Lesia Tsurenko

Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles

2014: Loss of form 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, she defeated Dinah Pfizenmaier to set up a second-round meeting with Simona Halep; Tsurenko pushed the No. 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 Circuit in nearly two years, losing the Vancouver Open final to Jarmila Wolfe, in three sets. After Wimbledon, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 29. In Cincinnati, she made her first Premier Mandatory quarterfinal appearance in three years, after beating Danielle Collins, Garbiñe Muguruza, and Ekaterina Makarova en route, before losing to Simona Halep. Seeded 24th at the Australian Open, Tsurenko was defeated in the second round by Amanda Anisimova.

In February at the Qatar Ladies Open, she lost in the second round to top seed and eventual finalist Simona Halep. At Dubai, she was defeated in the third round by third-seeded Simona Halep. Seeded 24th at the Indian Wells Open, Tsurenko made it to the third round where she lost to the ninth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka.

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 Laura Siegemund. At the Madrid Open, Tsurenko lost in round one to fourth seed Angelique Kerber. Playing at the Italian Open, she was defeated in the first round by Yulia Putintseva. Seeded 27th at the French Open, Tsurenko reached the third round in which she lost to third seed and defending champion, Simona Halep.

2020–2021: Loss of form & out of top 100 Tsurenko kicked off her 2020 season at the Shenzhen Open where she lost in the first round to third seed Elise Mertens. At the Australian Open, she was defeated in the first round by top seed Ashleigh Barty.

Seeded fourth at the first edition of the Zed Tennis Open, an ITF tournament in Cairo, Egypt, Tsurenko reached the final where she lost to third seed Irina-Camelia Begu. At the Qatar Ladies Open, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Greet Minnen. Playing at the Indian Wells Challenger, Tsurenko made it to the semifinals but lost to Begu who would end up winning the title. No tournaments were played from April to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

When play resumed in August, Tsurenko competed at the Prague Open. Coming through qualifying, she upset fifth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round. She then withdrew from her second-round match against Ana Bogdan.

Tsurenko started the 2021 season at the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy where she lost in the first round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. At the 2021 Australian Open, she fell in the final round of qualifying to Liudmila Samsonova. Playing at the first edition of the Phillip Island Trophy, Tsurenko was defeated in the qualifying round by Mona Barthel. However, she was awarded a lucky loser spot into the main draw but was eliminated in the first round by Patricia Maria Țig. In Adelaide, she was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Australian Astra Sharma.

2022: WTA 500 quarterfinal & Wimbledon 3rd round Tsurenko lost 0–6, 1–6 to then-world number one and eventual champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the first round of the Australian Open. At the French Open, Tsurenko qualified into her second major main-draw debut but lost in her opener, where she was drawn to face current world No. 1, Iga Świątek.

During the grass-court season, Tsurenko achieved positive results. At Eastbourne, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier but withdrew before her match with Beatriz Haddad Maia. At Wimbledon, she reached the third round for a second time defeating compatriot Anhelina Kalinina.

At the Budapest Grand Prix, she reached the quarterfinals defeating Kamilla Rakhimova in 3 hours and 53 minutes, in the longest match of the season and seventh-longest match of the Open Era, but retired against third seed Yulia Putintseva.

2023: First final since 2019, back to top 100, Wimbledon 4th round She reached her first final since 2019 and sixth overall in Hua Hin, Thailand after the retirement of top seed Bianca Andreescu. She lost to Zhu Lin in the final. As a result, she returned to the top 100 on 6 February 2023.

At the Indian Wells Open, she qualified for the main draw and reached the third round, defeating Zhu Lin and 29th seed Donna Vekić, but withdrew from her match against Aryna Sabalenka citing personal reasons. She explained later that she had a panic attack after speaking with the WTA CEO. She lost by retirement or walkover in nine of her 18 tournaments dating back to Indian Wells from the previous year.

At the French Open, she reached the fourth round only for the second time at this major upsetting 13th seed Barbora Krejčíková. It was her 21st career victory over a player ranked inside the top 20, with six of those coming at major events. It was also her first top-20 win at a major since she beat then-No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki at the 2018 US Open in her run to the quarterfinals. Next she defeated Lauren Davis by retirement, and Bianca Andreescu.

At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached the fourth round for the first time at this major and the fifth overall. She prevailed over Ana Bogdan in a 3-hour 40 minutes match with a 38 points tiebreak in the third, the longest in women's Grand Slam tournament history in singles.

2024 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. Rebeka Masarova in the second in straight sets, but lost to second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the third round, in a hard-hitting straight-sets match.

Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, now in the Middle East, Tsurenko participated in the Abu Dhabi Open, where she lost to No. 8 seed, Liudmila Samsonova, in the first round in another hard-hitting two-setter.

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

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. This is not counted as a loss.

Doubles