Tsvetana Pironkova
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Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova (born 13 September 1987) is a female Bulgaria
n tennis player. She was born and lives in Plovdiv
, Bulgaria. Pironkova is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand
.
She achieved her career high of world no. 31 on 13 September 2010. She is best known for defeating Venus Williams
three times at Grand Slam tournaments. She is currently the Bulgarian No. 1. and has won six ITF titles in her career.
In 2001, Pironkova won the Atlantic Cup International Junior Tournament held in Bulgaria, and her career high in juniors was world no. 227 on 25 March 2002.
Tournament in Bucharest
, Romania. Pironkova won 3 qualifying matches before reaching the final in the main draw, where she lost to Monica Niculescu
of Romania, 6–1, 7–6(1).
In September 2002, Pironkova played in the $10,000 ITF event in Volos
, Greece, where she lost only one set playing through the qualifying and main draw. She defeated Tina Schmassmann of Switzerland 7–6(3), 7–5 to win her first professional ITF event.
In 2003, she won three ITF singles titles: one in Orestiada
, Greece and two in Istanbul
.
.
In January 2006, Pironkova made headlines by defeating tenth-seed Venus Williams in the first round of the 2006 Australian Open
by a score of 2–6, 6–0, 9–7. Pironkova was ranked 94th in the world. She lost to Laura Granville
in the second round.
In the first round at Wimbledon, Pironkova came from a set down to defeat then top 20 player Anna-Lena Grönefeld
3–6, 6–3, 6–1. In the following round she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska
in straight sets.
On 16 November 2006, Pironkova reached her then career high singles ranking of 62.
. She played in the qualifications of the US Open, and beat Zuzana Ondrášková
, Marta Domachowska
, and Stéphanie Dubois
to reach the main draw.
She drew Olga Puchkova from Russia in the first round. Pironkova won that match 6–3, 6–4 to set up a clash with world number 1, Justine Henin in the second round. Pironkova lost to Henin in straight sets 6–4, 6–0.
After the US Open in September 2007, Pironkova played in one of the biggest challenger events of the year in Bordeaux. Pironkova beat Mathilde Johansson
, Tatjana Malek
and Alizé Cornet
all in straight sets to win. The win put her singles ranking back into the top 80 for the first time in several months.
. At the Australian Open, the 20 year old thrashed Olga Govortsova
in the 1st round 6–1, 6–1. In round 2 she played second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
. Despite leading 5–2 and having set points in the 1st set, the Bulgarian eventually lost 7–6(0), 6–2.
At the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp in February, Pironkova qualified for the loss of only 10 games in 3 matches, won her first round match for the loss of just two more, and then took a 7–6, 3–1 second-round lead over Belgian World No.1 Justine Henin before losing the match in three sets.
She caused another upset at the 2008 Rome Masters. As a qualifier, she beat top seed and world no. 3 Ana Ivanović
in the second round for the biggest victory of her career so far. She advanced to the quarterfinals, her first ever at a Tier I event, when Victoria Azarenka
retired during their third round match with Pironkova leading 6–1, 1–0. In the quarterfinals she was defeated 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 by Anna Chakvetadze
.
In September, Pironkova reached the final in an ITF event in Sofia
, where she lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives
in the final 6–2, 6–3.
She ended the year at number 46 in the world.
6–4, 6–1. En route, she defeated then world no. 15 Patty Schnyder
. It was her fifth top 20 win in her career. At the Australian Open she defeated Karolina Šprem
in the first round 6–0, 6–4 before she lost to 16th seed Marion Bartoli
7–5, 6–2.
Seeded No. 8 at the first Andalucia Tennis Experience
, Pironkova lost in the first round to Roberta Vinci
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4. She lost in the first rounds of the French Open
and Wimbledon, both times to Jill Craybas
.
in the qualifications in Sydney
in three sets (5–7 in the third set) and the second round of Australian Open
she suffered a 6–1 6–4 loss to World no.28 Shahar Pe'er
.
In February she fell to non-top 100 players Darya Kustova
and Tamira Paszek
in the qualifiers in Paris
and Dubai
(lost to Paszek
after 5–7 in the third set; won the first set with 6–1 after leading 5–0).
In March she reached the second rounds in Indian Wells
and Miami
; she lost respectively to no. 23 seeded Kleybanova
and Wozniacki
after winning the first set in both matches. Pironkova made her first ITF Tour
appearance of the year in the $25,000 Fort Walton Beach, where she reached the semifinals.
In April she fell in the second round of the qualifiers in Barcelona
where she lost to Silvia Soler-Espinosa in two sets. In Stuttgart
she lost to World no. 7 Jelena Janković
2–6 2–6; it was her worst loss versus Janković in their four meetings, after pushing to three sets in two of them and extending to 5–7 in the third in 2006 (again in Stuttgart).
