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Tsvetana Pironkova #85 def. Zi Yan #79

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 15, 2006*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Tsvetana Pironkova
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Zi Yan

Stat	Tsvetana Pironkova	Zi Yan
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	59	64
First serve points won %	71	60
Second serve points won %	64	44
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	68	54
Return points won %	46	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tsvetana Pironkova	Zi Yan
Country	BUL	HKG
Birth date	Sep 13, 1987	—
Age	18	—
Height	180	171
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	85	79
Ranking points (entering)	314	342
Elo (entering)	1,641	1,563
Career W-L	169–222	34–57
Career earnings	$5,321,439	$1,977,871

Pre-match H2H

Tsvetana Pironkova 0 – 0 Zi Yan

Path

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2006	R64	Selima Sfar	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2006	R16	Francesca Schiavone	6-3 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Zi Yan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2006	R64	Laura Granville	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data