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Marion Bartoli #13 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #42

2-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2008*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marion Bartoli
Score	2-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Marion Bartoli	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	2	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	69	52
First serve points won %	65	67
Second serve points won %	47	57
Break points saved %	56	33
Break points converted %	67	44
Service points won %	59	63
Return points won %	37	41
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marion Bartoli	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	FRA	BUL
Birth date	Oct 2, 1984	Sep 13, 1987
Age	23	20
Height	170	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	42
Ranking points (entering)	1,635	667
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,649
Career W-L	402–267	169–222
Career earnings	$11,055,114	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Marion Bartoli 1 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Marion Bartoli's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Marion Bartoli's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2008	QF	Caroline Wozniacki	4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2008	R32	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	7-6(4) 0-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data