Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam – – – –
Summer Olympics – – – –
WTA Finals – – – –
WTA 1000 – – – –
WTA Tour 1 0 1 1.00
Total 1 0 1 1.00
Doubles Grand Slam – – – –
Summer Olympics – – – –
WTA Finals – – – –
WTA 1000 – – – –
WTA Tour – – – –
Total – – – –
Total 1 0 1 1.00

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova.[1] She has won one WTA singles title, a Premier-level Sydney International in 2014, while at the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won six singles titles. During the years, she progressed more in singles and made more significant results, reaching semifinal of the 2010 Wimbledon and quarterfinals of the 2011 Wimbledon, 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open. On the WTA rankings, she has place of 31 as her career-high singles ranking, achieved in September 2010, while in doubles she has place of 141, reached in March 2009. As of March 2021, she earned more than $5m prize money.

Career achievements

Pironkova at the 2016 US Open

Pironkova made her WTA Tour debut in 2005, but got first recognized at the 2006 Australian Open, when she made her first top-ten win, defeating Venus Williams in the first round. Then, at the 2008 Italian Open, she reached her first significant quarterfinal, where she also defeated world No. 3, Ana Ivanovic, in the second round.[1] At 2010 Wimbledon, she defeated top 10 Venus Williams in order to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.[2] The following year, she reached quarterfinal of Wimbledon, but also defeated another top 10 player in that moment, Russian player Vera Zvonareva.[3] At the end of season 2012, Pironkova qualified for her first year-end championships, an elite-level WTA Tournament of Championships (now known as WTA Elite Trophy) and reached semifinal, after defeating Zheng Saisai and losing to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko in the round-robin group. In the semifinal match, she lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the straight sets.[1]

She had strong start of the season of 2014, reaching and winning her first WTA final at the Premier-level Sydney International. On her way to the trophy, she defeated three top-ten players, Sara Errani and Petra Kvitová and then in the final, Angelique Kerber.[4] At the 2016 French Open, she had another strong Grand Slam performance, reaching her another quarterfinal, after defeating top-ten Agnieszka Radwańska in the previous round.[5] After comeback of three-years absence, Pironkova had strong performance on her comeback tournament, 2020 US Open, where she reached another Grand Slam quarterfinal. There, in the second round, she defeated former world No. 1, Garbiñe Muguruza,[6] but later she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinal match.[7]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[8]

Singles

Current through the 2021 BNP Paribas Open.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ... 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 13 8–13 38%
French Open A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R QF 2R 3R Q2 0 / 13 13–13 50%
Wimbledon Q3 2R 1R 1R 1R SF QF 2R 4R 1R 1R 1R 2R NH 1R 0 / 13 15–13 54%
US Open Q2 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 4R 1R 2R 1R 2R A QF 1R 0 / 13 12–13 48%
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 1–4 2–4 1–4 7–4 7–4 6–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 5–4 2–3 5–2 0–3 0 / 52 48–52 48%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 2R NH 2R NH 1R NH A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Year–end championships
WTA Elite Trophy[lower-alpha 1] NH DNQ SF RR RR DNQ NH 0 / 3 1–9 10%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 2] NT1 A 2R Q1 2R 3R 1R 2R A 1R Q3 A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Indian Wells Open A 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R NH A 0 / 12 6–12 33%
Miami Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R Q2 1R NH 2R 0 / 12 6–12 33%
Madrid Open NH 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 NH Q1 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Italian Open A A A QF 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Cincinnati Open NT1 A A 1R 1R Q1 1R 2R 2R A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 3] A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R Q2 A A A NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
China Open NT1 A 1R 1R 1R Q1 2R 1R A A NH 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 16 15 18 20 15 22 22 19 18 21 14 10 2 6 Career total: 221
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 6–3 15–16 7–15 16–18 9–20 16–15 13–22 20–24 9–21 16–19 18–21 11–14 6–10 5–2 3–6 1 / 221 170–226 43%
Year-end ranking 88 62 98 46 99 35 46 42 108 39 59 64 162 135 $5,321,439

Doubles

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ... 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 2R A 2R A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open 2R A 2R 1R A 1R 1R A A 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Wimbledon A A 1R A A 2R A 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open 1R A 2R A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Win–loss 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0 / 19 8–19 30%

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
WTA 1000 (0-0)
Premier / WTA 500 (1–0)
International / WTA 250 (0-0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2014 Sydney International, Australia Premier Hard Germany Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2002 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Monica Niculescu 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–1 Sep 2002 ITF Volos, Greece 10,000 Carpet Switzerland Tina Schmassmann 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 2–1 Jun 2003 ITF Orestiada, Greece 10,000 Hard Romania Simona Matei 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Aug 2003 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Turkey İpek Şenoğlu 7–6(7–2), 6–0
Loss 3–2 Sep 2003 ITF Volos, Greece 10,000 Carpet Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 4–2 Nov 2003 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Nov 2004 ITF Barcelona, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Laura Pous Tió 6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–4 Jan 2005 ITF Belfort, France 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Sandra Kleinová 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Apr 2005 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay Romania Magda Mihalache 7–5, 7–5
Loss 5–5 Jun 2005 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 75,000 Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–6 Nov 2005 ITF Deauville, France 50,000 Clay (i) Ukraine Viktoriya Kutuzova 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 6–6 Sep 2007 ITF Bordeaux, France 100,000 Clay France Alizé Cornet 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–7 Sep 2008 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 100,000 Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 2–6, 3–6

