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Barbora Strycova #30 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #72

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 18, 2016*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Barbora Strycova
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Barbora Strycova	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	75	58
First serve points won %	67	70
Second serve points won %	53	33
Break points saved %	80	56
Break points converted %	44	20
Service points won %	63	54
Return points won %	46	37
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Barbora Strycova	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	CZE	BUL
Birth date	Mar 28, 1986	Sep 13, 1987
Age	30	28
Height	164	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	72
Ranking points (entering)	1,640	944
Elo (entering)	1,835	1,770
Career W-L	286–297	169–222
Career earnings	$12,747,182	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Barbora Strycova 2 – 3 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Barbora Strycova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 2016	R16	Heather Watson	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2016	R32	Karolina Pliskova	6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Barbora Strycova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 2016	SF	Coco Vandeweghe	2-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 2016	R16	Irina-Camelia Begu	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2016	R32	Lesia Tsurenko	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2016	Q4	Kateryna Volodko	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2016	Q2	Kristyna Pliskova	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2016	Q1	Katie Boulter	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data