H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Christina Mchale vs Tsvetana Pironkova H2H: 2-0

Christina Mchale holds a 2–0 lead over Tsvetana Pironkova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Christina Mchale leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Christina Mchale won the 2013 Indian Wells Open round of 128 6-3 6-4.

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Christina Mchale
United States Age 34 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Tsvetana Pironkova
Bulgaria Age 39 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Christina Mchale #48 6-3 6-4 Tsvetana Pironkova #50 Match data Mar 8, 2013* R128 Indian Wells Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Christina Mchale #76 7-5 4-6 6-1 Tsvetana Pironkova #51 Match data Aug 17, 2011* R64 Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Christina Mchale #319 #24 1,935 1,803 167 210 44.3% 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tsvetana Pironkova #1,170 #31 1,805 1,774 172 226 43.2% 0 0 0 1 0 1

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Christina Mchale Tsvetana Pironkova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2009 1–2 33.3% #231 1,499 0 0 2005 6–3 66.7% #86 1,598 0 0
18 2010 8–9 47.1% #109 1,557 0 0 2006 15–16 48.4% #64 1,661 0 0
19 2011 19–17 52.8% #43 1,718 0 0 2007 7–15 31.8% #95 1,595 0 0
20 2012 21–21 50.0% #33 1,668 0 0 2008 16–18 47.1% #44 1,635 0 0
21 2013 13–18 41.9% #66 1,633 0 0 2009 9–20 31.0% #97 1,549 0 0
22 2014 20–21 48.8% #52 1,647 0 0 2010 16–15 51.6% #35 1,625 0 0
23 2015 18–21 46.2% #63 1,623 0 0 2011 13–22 37.1% #46 1,646 0 0
24 2016 25–22 53.2% #45 1,688 0 1 2012 20–24 45.5% #42 1,663 0 0
25 2017 19–27 41.3% #64 1,682 0 1 2013 9–21 30.0% #108 1,562 0 0
26 2018 8–17 32.0% #151 1,565 0 1 2014 17–19 47.2% #38 1,598 0 1
27 2019 7–10 41.2% #88 1,651 0 1 2015 18–21 46.2% #59 1,628 0 1
28 2020 6–8 42.9% #81 1,675 0 1 2016 11–14 44.0% #64 1,663 0 1
29 2021 2–16 11.1% #159 1,526 0 1 2017 6–10 37.5% #165 1,638 0 1
30 2022 0–1 0.0% #319 1,453 0 1 — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — 2020 6–2 75.0% #136 1,712 0 1
33 — — — — — — — 2021 3–6 33.3% #252 1,690 0 1

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Christina Mchale Tsvetana Pironkova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 2009 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — —
18 2010 6 7 13 46.2% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2006 7 9 16 43.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
19 2011 13 12 25 52.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2007 5 6 11 45.5% 1 6 7 14.3% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2012 13 11 24 54.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 10 6 16 62.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
21 2013 9 10 19 47.4% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 8 9 17 47.1% 1 9 10 10.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2014 13 14 27 48.1% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2010 7 10 17 41.2% 4 4 8 50.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