In May she suffered early-round losses in the first round of qualifications in Rome
and Madrid
(loss to World no. 299 Brianti was worst loss since losing to World no. 799 Katalin Marosi
in 2008, which was also her second worst career loss). In Warsaw
she reached her first quarterfinal of the year after defeating World no.5 Elena Dementieva
in the second round (was fourth career Top 10 win and second career top 5 win) with 7–5 4–6 6–4 after overcoming three rounds of qualifications. She then lost to defending (and the eventual) champion Alexandra Dulgheru
after 4–6 5–7.At the Roland Garross
Pironkova lost to former World no. 1 and four-time French Open champion Justine Henin at the in the first round 4–6, 3–6.
In early June she lost a qualifying second round to World no. 344 and US Open Girl's Champion Heather Watson
; it was her 7th non-top 100 loss of the year. Entering Wimbledon
with a career 1–4 record at the event, went beyond the second round for the first time in her career to become the first Bulgarian to reach a semi-final of a Grand Slam tournament since Manuela Maleeva
(although Maleeva was playing under the Swiss banner) achieved this feat at the US Open in 1992 and 1993. Pironkova was ranked eighty places lower than Williams, making this defeat for Williams her most lopsided in her time playing at Wimbledon. Pironkova was beaten 6–3 3–6 2–6 in her first grand slam semi-final by Vera Zvonareva
, and her best performance thus far at Wimbledon. The Williams upset moved Pironkova to 35th in the WTA, her highest career ranking.
In July she reached the second round in Palermo
, then lost to Jill Craybas
with 6–2 2–6 2–6; the defeat came after Pironkova suffered a light injury in the first set of her first match in Palermo. Due to the points won in Palermo she rose to no. 34 the following week. Despite inactivity, she reached a career-high of world no. 33 on 26 July after Safina
dropped her points from Portorož.
Later in July she scored a straight-sets victory over Tatjana Malek
in Istanbul
. However, she then recorded three consecutive losses, two of which were to Anastasia Rodionova and one to Anna Lapushchenkova
.
Just before the US Open
, she was ranked no. 34 in the World, but due to the withdrawals of Serena Williams and Justine Henin, Pironkova became the first Bulgarian to be seeded at a Grand Slam since Magdalena Maleeva was seeded in the 2005 Wimbledon. As no. 32 in the draw, she was projected to have a re-match of her Wimbledon quarterfinal
against former World no. 1 Venus Williams
in the third round. Pironkova lost in the second round to qualifier Mandy Minella
, who had just scored her very first main draw victory. Later it was revealed Pironkova suffered from fever and felt exhausted the day of her match.
In the Toray Pan Pacific Open
, she lost in the second round to Italian qualifier Roberta Vinci
.
In her first participation in the China Open
, Pironkova lost her first round match against Russian
tennis player Maria Sharapova
.
In her last tournament of the year, Moscow's 2010 Kremlin Cup
, Pironkova lost in the second round to Dominika Cibulková
.
Pironkova ended the year at number 35 in the world.
After the season Pironkova won 5th place at the sportsman of the year ceremony in Bulgaria which is held every year and determines top 10 sport achievements. She was announced best athlete in her home city Plovdiv also.
where she lost to Peng Shuai
of China in the first round.
In the Australian Open
Pironkova fell the in second round to Romanian
Monica Niculescu
.
In the 2011 French Open
Tsvetana was seeded 32nd. She lost to Gisela Dulko
, the Argentine, in the second round.
Pironkova entered Wimbledon
as No. 32 seeded. In the third round Tsvetana defeated world No. 3 and second-seeded Vera Zvonareva
6–2 and 6–3, thus avenging her loss in the semifinals of the last year's Wimbledon
. In the fourth round of Wimbledon, she beat former champion Venus Williams
6–2 6–3, which was the same scoreline as their previous meeting in 2010's Wimbledon Championships. In the quarterfinals, she lost to eventual champion Petra Kvitova
, 6–3, 6–7, 6–2. In July 2011 Pironkova competed in the XXIV SNAI Open – Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo tournament where she defeated Anna Tatishvili
in the first round and Sorana Cîrstea
in the second, before losing to Flavia Pennetta
in the quarterfinals. At the 2011 Western & Southern Open
Pironkova lost to Christina McHale
in the first round. At 2011 US Open
Pironkova defeated Virginie Razzano
(6:2, 6:3) in the first round, but lost to world № 13 Peng Shuai
in the next round.Pironkova teamed up with Chanelle Scheepers
in the first round of 2011 US Open Women's Doubles championships
, but they were defeated by Arantxa Parra Santonja
and Nuria Llagostera Vives
. At the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
Pironkova beat Gisela Dulko
in the first round 7–6(2) 6–1, but then lost to Vera Zvonareva
in the second 7–5 6–0.At the 2011 China Open
Pironkova lost to world №7 Samantha Stosur
6–4 6–0 in the first round. At 2011 Kremlin Cup
Pironkova beat Petra Martić
, after Martić retired due to injury. Pironkova failed to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova
in the second round (5-7,5-7). She will compete alongside Grigor Dimitrov
in the 2012 Hopman Cup
.
.
1 Pironkova won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
2 Pironkova won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
LL Pironkova entered the main draw as a Lucky loser
.
