Karin Knapp def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 2014 Linz Open Quarterfinal

Match Information

Date: Oct 11, 2014*
Tournament: Linz Open
Edition: 2014
Category: International → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Karin Knapp	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	1	1
Double faults	8	3
First serve %	57.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	65.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	43.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	62.0%	57.0%
Break points converted %	43.0%	38.0%
Service points won %	55.0%	55.0%
Return points won %	45.0%	45.0%
Total points won %	50.0%	50.0%
Match Serve+	-1.2	-1.0
Match Return+	+1.0	+1.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2014 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Karin Knapp	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	ITA	BUL
Birth date	Jun 28, 1987	Sep 13, 1987
Age	27	27
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	59	44
Ranking points (entering)	945	1,129
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,638
Current career W-L	103–118	172–226
Current career earnings	$2,283,203	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Karin Knapp #59 0 – 1 Tsvetana Pironkova #44

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Path

Karin Knapp's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magdalena Rybarikova #49	6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2014	R16
Sabine Lisicki #25	7-5 2-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2014	R32

Karin Knapp's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Camila Giorgi #42	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2014	SF

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Eugenie Bouchard #6	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2014	R16
Lisa-Maria Moser #395	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2014	R32