Lina Gjorcheska ( mk, Лина Ѓорческа, Lina Ǵorčeska; born 3 August 1994) is a
Macedonian
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tennis player, and the most successful of her country to date.
She has career-high
WTA rankings of 170 in singles and 116 in doubles, both achieved on 12 June 2017. She has won 13 singles and 47 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit.
Playing for
North Macedonia in
Billie Jean King Cup, Gjorcheska has a win–loss record of 27–5 (as of May 2024).
At the
2016 US Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying to
Catherine Bellis
Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high of 35, which she achieved in August 2017. She ...
. It was her first appearance in a Grand Slam event.
At her first appearance at the
Australian Open
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in 2017, Gjorcheska beat
Sachia Vickery in the first round of qualifying. In the second round, she beat
Dalma Gálfi in straight sets and then lost to
Stefanie Vögele in three. She played her first
WTA Tour main draw at the
2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
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, and lost in the first round to
Markéta Vondroušová.
Then she made the final at the $60k
Nana Trophy
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in Tunis where she was defeated by
Richèl Hogenkamp
Richèl Hogenkamp (born 16 April 1992) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 94, which she reached on 24 July 2017. On the ITF Circuit, she has won 16 singles and 14 doubles titles.
Personal background
Hog ...
. She was recovering from right hand injury from August 2017 till April 2018 when she started to play again. Since then, she has been playing tournaments and is slowly climbing on the rankings again. She has been making a successful comeback in singles and doubles in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Grand Slam singles performance
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 35 (13 titles, 22 runner–ups)
Doubles: 71 (47 titles, 24 runner–ups)
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation
Singles (15–2)
Doubles (8–2)
References
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1994 births
Living people
Macedonian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Tetovo