Players who have been ranked in the World Top 20, but not in the World Top 10, in italic
Venus Williams
3–1 Karolina Šprem
4–2 Alizé Cornet
2–0 Katarina Srebotnik
2–0 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
2–1 Anne Kremer
2–1 Vera Zvonareva
2–2 Kaia Kanepi
2–2 Shahar Pe'er
2–3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
1–0 Anna Smashnova
1–0 Elena Dementieva
1–0 Li Na
1–0 Meghann Shaughnessy
1–0 Nathalie Dechy
1–0 Andrea Petkovic
1–0 Silvia Farina Elia
1–0 Ana Ivanović
1–1 Patty Schnyder
1–1 Sybille Bammer
1–1 Victoria Azarenka
1–2 Svetlana Kuznetsova
0–3 Marion Bartoli
1–3 Agnieszka Radwańska
1–6 Anastasia Myskina
0–1 Anna Chakvetadze
0–1 Aravane Rezaï
0–1 Peng Shuai
0–2 Flavia Pennetta
0–2 Roberta Vinci
0–2 Samantha Stosur
0–2 María José Martínez Sánchez
0–1 Yanina Wickmayer
0–1 Zheng Jie
0–1 Petra Kvitová
0–3 Serena Williams
0–2 Virginie Razzano
2–2 Dinara Safina
0–3 Maria Sharapova
0–3 Alona Bondarenko 0–3 Caroline Wozniacki
0–3 Francesca Schiavone
0–4 Anabel Medina Garrigues
0–4 Jelena Janković
0–4 Justine Henin 0–4 Dominika Cibulková
0–5
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n tennis player. She was born and lives in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, Bulgaria. Pironkova is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand
Backhand
The backhand is a tennis shot in which one swings the racquet around one's body in the direction where one wants the ball to go, usually performed from the baseline or as an approach shot. The term is also used in other racquet sports, and other areas where a similar motion is employed...
.
She achieved her career high of world no. 31 on 13 September 2010. She is best known for defeating Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
three times at Grand Slam tournaments. She is currently the Bulgarian No. 1. and has won six ITF titles in her career.
Early life and Junior career
Pironkova was born in 1987 to Kiril Enchev Pironkov, a former canoeing champion and Radosveta Chinkova Nikolova, a former swimming champion. She started playing tennis at the age of 4, when her father Kiril introduced her to the game. At the age of six, she started playing in junior tournaments in Bulgaria. Kiril later became her coach.In 2001, Pironkova won the Atlantic Cup International Junior Tournament held in Bulgaria, and her career high in juniors was world no. 227 on 25 March 2002.
ITF
In August 2002 at the age of 14, Pironkova played her first professional tournament at the $10,000 International Tennis FederationInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Tournament in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania. Pironkova won 3 qualifying matches before reaching the final in the main draw, where she lost to Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...
of Romania, 6–1, 7–6(1).
In September 2002, Pironkova played in the $10,000 ITF event in Volos
Volos
Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...
, Greece, where she lost only one set playing through the qualifying and main draw. She defeated Tina Schmassmann of Switzerland 7–6(3), 7–5 to win her first professional ITF event.
In 2003, she won three ITF singles titles: one in Orestiada
Orestiada
Orestiada is the northeasternmost and northernmost city of Greece and the second largest city of the Evros peripheral unit of Thrace. The population is around 25,000. Orestiada is only 2 km west of the banks of the Evros, which forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey...
, Greece and two in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
.
2005–06
In the week of 14–21 May 2005, at the age of 17, Pironkova played in her first WTA level tournament, the Tier III event in Istanbul, Turkey. After winning two qualifying matches, Pironkova won three matches in the main draw before she lost in the semi-finals to Venus WilliamsVenus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
.
In January 2006, Pironkova made headlines by defeating tenth-seed Venus Williams in the first round of the 2006 Australian Open
2006 Australian Open
The 2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006.- Leadup :Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, including Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and defending champion Marat Safin....
by a score of 2–6, 6–0, 9–7. Pironkova was ranked 94th in the world. She lost to Laura Granville
Laura Granville
Laura Granville is an American professional tennis player. During the two years she spent at Stanford University, she set the record for most consecutive singles victories with 58. As of November 17, 2008, she is ranked World No...
in the second round.
In the first round at Wimbledon, Pironkova came from a set down to defeat then top 20 player Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
3–6, 6–3, 6–1. In the following round she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
in straight sets.
On 16 November 2006, Pironkova reached her then career high singles ranking of 62.
2007
In 2007, Pironkova lost in the first rounds of the Australian Open, French Open, and at WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
. She played in the qualifications of the US Open, and beat Zuzana Ondrášková
Zuzana Ondrášková
Zuzana Ondrášková is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. On 9 February 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking of World No...
, Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such...
, and Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:...
to reach the main draw.
She drew Olga Puchkova from Russia in the first round. Pironkova won that match 6–3, 6–4 to set up a clash with world number 1, Justine Henin in the second round. Pironkova lost to Henin in straight sets 6–4, 6–0.
