Serena Williams vs Tsvetana Pironkova — Yarra Valley Classic Round of 16

Yarra Valley Classic · WTA · Round of 16
USA5
Serena Williams
44 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
BUL
Tsvetana Pironkova
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLWLLW
Williams S.
6-1 6-4
Pironkova T.
Williams S.
662
Pironkova T.
140

Serena Williams defeated Tsvetana Pironkova 6-1 6-4 in the Yarra Valley Classic round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 5–0. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 6–0.

Key context

Head to head

5–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-08-31US OpenQFhardSerena Williams4-6 6-3 6-2
2015-08-17CincinnatiR32hardSerena Williams7-5 6-3
2014-09-29BeijingR32hardSerena Williams6-2 6-3
2011-06-13EastbourneR32grassSerena Williams1-6 6-3 6-4
2007-05-28Roland GarrosR128claySerena Williams5-7 6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Williams S.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Pironkova T.

Pironkova T.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Williams S.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Williams S.Pironkova T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
60%
57%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Even
57%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (23 vs 19). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Williams S.Pironkova T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
20
Break points saved·Dominant
94
46
Break points won·Clear edge
96
78
Deciding sets·Dominant
98
7
Tiebreaks·Dominant
95
61

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Barty A.[1]
Muguruza G.[6]
7-636-4
Semi-finals
Barty A.[1]
Williams S.[5]
W/O
Muguruza G.[6]
Vondrousova M.[8]
6-16-0
Quarter-finals
Muguruza G.[6]
Kenin S.[2]
6-26-2
Williams S.[5]
Collins D.[13]
6-24-6[10-6]
Vondrousova M.[8]
Podoroska N.[14]
4-66-3[10-4]
Barty A.[1]
Rogers S.
7-52-6[10-4]
R16
Collins D.[13]
Pliskova K.[3]
7-657-63
Barty A.[1]
Bouzkova M.[16]
6-04-66-3
Rogers S.
Martic P.[7]
7-616-3
Muguruza G.[6]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[11]
6-16-2
Williams S.[5]
Pironkova T.
6-16-4
Kenin S.[2]
Pegula J.
5-77-56-2
Vondrousova M.[8]
Zvonareva V.
7-646-746-4
Podoroska N.[14]
Kvitova P.[4]
5-76-17-67
R32
Kenin S.[2]
Giorgi C.
7-5
Pliskova K.[3]
Cocciaretto E.
6-36-2
Muguruza G.[6]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-26-0
Vondrousova M.[8]
Gracheva V.
6-46-0
Rogers S.
Peterson R.
6-45-76-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.[11]
Sevastova A.
6-06-3
Barty A.[1]
Bogdan A.
6-36-3
Martic P.[7]
Lapko V.
4-66-36-2
Collins D.[13]
Stojanovic N.
6-26-1
Kvitova P.[4]
Williams V.
7-667-5
Bouzkova M.[16]
Bolsova A.
6-36-766-2
Zvonareva V.
Dolehide C.
6-26-4
Podoroska N.[14]
Minnen G.
6-36-4
Pironkova T.
Vekic D.[9]
1-66-46-2
Pegula J.
Barthel M.
6-47-5
Williams S.[5]
Saville D.
6-16-4
R64
Lapko V.
Shvedova Y.
4-66-26-4
Saville D.
Hruncakova V.
6-26-0
Pegula J.
Mladenovic K.[15]
6-46-1
Gracheva V.
Cabrera L.
2-66-46-2
Bogdan A.
Rakhimova K.
6-26-2
Van Uytvanck A.
Hsieh S.
6-26-0
Pironkova T.
Samsonova L.
6-26-1
Podoroska N.[14]
Jones F.
6-16-3
Collins D.[13]
Bonaventure Y.
6-36-3
Sevastova A.
Brengle M.
6-46-2
Bolsova A.
Raina A.
6-36-0
Bouzkova M.[16]
Stosur S.
6-26-0
Cocciaretto E.
Zhu L.
0-66-37-5
Stojanovic N.
Sherif M.
6-36-2
Zvonareva V.
Pliskova K.
6-46-746-3
Rogers S.
Ferro F.[12]
6-27-5
Peterson R.
Inglis M.
6-26-1
Minnen G.
Danilovic O.
6-46-4
Barthel M.
Birrell K.
7-56-3
Williams V.
Rus A.
6-16-3
Giorgi C.
Burel C.
6-46-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[11]
Doi M.
6-16-4