23 2015 9 11 20 45.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2011 5 11 16 31.3% 4 8 12 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2016 17 13 30 56.7% 5 6 11 45.5% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2012 10 14 24 41.7% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2017 16 18 34 47.1% 1 5 6 16.7% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2013 2 10 12 16.7% 1 7 8 12.5% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2018 5 11 16 31.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2014 16 14 30 53.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
27 2019 7 7 14 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
28 2020 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2016 4 10 14 28.6% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
29 2021 1 7 8 12.5% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2017 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
30 2022 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 4 1 5 80.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 3 4 7 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
Career — 115 129 244 47.1% 34 51 85 40.0% 16 28 44 36.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — 88 128 216 40.7% 49 65 114 43.0% 33 27 60 55.0% 2 6 8 25.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 352/378 of Christina Mchale's and 329/389 of Tsvetana Pironkova's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Christina Mchale Tsvetana Pironkova
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2009 3/3 3.0 2.3 59.2% 59.9% 39.0% 56.3% 41.3% 51.5% 45.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2010 16/17 2.8 1.8 61.7% 62.7% 41.5% 46.7% 42.5% 54.2% 41.0% 2006 15/31 1.1 2.3 61.1% 60.2% 48.4% 46.9% 54.3% 55.8% 43.4%
19 2011 35/36 2.8 3.0 60.8% 63.8% 46.4% 52.4% 41.9% 57.0% 43.0% 2007 16/22 2.0 2.6 55.4% 63.2% 46.9% 49.4% 39.0% 56.0% 38.1%
20 2012 40/42 2.7 2.3 64.6% 62.9% 45.5% 51.7% 44.6% 56.6% 41.7% 2008 30/34 1.5 1.7 60.1% 61.2% 44.7% 47.9% 49.0% 54.6% 46.4%
21 2013 26/31 2.2 3.4 62.0% 62.5% 45.8% 51.8% 46.8% 56.4% 42.1% 2009 29/29 2.2 1.6 59.9% 59.9% 39.9% 46.7% 44.8% 51.7% 45.5%
22 2014 40/41 2.5 4.3 59.8% 64.5% 43.8% 53.1% 46.4% 56.1% 43.8% 2010 27/31 2.9 2.3 54.7% 65.0% 47.7% 51.2% 45.0% 57.3% 43.6%
23 2015 30/39 2.3 3.0 62.9% 62.3% 47.3% 54.8% 44.4% 56.7% 37.6% 2011 34/35 2.0 2.1 55.8% 64.2% 44.9% 51.3% 52.0% 55.8% 43.1%
24 2016 44/48 2.9 3.8 59.8% 63.9% 43.4% 51.5% 50.6% 55.7% 45.2% 2012 35/44 2.6 2.8 54.1% 63.0% 46.1% 47.9% 45.3% 55.3% 43.0%
25 2017 43/46 2.7 4.3 60.5% 63.0% 43.1% 58.3% 52.1% 55.0% 44.6% 2013 23/30 2.5 2.3 56.7% 63.3% 43.2% 55.8% 52.5% 54.8% 39.6%
26 2018 25/25 1.5 4.9 60.6% 60.7% 38.8% 54.7% 50.5% 52.3% 42.1% 2014 31/36 2.5 1.7 59.2% 63.8% 41.8% 46.1% 49.7% 55.1% 44.9%
27 2019 17/17 1.4 3.5 63.6% 58.8% 41.6% 49.6% 48.0% 52.4% 46.3% 2015 35/39 2.7 2.0 58.5% 61.9% 48.0% 49.0% 53.4% 56.1% 43.2%
28 2020 14/14 1.4 3.4 64.7% 59.9% 44.8% 46.3% 46.8% 54.5% 41.6% 2016 22/25 1.4 1.9 59.6% 62.1% 47.0% 43.8% 48.9% 56.0% 45.0%
29 2021 18/18 1.6 3.4 63.9% 55.6% 39.5% 47.4% 47.3% 49.7% 41.6% 2017 16/16 1.8 1.9 61.3% 60.2% 44.4% 54.9% 55.7% 54.5% 42.8%