After the US Open in September 2007, Pironkova played in one of the biggest challenger events of the year in Bordeaux. Pironkova beat Mathilde Johansson
Mathilde Johansson
Mathilde Johansson is a Swedish-born female tennis player who lives in and competes for France.She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round...
, Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek is a professional German tennis player. She achieved her highest singles ranking of World No. 64 on 14 September 2009. Her highest doubles ranking of World No. 73 came on 3 May 2010. Malek has won 8 ITF singles titles and 7 ITF doubles title but no WTA tour singles or doubles titles...
and Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69...
all in straight sets to win. The win put her singles ranking back into the top 80 for the first time in several months.
2008
Pironkova made a solid start to 2008, winning 2 qualifying matches at the Tier II event in Sydney before bowing out in 3 tight sets to Dominika CibulkováDominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
. At the Australian Open, the 20 year old thrashed Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
in the 1st round 6–1, 6–1. In round 2 she played second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
. Despite leading 5–2 and having set points in the 1st set, the Bulgarian eventually lost 7–6(0), 6–2.
At the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp in February, Pironkova qualified for the loss of only 10 games in 3 matches, won her first round match for the loss of just two more, and then took a 7–6, 3–1 second-round lead over Belgian World No.1 Justine Henin before losing the match in three sets.
She caused another upset at the 2008 Rome Masters. As a qualifier, she beat top seed and world no. 3 Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
in the second round for the biggest victory of her career so far. She advanced to the quarterfinals, her first ever at a Tier I event, when Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
retired during their third round match with Pironkova leading 6–1, 1–0. In the quarterfinals she was defeated 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 by Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
.
In September, Pironkova reached the final in an ITF event in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, where she lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...
in the final 6–2, 6–3.
She ended the year at number 46 in the world.
2009
In 2009, Pironkova made the quarter finals in the 2009 Moorilla Hobart International before she lost to Virginie RazzanoVirginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
6–4, 6–1. En route, she defeated then world no. 15 Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
. It was her fifth top 20 win in her career. At the Australian Open she defeated Karolina Šprem
Karolina Šprem
Karolina Šprem was a Croatian tennis player.She has won eight titles all at the ITF level. She has not won any titles on the WTA Tour. Career highlight is a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon in 2004 where she defeated two-time champion, four-time finalist and then-world No...
in the first round 6–0, 6–4 before she lost to 16th seed Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
7–5, 6–2.
Seeded No. 8 at the first Andalucia Tennis Experience
2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience
The 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the Andalucia Tennis Experience, and was an International-level tournament of the 2009 WTA Tour. The event is took place at the Club de Tenis Puente Romano in Marbella, Spain, from...
, Pironkova lost in the first round to Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4. She lost in the first rounds of the French Open
2009 French Open – Women's Singles
Ana Ivanović was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Victoria Azarenka.Svetlana Kuznetsova won in the final 6–4, 6–2, against Dinara Safina in 74 minutes. It was the third all-Russian final in Grand Slam history, and the first since 2004...
and Wimbledon, both times to Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas
- Early years :Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association competition from 1993 to...
.
2010
Pironkova started the year with early-round losses in Australia – she lost to World no. 67 and no. 7 seed Anna-Lena GrönefeldAnna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
in the qualifications in Sydney
2010 Medibank International Sydney – Women's Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, and defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–2.-Seeds:The top two seeds receive a bye to the second round.# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ...
in three sets (5–7 in the third set) and the second round of Australian Open
2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defended her title after winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Justine Henin in the final.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ...
she suffered a 6–1 6–4 loss to World no.28 Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
.
In February she fell to non-top 100 players Darya Kustova
Darya Kustova
Darya Kustova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 117, which she reached on January 18, 2010. Her career high in doubles was 66, set at July 7, 2008.-External links:...
and Tamira Paszek
Tamira Paszek
Tamira Shelah Paszek is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of July 4, 2011, she is the no.1 ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 41....
in the qualifiers in Paris
2010 Open GDF Suez – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but she retired from the sport on December 3, 2009.Elena Dementieva won in the final 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 against Lucie Šafářová.-Seeds:The top two seeds received a bye into the second round....
and Dubai
2010 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion and defended her title by defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-5 in the finals.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Caroline Wozniacki # Svetlana Kuznetsova ...
(lost to Paszek
Tamira Paszek
Tamira Shelah Paszek is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of July 4, 2011, she is the no.1 ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 41....
after 5–7 in the third set; won the first set with 6–1 after leading 5–0).
In March she reached the second rounds in Indian Wells
2010 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Vera Zvonareva was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Samantha Stosur.Jelena Janković won in the final against Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Svetlana Kuznetsova ...
and Miami
2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but lost to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.Clijsters defeated Venus Williams 6–2, 6–1 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Svetlana Kuznetsova ...
; she lost respectively to no. 23 seeded Kleybanova
Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhaelovna Kleybanova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA world ranking to date is No. 20, achieved on February 21, 2010...
and Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
after winning the first set in both matches. Pironkova made her first ITF Tour
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
appearance of the year in the $25,000 Fort Walton Beach, where she reached the semifinals.
