23 Facts About Lesia Tsurenko

1. Lesia Tsurenko is guaranteed to hit a new career high ranking on Monday; her previous best was No 29, set in July 2017, but the 29-year-old will rise to at least World No 26 after her run in New York.

2. Lesia Tsurenko is aiming to be the first Ukrainian to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in history.

3. Lesia Tsurenko reached a career-high ranking of world number 29 after Wimbledon.

4. 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.

5. Lesia 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.

6. Lesia Tsurenko has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career.

7. Lesia Tsurenko has distinctive features of blonde hair and green eyes.

8. Lesia Tsurenko was born to Ukrainian parents Viktor and Larysa Tsurenko.

9. Lesia Tsurenko reached the third round at the Wimbledon tournament in the same year.

10. In 2016, Lesia Tsurenko reached her first fourth-round grand slam round at the US Open.

11. Lesia Tsurenko got to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open the same year.

12. Lesia Tsurenko reached the 102nd position at the world ranking of 2012.

13. Lesia Tsurenko competed on the Ukrainian Federation Cup team from 2011 to 2013.

14. Lesia Tsurenko moved to Kiev where she started her professional tennis career in 2007.

15. Lesia Tsurenko started playing tennis when she was six years old; she was introduced to the game by her parents Viktor Tsurenko and his wife Larysa Tsurenko.

16. Lesia Tsurenko is currently No 36 in the Women's Tennis Singles World ranking and No 336 at the doubles as of 2018.

17. Lesia Tsurenko has split her last six matches on hard court.

18. Lesia Tsurenko has a chance to win three straight matches in a single tournament for the first time since the US Open.

19. Lesia Tsurenko is coming off a straight sets win over Kimberly Birrell that took 19 games to decide.

20. Lesia Tsurenko won her WTA third singles title in Acapulco, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in final.

21. Lesia 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 Kvitova.

22. 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.

23. Lesia Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.