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Tsvetana Pironkova #82 def. Venus Williams #2

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 1, 2010*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Tsvetana Pironkova
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Tsvetana Pironkova	Venus Williams
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	60	57
First serve points won %	74	58
Second serve points won %	52	44
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	65	52
Return points won %	48	35
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tsvetana Pironkova	Venus Williams
Country	BUL	USA
Birth date	Sep 13, 1987	Jun 17, 1980
Age	22	30
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	82	2
Ranking points (entering)	773	6,506
Elo (entering)	1,687	2,073
Career W-L	169–222	768–288
Career earnings	$5,321,439	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Tsvetana Pironkova 1 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2010	R16	Marion Bartoli	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2010	R32	Regina Kulikova	6-4 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2010	R64	Vera Dushevina	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2010	R128	Anna Lapushchenkova	6-0 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2010	SF	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2010	R16	Jarmila Wolfe	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2010	R32	Alisa Kleybanova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2010	R64	Ekaterina Makarova	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2010	R128	Rossana De Los Ríos	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data