In April she fell in the second round of the qualifiers in Barcelona
2010 Barcelona Ladies Open – Singles
Roberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Francesca Schiavone, 6–1, 6–1.-Seeds:# Francesca Schiavone # Aravane Rezaï # María José Martínez Sánchez ...
where she lost to Silvia Soler-Espinosa in two sets. In Stuttgart
2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but she lost to Li Na in the second round.Justine Henin defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 in the final.-Seeds:The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.# Caroline Wozniacki ...
she lost to World no. 7 Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
2–6 2–6; it was her worst loss versus Janković in their four meetings, after pushing to three sets in two of them and extending to 5–7 in the third in 2006 (again in Stuttgart).
In May she suffered early-round losses in the first round of qualifications in Rome
2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Singles
Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Alexandra Dulgheru.Unseeded María José Martínez Sánchez won in the final 7–6, 7–5, against Jelena Janković....
and Madrid
2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but she lost against Klára Zakopalová in the first round.Aravane Rezaï won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Venus Williams.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Caroline Wozniacki ...
(loss to World no. 299 Brianti was worst loss since losing to World no. 799 Katalin Marosi
Katalin Marosi
Katalin Marosi is a professional tennis player from Hungary. Marosi has won 16 ITF Circuit Singles titles and 27 doubles titles...
in 2008, which was also her second worst career loss). In Warsaw
2010 Polsat Warsaw Open – Singles
Alexandra Dulgheru was the defending champion, and won in the final 6-3, 6-4 against Zheng Jie.-Seeds:The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.# Caroline Wozniacki...
she reached her first quarterfinal of the year after defeating World no.5 Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
in the second round (was fourth career Top 10 win and second career top 5 win) with 7–5 4–6 6–4 after overcoming three rounds of qualifications. She then lost to defending (and the eventual) champion Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
after 4–6 5–7.At the Roland Garross
2010 French Open – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6 in the final and became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Seeds:...
Pironkova lost to former World no. 1 and four-time French Open champion Justine Henin at the in the first round 4–6, 3–6.
In early June she lost a qualifying second round to World no. 344 and US Open Girl's Champion Heather Watson
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...
; it was her 7th non-top 100 loss of the year. Entering Wimbledon
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament...
with a career 1–4 record at the event, went beyond the second round for the first time in her career to become the first Bulgarian to reach a semi-final of a Grand Slam tournament since Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...
(although Maleeva was playing under the Swiss banner) achieved this feat at the US Open in 1992 and 1993. Pironkova was ranked eighty places lower than Williams, making this defeat for Williams her most lopsided in her time playing at Wimbledon. Pironkova was beaten 6–3 3–6 2–6 in her first grand slam semi-final by Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
, and her best performance thus far at Wimbledon. The Williams upset moved Pironkova to 35th in the WTA, her highest career ranking.
In July she reached the second round in Palermo
2010 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
Flavia Pennetta was the defending champion but lost to Kaia Kanepi in the final 6–4, 6–3.-Seeds:# Flavia Pennetta # Aravane Rezaï # Sara Errani # Tsvetana Pironkova ...
, then lost to Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas
- Early years :Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association competition from 1993 to...
with 6–2 2–6 2–6; the defeat came after Pironkova suffered a light injury in the first set of her first match in Palermo. Due to the points won in Palermo she rose to no. 34 the following week. Despite inactivity, she reached a career-high of world no. 33 on 26 July after Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
dropped her points from Portorož.
Later in July she scored a straight-sets victory over Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek is a professional German tennis player. She achieved her highest singles ranking of World No. 64 on 14 September 2009. Her highest doubles ranking of World No. 73 came on 3 May 2010. Malek has won 8 ITF singles titles and 7 ITF doubles title but no WTA tour singles or doubles titles...
in Istanbul
2010 İstanbul Cup – Singles
Vera Dushevina was the defending champion but lost to Jarmila Groth in the quarterfinal. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won in the final 5–7, 7–5, 6–4, against Elena Vesnina.-Seeds:# Francesca Schiavone ...
. However, she then recorded three consecutive losses, two of which were to Anastasia Rodionova and one to Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player, since 2003.-Career Summary:Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the ITF women's circuit in October 2002, shortly before her sixteenth birthday...
.
Just before the US Open
2010 US Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, and successfully defended her 2009 title, after she won 6–2, 6–1, against Vera Zvonareva in the final. This match lasted only one hour.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ...
, she was ranked no. 34 in the World, but due to the withdrawals of Serena Williams and Justine Henin, Pironkova became the first Bulgarian to be seeded at a Grand Slam since Magdalena Maleeva was seeded in the 2005 Wimbledon. As no. 32 in the draw, she was projected to have a re-match of her Wimbledon quarterfinal
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament...
against former World no. 1 Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
in the third round. Pironkova lost in the second round to qualifier Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella is a professional Luxembourgian tennis player. Her highest singles ranking to date is World Number 125 on July 25, 2011, and World Number 250 for doubles on July 17, 2006...
, who had just scored her very first main draw victory. Later it was revealed Pironkova suffered from fever and felt exhausted the day of her match.
