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Tsvetana Pironkova #33 def. Venus Williams #30

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 29, 2011*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Tsvetana Pironkova
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Tsvetana Pironkova	Venus Williams
Aces	2	3
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	59	72
First serve points won %	77	59
Second serve points won %	58	38
Break points saved %	75	43
Break points converted %	57	25
Service points won %	69	53
Return points won %	47	31
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tsvetana Pironkova	Venus Williams
Country	BUL	USA
Birth date	Sep 13, 1987	Jun 17, 1980
Age	23	31
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	33	30
Ranking points (entering)	1,551	1,680
Elo (entering)	1,609	2,042
Career W-L	169–222	768–288
Career earnings	$5,321,439	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Tsvetana Pironkova 2 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2011	R32	Vera Zvonareva	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2011	R64	Petra Martic	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2011	R128	Camila Giorgi	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2011	QF	Petra Kvitova	3-6 7-6(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2011	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2011	R64	Kimiko Date Krumm	6-7(6) 6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2011	R128	Akgul Amanmuradova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data