Madrid Open, Lesia Tsurenko lost in round one to fourth seed Angelique Kerber.
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Lesia Tsurenko kicked off her 2020 season at the Shenzhen Open where she lost in the first round to third seed Elise Mertens.
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Lesia Tsurenko then withdrew from her second-round match against Ana Bogdan.
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Lesia Tsurenko started the 2021 season at the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy where she lost in the first round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
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Lesia Tsurenko reached her first final since 2019 and sixth overall in Hua Hin, Thailand after the retirement of top seed Bianca Andreescu.
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Lesia Tsurenko explained later that she had a panic attack after speaking with the WTA CEO.
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Lesia Tsurenko lost by retirement or walkover in nine of her 18 tournaments dating back to Indian Wells from the previous year.
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Lesia Tsurenko prevailed over Ana Bogdan in a 3-hour 40 minutes match with a 38 points tiebreak in the third, the longest in women's singles Grand Slam history.
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Lesia Tsurenko started the season at the Auckland Classic where she beat Sachia Vickery in the first round in straight sets and lost in the second to Diane Parry in a three-setter.
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Lesia Tsurenko won all three rounds of qualifying for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and qualified for the main draw, but withdrew before her first-round match.