In the Toray Pan Pacific Open
2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm.Caroline Wozniacki won this event, after winning against Elena Dementieva 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.-Seeds:...
, she lost in the second round to Italian qualifier Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....
.
In her first participation in the China Open
China Open (tennis)
The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in...
, Pironkova lost her first round match against Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
tennis player Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
.
In her last tournament of the year, Moscow's 2010 Kremlin Cup
2010 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Victoria Azarenka won in the final against Maria Kirilenko, 6–3, 6–4.-Seeds:The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round....
, Pironkova lost in the second round to Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
.
Pironkova ended the year at number 35 in the world.
After the season Pironkova won 5th place at the sportsman of the year ceremony in Bulgaria which is held every year and determines top 10 sport achievements. She was announced best athlete in her home city Plovdiv also.
2011
Tsvetana's first tournament of 2011 was in Moorilla Hobart International2011 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Alona Bondarenko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year due to a wrist injury.6th seed Jarmila Groth won in the final 6–4, 6–3, against Bethanie Mattek-Sands.-Seeds:# Marion Bartoli ...
where she lost to Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final...
of China in the first round.
In the Australian Open
2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a foot injury sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam overall by beating Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final match...
Pironkova fell the in second round to Romanian
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...
.
In the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
Tsvetana was seeded 32nd. She lost to Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
, the Argentine, in the second round.
Pironkova entered Wimbledon
2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but lost to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.For the first time since 1913, all eight quarter-finalists were European....
as No. 32 seeded. In the third round Tsvetana defeated world No. 3 and second-seeded Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
6–2 and 6–3, thus avenging her loss in the semifinals of the last year's Wimbledon
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament...
. In the fourth round of Wimbledon, she beat former champion Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
6–2 6–3, which was the same scoreline as their previous meeting in 2010's Wimbledon Championships. In the quarterfinals, she lost to eventual champion Petra Kvitova
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
, 6–3, 6–7, 6–2. In July 2011 Pironkova competed in the XXIV SNAI Open – Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo tournament where she defeated Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili is a professional Georgian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 84, which she reached on 4 July, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 107, which she reached on April 12, 2010...
in the first round and Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
in the second, before losing to Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
in the quarterfinals. At the 2011 Western & Southern Open
2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Maria Sharapova won the tournament, defeating Jelena Janković 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round....
Pironkova lost to Christina McHale
Christina McHale
Christina McHale is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 45, and in doubles it is No. 171. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players, including current world no...
in the first round. At 2011 US Open
2011 US Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Ninth seed Samantha Stosur won her first Grand Slam championship, defeating the favourite Serena Williams, a three-time US Open champion and the 28th seed, 6–2, 6–3 in the final...
Pironkova defeated Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
(6:2, 6:3) in the first round, but lost to world № 13 Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final...
in the next round.Pironkova teamed up with Chanelle Scheepers
Chanelle Scheepers
Chanelle Scheepers is a South African professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is No. 37, which she reached on 10 October 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 91, set at 30 August 2010....
in the first round of 2011 US Open Women's Doubles championships
2011 US Open – Women's Doubles
Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions and they reached to the final. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated them 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 to win the title.-Seeds:# Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik ...
, but they were defeated by Arantxa Parra Santonja
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Arantxa Parra Santonja is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She turned pro in 2000.On 12 July 2010, Parra Santonja reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...
and Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...
. At the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but lost to Kaia Kanepi in the third round.Agnieszka Radwańska won the title, defeating Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2 in the final.-Seeds:...
Pironkova beat Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
in the first round 7–6(2) 6–1, but then lost to Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
in the second 7–5 6–0.At the 2011 China Open
2011 China Open – Women's Singles
This event is the last of the WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments in 2011. World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Flavia Pennetta....
Pironkova lost to world №7 Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
6–4 6–0 in the first round. At 2011 Kremlin Cup
2011 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but chose to compete at the BGL Luxembourg Open instead. Dominika Cibulková won the title defeating Kaia Kanepi in the final to earn her first WTA tour title.-Seeds:...
Pironkova beat Petra Martić
Petra Martic
Petra Martić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. Her career high ranking is #47, achieved on September 26th 2011.-Early Career: 2006–2009:...
, after Martić retired due to injury. Pironkova failed to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
in the second round (5-7,5-7). She will compete alongside Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...
in the 2012 Hopman Cup
2012 Hopman Cup
-USA vs. Denmark: -Denmark vs. Bulgaria: -Czech Republic vs. USA: -Czech Republic vs. Denmark: -USA vs. Bulgaria: -Standings:-France vs. China: -Australia vs. Spain: -Spain vs. China: -Australia vs. France: -Australia vs. China:...
.
