Career finalsDisciplineTypeWonLostTotalSinglesGrand Slam––––Summer Olympics––––WTA Finals––––WTA 1000––––WTA Tour1011.00Total1011.00DoublesGrand Slam––––Summer Olympics––––WTA Finals––––WTA 1000––––WTA Tour––––Total––––Total1011.00

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova. She won one WTA Tour singles title, at the Premier-level Sydney International in 2014, while at the ITF Women's Circuit, she 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 Championships, 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 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. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, she defeated top 10 Venus Williams in order to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal. The following year, she reached quarterfinal of Wimbledon, but also defeated another top-10 player in that moment, Russian player Vera Zvonareva. At the end of season 2012, Pironkova qualified for her first year-end championships, an Elite-level Tournament of Champions (now known as WTA Elite Trophy) and reached semifinal by 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 straight sets.

She had strong start of the season of 2014, reaching and winning her first tour 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. 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. After comeback of three-years absence, Pironkova had strong performance on her comeback tournament, 2020 US Open, where she reached another major quarterfinal. There, in the second round, she defeated former world No. 1, Garbiñe Muguruza, but later she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinal match.

Performance timeline

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.

Singles Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017...20202021SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenA2R1R2R2R2R2R2R1R2R2R1R1RA1R0 / 138–13 French OpenA2R1R2R1R1R2R2R1R2R3RQF2R3RQ20 / 1313–13 WimbledonQ32R1R1R1RSFQF2R4R1R1R1R2RNH1R0 / 1315–13 US OpenQ21R2R1R1R2R2R4R1R2R1R2RAQF1R0 / 1312–13Win–loss0–03–41–42–41–47–47–46–43–43–43–45–42–35–20–30 / 5248–52National representation Summer OlympicsNH2RNH2RNH1RNHA0 / 32–3Year–end championships WTA Elite TrophyNHDNQSFRRRRDNQNH0 / 31–9WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenNT1A2RQ12R3R1R2RA1RQ3AA0 / 65–6Indian Wells OpenA2R2R2R2R2R2R1R1R1R1R2R1RNHA0 / 126–12Miami OpenA1R1R1R1R2R2R2R1R3R2RQ21RNH2R0 / 126–12Madrid OpenNH1RQ11R1R1R1R2RQ1Q1NHQ10 / 61–6Italian OpenAAAQF1RQ11R1R1R1R1RQ1Q1AA0 / 73–7Cincinnati OpenNT1AA1R1RQ11R2R2RAAA0 / 52–5Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAA2R2R1RQ2AAANH0 / 32–3China OpenNT1A1R1R1RQ12R1RAANH0 / 51–5Career statisticsTournaments316151820152222191821141026Career total: 221Titles000000000100000Career total: 1Finals000000000100000Career total: 1Overall win–loss6–315–167–1516–189–2016–1513–2220–249–2116–1918–2111–146–105–23–61 / 221170–226Year-end ranking8862984699354642108395964162135245$5,321,439

Doubles Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015...W–LWin%Australian OpenA2RA2RA1RAAAA2–3French Open2RA2R1RA1R1RAA1R2–6WimbledonAA1RAA2RA2R2R1R3–5US Open1RA2RA1R1R1RAAA1–5Win–loss1–21–12–31–20–11–40–21–11–10–28–19

