Daria Kasatkina vs Tsvetana PironkovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Daria Kasatkina
#82 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 2–2
🇧🇬Tsvetana Pironkova
Unranked · 38 yrs · Right-Handed
267wDaria Kasatkina and Tsvetana Pironkova have met 2 times since 2016; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Cincinnati in 2016 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Kasatkina has taken 2 sets to Pironkova's 2. Their most recent meeting: Daria Kasatkina won at U.S. Open - New York (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kasatkina | Pironkova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Daria Kasatkina | Tsvetana Pironkova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 52% | 11/21 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 55% | 11/20 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 51% | 21/41 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 31% | 9/29 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 8/12 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 36% | 5/14 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 72% | 13/18 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 61% | 11/18 | — | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kasatkina 1, Pironkova 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kasatkina
🪃 Counterpuncher
Pironkova
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Tsvetana Pironkova.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 30, 2021
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 17, 2016
Cincinnati
H Hard · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kasatkina | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.20 | - |
| ROI % | -31.7% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.49u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kasatkina | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | 3,433 mi · 5,525 km | — |
| Route | SGP → ROU → CZE | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Viktorija Golubic
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Paula Badosa
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 21
Paula Badosa
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Zeynep Sonmez
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Elena Rybakina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Xinyu Wang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 4
Daria Kasatkina
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Yulia Putintseva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Coco Gauff
Volvo Car Open - Charleston · 1st Round
Apr 6
Aryna Sabalenka
Miami Open - Miami · 2nd Round
Mar 25
Marta Kostyuk
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 24
Su Wei Hsieh
Australian Open - Melbourne · 1st Round
Feb 8
Serena Williams
Yarra Valley Classic - Melbourne · 3rd Round
Feb 3
Donna Vekic
Yarra Valley Classic - Melbourne · 2nd Round
Feb 1
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–41 matches
| Metric | Kasatkina | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 51% | - |
| Sets won | 51% | - |
| Games won | 51% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kasatkina | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kasatkina | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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