ITF Singles Circuit finals: 13 (6–7)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2002 |  ITF $10,000 BucharestBucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
Clay | Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,... |
1–6, 6–7(4) |
| Winner | 2. | 2002 |  ITF $10,000 VolosVolos Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Carpet |  Tina Schmassmann |
7–6(3), 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 2003 | ITF $10,000 Orestiada Orestiada Orestiada is the northeasternmost and northernmost city of Greece and the second largest city of the Evros peripheral unit of Thrace. The population is around 25,000. Orestiada is only 2 km west of the banks of the Evros, which forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Hard | Simona Matei Simona Matei Simona-Iulia Matei is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On October 2, 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 145. She is coached by Michele Tellini.... |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 2003 |  ITF $10,000 IstanbulIstanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
Hard | İpek Şenoğlu Ipek Senoglu İpek Şenoğlu , nicknamed İpeko, is a Turkish tennis player. Şenoğlu first made history in June 2004 when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though İpek did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament... |
7–6(2), 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2003 | ITF $10,000 Volos Volos Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Carpet |  Sesil KaratantchevaSesil Karatantcheva Sesil Karatantcheva is a Bulgarian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Karatantcheva played for Bulgaria until February 2, 2009, when she changed nationality. She will play for Kazakhstan until at least 2012.... |
4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 2003 | ITF $10,000 Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
Hard |  Shahar Peer |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2004 |  ITF $25,000 BarcelonaBarcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Clay | Laura Pous-Tio |
6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 2005 |  ITF $25,000 BelfortBelfort Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Hard |  Sandra KleinovaSandra Kleinová Sandra Kleinová is a professional Czech tennis player.Kleinová's highest WTA singles ranking is 41st, which she reached on January 5, 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 209 set at June 12, 2000. She was part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in 1997 and 2002... |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 2005 |  ITF $25,000 RomeRome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Clay | Magda Mihalache Magda Mihalache Magda Mihalache is a professional Romanian tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On May 9, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 176 whilst her best doubles ranking was 120 on November 1, 1999. She is coached by Dietmar Rau.-External links:... |
7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 2005 |  ITF $75,000 ZagrebZagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ... |
Clay | Zuzana Ondraskova Zuzana Ondrášková Zuzana Ondrášková is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. On 9 February 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking of World No... |
6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 2005 | ITF $50,000 Deauville Deauville Deauville is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.With its racecourse, harbour, international film festival, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino and sumptuous hotels, Deauville is regarded as the "queen of the Norman beaches" and... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Clay |  Viktoria Kutuzova |
4–6, 6–7(2) |
| Winner | 12. | 2007 | ITF $100,000 Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Clay | Alize Cornet Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69... |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 2009 | ITF $100,000 Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... |
Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles... |
2–6, 3–6 |
Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
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| Tournament | 2002 2002 WTA Tour The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2001, and concluded on November 11, 2002, after 64 events.... | 2003 2003 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events... | 2004 2004 WTA Tour The 2004 WTA Tour was the 32nd season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2004, and concluded on November 13, 2004, after 60 events.... | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 2007 WTA Tour The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also... | 2008 2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No... | 2009 2009 WTA Tour The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events.... | 2010 2010 WTA Tour The Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments , the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , and the year-end... | 2011 2011 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA... | 2012 2012 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2012 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Summer Olympics, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of... | W–L | ||||||
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| Australian Open | Absent | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R 2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams defended her title after winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Justine Henin in the final.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ... |
2R 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion, but could not defend her title due to a foot injury sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam overall by beating Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final match... |
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| French Open | Absent | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R 2009 French Open – Women's Singles Ana Ivanović was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Victoria Azarenka.Svetlana Kuznetsova won in the final 6–4, 6–2, against Dinara Safina in 74 minutes. It was the third all-Russian final in Grand Slam history, and the first since 2004... |
1R 2010 French Open – Women's Singles Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6 in the final and became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Seeds:... |
2R 2011 French Open – Women's Singles Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Li Na, 6–4, 7–6, making Li the first Asian and Chinese Grand Slam singles champion.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ... |
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| Wimbledon | Absent | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles The Women's Singles event at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships saw defending champion and top seed Serena Williams successfully defend her title with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Vera Zvonareva in the final, whilst failing to lose a set throughout the entire tournament... |
QF 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but lost to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.For the first time since 1913, all eight quarter-finalists were European.... |
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| US Open | Absent | Q1 | 1R | 2R1 | 1R | 1R | 2R 2010 US Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, and successfully defended her 2009 title, after she won 6–2, 6–1, against Vera Zvonareva in the final. This match lasted only one hour.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ... |
2R 2011 US Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Ninth seed Samantha Stosur won her first Grand Slam championship, defeating the favourite Serena Williams, a three-time US Open champion and the 28th seed, 6–2, 6–3 in the final... |
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| Summer Olympics Tennis at the Summer Olympics Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics... |
Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles The Women's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre... |
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| WTA Tour Championships WTA Tour Championships The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972... |
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| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 2R 2006 Pacific Life Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Maria Sharapova won in the final against Elena Dementieva.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.# Justine Henin-Hardenne ... |
2R | 2R | 2R | 2R 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles Vera Zvonareva was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Samantha Stosur.Jelena Janković won in the final against Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Svetlana Kuznetsova ... 2 |
2R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