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title) LegendPremier / WTA 500 (1–0)International / WTA 250 (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Sydney International, AustraliaPremierHard Angelique Kerber6–4, 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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (2–5)Carpet (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000Clay Monica Niculescu1–6, 6–7(4–7)Win1–1ITF Volos, Greece10,000Carpet Tina Schmassmann7–6(7–3), 7–5Win2–1ITF Orestiada, Greece10,000Hard Simona Matei6–1, 6–4Win3–1ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000Hard İpek Şenoğlu7–6(7–2), 6–0Loss3–2ITF Volos, Greece10,000Carpet Sesil Karatantcheva4–6, 6–2, 2–6Win4–2ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000Hard Shahar Pe'er6–3, 6–2Loss4–3 ITF Barcelona, Spain25,000Clay Laura Pous Tió6–4, 5–7, 2–6Loss4–4 ITF Belfort, France25,000Hard (i) Sandra Kleinová4–6, 3–6Win5–4 ITF Rome, Italy25,000Clay Magda Mihalache7–5, 7–5Loss5–5 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia75,000Clay Zuzana Ondrášková6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss5–6 ITF Deauville, France50,000Clay (i) Viktoriya Kutuzova4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win6–6 ITF Bordeaux, France100,000Clay Alizé Cornet6–2, 6–3Loss6–7 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria100,000Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives2–6, 3–6

WTA Tour career earnings Correct as of 15 November 2021 YearGrand Slamsingles titlesWTA singles titlesTotalsingles titlesEarnings ($)Money list rank2006000154,767952007000N/AN/A2008000212,463862009000212,039852010000584,860352011000467,210472012000449,457462013000381,626692014011514,802542015000469,107612016000579,912582017000253,5121292018–19absent2020000564,267 332021000260,077 147Career0115,321,439112

Career Grand Slam statistics

Best results details Grand Slam winners are in boldface, and runner–ups are in italics. Australian Open2006 Australian Open (not seeded)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Venus Williams (10)102–6, 6–0, 9–72R Laura Granville575–7, 2–6... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 20142015 Australian Open (not seeded)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Heather Watson386–4, 6–02R Dominika Cibulková (11)102–6, 0–6French Open2016 French Open (not seeded)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Sara Errani (16)186–3, 6–22R Johanna Larsson627–5, 7–6(8–6)3R Sloane Stephens (19)226–2, 6–14R Agnieszka Radwańska (2)22–6, 6–3, 6–3QF Samantha Stosur (21)244–6, 6–7(6–8)Wimbledon Championships2010 Wimbledon Championships (not seeded)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Anna Lapushchenkova966–0, 7–6(9–7)2R Vera Dushevina566–3, 6–43R Regina Kulikova696–4, 2–0 ret.4R Marion Bartoli (11)136–4, 6–4QF Venus Williams (2)26–2, 6–3SF Vera Zvonareva (21)216–3, 3–6, 2–6US Open2020 US Open (Protected ranking)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Liudmila Samsonova1206–2, 6–32R Garbiñe Muguruza (10)167–5, 6–33R Donna Vekić (18)246–4, 6–14R Alizé Cornet566–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3QF Serena Williams (3)86–4, 3–6, 2–6

Top-10 wins Season20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016TotalWins1011212030112

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore20061. Venus WilliamsNo. 10Australian OpenHard1R2–6, 6–0, 9–79520082. Ana IvanovicNo. 3Italian OpenClay2R6–4, 5–7, 6–26420093. Vera ZvonarevaNo. 7Kremlin Cup, RussiaHard (i)2R6–0, 6–212620104. Elena DementievaNo. 5Warsaw Open, PolandClay2R7–5, 4–6, 6–41005. Venus WilliamsNo. 2Wimbledon, UKGrassQF6–2, 6–38220116. Vera ZvonarevaNo. 3Wimbledon, UKGrass3R6–2, 6–33320127. Li NaNo. 9Open GDF Suez, FranceHard (i)1R7–6(7–5), 3–2 ret.508. Agnieszka RadwańskaNo. 3Eastbourne International, UKGrass1R6–2, 6–44020149. Sara ErraniNo. 7Sydney International, AustraliaHardQF7–6(7–2), 6–310710. Petra KvitováNo. 6Sydney International, AustraliaHardSF6–4, 6–310711. Angelique KerberNo. 9Sydney International, AustraliaHardF6–4, 6–4107201612. Agnieszka RadwańskaNo. 2French OpenClay4R2–6, 6–3, 6–3102

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