Serena Williams vs Tsvetana PironkovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Serena Williams
Unranked · 44 yrs · Right-Handed
9w3 meetings · sets 6–1
🇧🇬Tsvetana Pironkova
Unranked · 38 yrs · Right-Handed
261wSerena Williams and Tsvetana Pironkova have met 3 times since 2015; Serena Williams leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Cincinnati in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Williams leads 3–0. Williams has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Williams has taken 6 sets to Pironkova's 1. Their most recent meeting: Serena Williams won at Yarra Valley Classic - Melbourne (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Williams | Pironkova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Serena Williams | Tsvetana Pironkova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | — | ||
| Wins a set when losing | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | — | ||
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | — | ||
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | — | ||
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 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Williams 2, Pironkova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Williams
💥 Big Hitter
Pironkova
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,181 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 3, 2021
Yarra Valley Classic - Melbourne
H Hard · 3rd Round
Sep 9, 2020
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Aug 19, 2015
Cincinnati
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.93 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Maya Joint
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Ajla Tomljanovic
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 2
Anett Kontaveit
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 31
Danka Kovinic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Emma Raducanu
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 10
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 8
Harmony Tan
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 28
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 · 1–1 matches
| Metric | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | - |
| Sets won | 33% | - |
| Games won | 42% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
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