Lesya Tsurenko and Emily Appleton will face off in the qualifications of the Viking Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lesya Tsurenko who should win in 2 sets.
Lesya Tsurenko -> 1.068
Emily Appleton -> 8.6
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Prediction and head to head Lesya Tsurenko vs. Emily Appleton
There is no head to head record between Lesya Tsurenko and Emily Appleton since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lesya Tsurenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 11-15 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-16 | 31-10 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-14 | 8-7 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-17 | 10-10 | 2-2 | 15-5 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-6 | 8-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, the Ukrainian will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-2 6-0 to Swiatek in the 1st round on the 23rd of May.
The Ukrainian has an overall 12-9 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Talking about her overall career, Lesya has an overall 381-277 record. She has a positive 28-27 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.
Emily Appleton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-24 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 16-4 | 3-3 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 0-4 | 8-8 | 16-11 | 6-4 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 29-31 | 6-3 | 9-14 | 9-9 | 3-4 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 20-22 | 4-4 | 3-9 | 13-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-11 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 874, Emily will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match in the W100 Surbiton where she lost 6-4 2-6 11-9 to Sun in the qualifications on the 29th of May.
The Brit has a composed 5-11 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Emily has an overall 113-119 record. She has a negative 4-11 record on grass.
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Franko SkugorSkugor (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max PurcellPurcell – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas LackoLacko – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Yan BaiBai (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Andre SaSa (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Donna VekicVekic – Katie SwanSwan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Freya ChristieChristie – Gabriela TalabaTalaba (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandra KrunicKrunic – Anastasia KulikovaKulikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jana FettFett – Qiang WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariam BolkvadzeBolkvadze – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Emily AppletonAppleton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emina BektasBektas – Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eden SilvaSilva – Katarzyna KawaKawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sarah Beth GreyBeth Grey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Astra SharmaSharma (0-0) – H2H and prediction