WTA Tour career earnings

Correct as of 15 November 2021[1]

YearGrand Slam
singles titles		WTA
singles titles		Total
singles titles		Earnings ($)Money list rank
2006 0 0 0 154,767 95
2007 0 0 0 N/A N/A
2008 0 0 0 212,463 86
2009 0 0 0 212,039 85
2010 0 0 0 584,860 35
2011 0 0 0 467,210 47
2012 0 0 0 449,457 46
2013 0 0 0 381,626 69
2014 0 1 1 514,802 54
2015 0 0 0 469,107 61
2016 0 0 0 579,912 58
2017 0 0 0 253,512 129
2018–19 absent
2020 0 0 0 564,267 33
2021 0 0 0 260,077 147
Career 0 1 1 5,321,439 112

Career Grand Slam statistics

Best results details

Grand Slam winners are in boldface, and runner–ups are in italics.[1]

Australian Open
2006 Australian Open (not seeded)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R United States Venus Williams (10) 10 2–6, 6–0, 9–7
2R United States Laura Granville 57 5–7, 2–6
... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014[lower-alpha 4]
2015 Australian Open (not seeded)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R United Kingdom Heather Watson 38 6–4, 6–0
2R Slovakia Dominika Cibulková (11) 10 2–6, 0–6
French Open
2016 French Open (not seeded)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Italy Sara Errani (16) 18 6–3, 6–2
2R Sweden Johanna Larsson 62 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
3R United States Sloane Stephens (19) 22 6–2, 6–1
4R Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (2) 2 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
QF Australia Samantha Stosur (21) 24 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Wimbledon Championships
2010 Wimbledon Championships (not seeded)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Russia Anna Lapushchenkova 96 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
2R Russia Vera Dushevina 56 6–3, 6–4
3R Russia Regina Kulikova 69 6–4, 2–0 ret.
4R France Marion Bartoli (11) 13 6–4, 6–4
QF United States Venus Williams (2) 2 6–2, 6–3
SF Russia Vera Zvonareva (21) 21 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
US Open
2020 US Open (Protected ranking)
Round Opponent Rank Score
1R Russia Liudmila Samsonova 120 6–2, 6–3
2R Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (10) 16 7–5, 6–3
3R Croatia Donna Vekić (18) 24 6–4, 6–1
4R France Alizé Cornet 56 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
QF United States Serena Williams (3) 8 6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Top-10 wins

Season 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total
Wins 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 12
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TPR
2006
1. United States Venus Williams No. 10 Australian Open Hard 1R 2–6, 6–0, 9–7 95
2008
2. Serbia Ana Ivanovic No. 3 Italian Open Clay 2R 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 64
2009
3. Russia Vera Zvonareva No. 7 Kremlin Cup, Russia Hard (i) 2R 6–0, 6–2 126
2010
4. Russia Elena Dementieva No. 5 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay 2R 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 100
5. United States Venus Williams No. 2 Wimbledon, UK Grass QF 6–2, 6–3 82
2011
6. Russia Vera Zvonareva No. 3 Wimbledon, UK Grass 3R 6–2, 6–3 33
2012
7. China Li Na No. 9 Open GDF Suez, France Hard (i) 1R 7–6(7–5), 3–2 ret. 50
8. Poland Agnieszka Radwańska No. 3 Eastbourne International, UK Grass 1R 6–2, 6–4 40
2014
9. Italy Sara Errani No. 7 Sydney International, Australia Hard QF 7–6(7–2), 6–3 107
10. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová No. 6 Sydney International, Australia Hard SF 6–4, 6–3 107
11. Germany Angelique Kerber No. 9 Sydney International, Australia Hard F 6–4, 6–4 107
2016
12. Poland Agnieszka Radwańska No. 2 French Open Clay 4R 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 102

Notes

  1. ↑ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  2. ↑ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ↑ In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ↑ Pironkova has second round as her highest result at the Australian Open, first achieved in 2006 and then repreated it from 2008 to 2012 and then again in 2014 and 2015.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tsvetana Pironkova career statistics". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Howard Fendrich (June 29, 2010). "Tsvetana Pironkova upsets Venus Williams in Wimbledon quarterfinals". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Monica Gorny (June 24, 2011). "2011 Wimbledon Women's Recap: Another Upset on the Grass Courts of SW19". Long Island Tennis Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Vishal Gajaria (January 10, 2014). "Tsvetana Pironkova stuns Angelique Kerber to win Sydney title (Video)". tennis world. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Alberto Amalfi (May 31, 2016). "Pironkova Upsets Second-Seeded Radwanska". tennis now. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Robin Bairner (September 3, 2020). "Pironkova stuns Muguruza to make US Open third round". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ↑ WTA Staff (September 9, 2020). "Serena surges past Pironkova into US Open semifinals". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tsvetana Pironkova [BUL] | French Open". Roland Garros. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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