Country (sports) | North Macedonia |
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Born | Tetovo, Macedonia | 3 August 1994
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 397,740 |
Singles | |
Career record | 432–250 |
Career titles | 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 170 (12 June 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 263 (28 October 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2017) |
French Open | Q1 (2017, 2024) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2017, 2024) |
US Open | Q2 (2018) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 309–104 |
Career titles | 47 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 116 (12 June 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 558 (28 October 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2017) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 27–5 |
Last updated on: 28 October 2024. |
Lina Gjorcheska (Macedonian: Лина Ѓорческа, Lina Ǵorčeska; born 3 August 1994) is a Macedonian tennis player, and the most successful of her country to date.[1]
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. It was her first appearance in a Grand Slam event.[citation needed]
At her first appearance at the Australian Open 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.[citation needed] She played her first WTA Tour main draw at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne, and lost in the first round to Markéta Vondroušová.[citation needed]
Partnering with Jil Teichmann, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2024 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, losing to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz in the final.[2]