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| Key Biscayne | A | A | A | A | 1R 2006 NASDAQ-100 Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jill Craybas.Svetlana Kuznetsova won in an all-Russian final, 6–4, 6–3, against Maria Sharapova... LL |
1R | 1R | 1R | 2R 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but lost to Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.Clijsters defeated Venus Williams 6–2, 6–1 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Svetlana Kuznetsova ... 2 |
2R 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.# Caroline Wozniacki ... |
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| Madrid Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
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| Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... |
Not Held | Not Tier I | A | 1R 2010 China Open – Women's Singles This event is the last of the WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments in 2010. Caroline Wozniacki is this edition's top seed, followed by Vera Zvonareva.... |
1R 2011 China Open – Women's Singles This event is the last of the WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments in 2011. World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Flavia Pennetta.... |
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| Dubai | Not Tier I | A | 2R | Q1 | 2R 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles Venus Williams was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament started due to injury.1st seed Caroline Wozniacki won this tournament... |
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| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Singles María José Martínez Sánchez was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova.Maria Sharapova defeated No. 6 seed Samantha Stosur in the final 6–2, 6–4... |
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| Cincinnati | NH | Not Tier I | A | A | 1R 2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's Singles Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.Maria Sharapova won the tournament, defeating Jelena Janković 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
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| Montréal / Toronto | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||
| Tokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open The is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm.Caroline Wozniacki won this event, after winning against Elena Dementieva 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.-Seeds:... |
2R 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but lost to Kaia Kanepi in the third round.Agnieszka Radwańska won the title, defeating Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2 in the final.-Seeds:... |
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| Charleston Family Circle Cup The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA... |
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| Moscow Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... |
A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | QF | 2R 2010 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Victoria Azarenka won in the final against Maria Kirilenko, 6–3, 6–4.-Seeds:The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
2R 2011 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but chose to compete at the BGL Luxembourg Open instead. Dominika Cibulková won the title defeating Kaia Kanepi in the final to earn her first WTA tour title.-Seeds:... |
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| Doha Qatar Total Open The Qatar Ladies Open , known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. Total S.A. was the main tournament sponsor... |
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| Berlin Qatar Telecom German Open The German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women... |
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| San Diego | A | A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Zurich Zurich Open The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at... |
A | A | A | A | 1R 2006 Zurich Open 2006 Zurich Open was a Tier I women's tennis event on the 2006 WTA Tour.-Women's Singles: Maria Sharapova def. Daniela Hantuchová, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3-----Women's Doubles:... 1 |
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| Tournaments Played | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 154 | |||||||
| Finals Reached | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
| Tournaments Won | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 15–3 | 35–9 | 25–10 | 41–12 | 31–23 | 30–23 | 36–23 | 23–27 | 33–23 | 15–23 | 283–175 | |||||||
| Winning Percentage | 83% | 79% | 71% | 77% | 58% | 56% | 61% | 46% | 58% | 39% | 62% | |||||||
| Year End Ranking | 558 | 344 | 295 | 88 | 62 | 98 | 46 | 100 | 35 | 47 | ||||||||
1 Pironkova won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
2 Pironkova won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw.
LL Pironkova entered the main draw as a Lucky loser
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup...
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Head-to-head vs. top 20
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 in boldfacePlayers who have been ranked in the World Top 20, but not in the World Top 10, in italic
Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
3–1 Karolina Šprem
Karolina Šprem
Karolina Šprem was a Croatian tennis player.She has won eight titles all at the ITF level. She has not won any titles on the WTA Tour. Career highlight is a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon in 2004 where she defeated two-time champion, four-time finalist and then-world No...
4–2 Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69...
2–0 Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
2–0 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
2–1 Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer is a professional female tennis player from Luxembourg. Her highest WTA Ranking has been World No...
2–1 Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
2–2 Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
2–2 Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
2–3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
1–0 Anna Smashnova
Anna Smashnova
Anna Smashnova is a former professional tennis player from Israel. She retired from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007.Smashnova, who has been noted as having a great last name for a tennis player, reached her career-high singles ranking of World # 15 in 2003. She was in 13 finals, and won...
1–0 Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
1–0 Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
1–0 Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles...
1–0 Nathalie Dechy
Nathalie Dechy
Nathalie Dechy is a French former professional tour tennis player.Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara...
1–0 Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
1–0 Silvia Farina Elia
Silvia Farina Elia
Silvia Farina Elia is a former female tennis player from Italy. She reached a career high of World No. 11 on 20 May 2002. She won her first ITF title at Caltagirone in 1991 and her first WTA tournament at Strasbourg in 2001...
1–0 Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
1–1 Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
1–1 Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007....
1–1 Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
1–2 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
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0–3 Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
1–3 Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
1–6 Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam main draw singles title. Subsequent to this victory she rose to number 3 on the WTA ranking, becoming the first...
0–1 Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
0–1 Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
0–1 Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final...
0–2 Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
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0–2 Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....
0–2 Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
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0–2 María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She...
0–1 Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
0–1 Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of August 15, 2011, Zheng is ranked World No. 65 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles....
0–1 Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
0–3 Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
0–2 Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
2–2 Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
0–3 Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
0–3 Alona Bondarenko 0–3 Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
0–3 Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
0–4 Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
0–4 Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
0–4 Justine Henin 0–4 Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
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