30 2022 1/1 0.0 2.0 68.9% 45.2% 35.7% 50.0% 16.7% 42.2% 34.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 7/8 2.3 1.1 56.4% 72.4% 51.5% 63.1% 55.5% 63.4% 45.6%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 9/9 1.7 0.8 56.1% 58.9% 41.4% 54.4% 52.1% 50.9% 39.2%
Career — 352/378 2.4 3.5 61.7% 62.3% 43.8% 52.5% 46.9% 55.1% 42.8% — 329/398 2.2 2.0 57.7% 62.6% 45.1% 49.5% 49.3% 55.3% 43.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Christina Mchale Tsvetana Pironkova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 2009 1499 112.0 -1.43 -0.60 0.927 48.4% +20 — — 42.9% -0.14 0–1 — — +0.21 2005 1599 115.2 — — — — — +76 — 55.6% -0.39 2–0 2–0 — -1.06
18 2010 1558 114.8 -0.88 -1.14 0.895 47.6% +8 -2 — 38.2% -0.77 3–1 (75%) 1–0 — +1.19 2006 1662 128.0 +0.23 -0.30 0.983 49.4% -89 +15 -33 48.6% -0.16 4–4 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 103.0 -1.93
19 2011 1718 138.4 +1.67 -0.12 0.999 49.9% -36 -92 -111 49.4% -0.19 6–5 (55%) 9–3 (75%) 105.5 -0.79 2007 1595 110.6 +0.26 -3.72 0.866 47.2% -8 -16 +24 34.0% -1.34 3–3 (50%) 7–3 (70%) 103.3 -0.77
20 2012 1669 131.2 +1.31 -0.92 0.962 49.2% +12 -8 -43 50.5% -0.06 10–9 (53%) 2–6 (25%) 98.5 +0.10 2008 1636 132.0 +0.57 +1.97 1.023 50.3% -49 +36 — 48.7% +0.09 3–7 (30%) 5–6 (45%) 96.9 -1.40
21 2013 1633 129.7 +0.29 -1.34 0.964 49.2% +46 -17 -42 45.9% -0.43 4–8 (33%) 4–2 (67%) 97.6 +0.57 2009 1549 125.5 -2.40 +1.22 0.943 48.7% +82 -36 — 36.8% -0.81 3–7 (30%) 3–5 (38%) 94.6 -0.39
22 2014 1648 128.3 +0.05 +0.06 0.998 49.9% +21 -20 -61 46.9% -0.16 9–9 (50%) 3–9 (25%) 95.2 -0.76 2010 1626 127.4 +1.40 +0.29 1.021 50.4% -41 -62 +77 52.2% -0.10 2–5 (29%) 4–1 (80%) 100.3 +1.48
23 2015 1624 117.2 -1.05 -2.81 0.869 47.3% -8 -19 +3 48.2% -0.42 5–8 (38%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.01 2011 1646 133.0 +0.53 +0.21 0.976 49.6% -79 -82 +146 41.0% -0.56 2–8 (20%) 2–2 (50%) 95.3 -0.71
24 2016 1689 132.8 -0.26 +1.86 1.022 50.6% -20 -71 +21 50.9% +0.02 13–9 (59%) 8–5 (62%) 105.3 -0.48 2012 1664 127.1 -0.33 -0.08 0.964 49.3% -52 -52 +136 44.3% -0.48 6–5 (55%) 6–3 (67%) 103.6 +0.41
25 2017 1682 134.3 -0.73 +0.47 0.992 50.0% +22 -90 -13 45.4% -0.08 7–11 (39%) 2–12 (14%) 87.9 -0.74 2013 1562 112.6 -0.51 -2.67 0.876 47.5% -70 -49 +254 36.2% -0.75 2–7 (22%) 1–4 (20%) 92.0 -0.24
26 2018 1565 113.9 -3.09 -1.16 0.882 47.4% +18 -24 — 33.9% -0.96 3–7 (30%) 3–4 (43%) 94.3 -0.53 2014 1599 135.7 -0.20 +1.20 1.001 50.0% +6 -85 — 49.4% -0.10 2–7 (22%) 3–3 (50%) 93.8 +1.35
27 2019 1652 124.8 -2.57 +1.92 0.974 49.2% +43 — — 39.0% -0.42 5–2 (71%) 0–2 — -0.25 2015 1628 130.3 -1.32 +2.13 0.984 49.7% -36 -94 +134 48.4% -0.22 6–11 (35%) 9–6 (60%) 98.2 -0.47
28 2020 1675 129.3 -0.85 -0.02 0.915 48.3% +51 -150 — 45.5% -0.55 2–3 (40%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.88 2016 1664 130.4 +0.33 +0.75 1.022 50.5% -82 -18 +117 47.3% +0.02 1–4 (20%) 2–2 (50%) 97.5 -1.29
29 2021 1526 113.1 -3.71 -1.23 0.828 45.8% +71 -40 -50 25.6% -1.56 0–7 (0%) 5–2 (71%) 95.3 -0.33 2017 1638 116.2 +0.03 -0.71 0.940 49.2% -88 -17 +149 44.7% -0.37 1–5 (17%) 1–1 — -0.52
30 2022 1453 96.2 +3.05 -2.38 0.600 38.3% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1713 134.0 +3.11 +2.53 1.245 54.3% -59 — — 70.6% +1.23 1–2 (33%) 0–1 — +0.15
33 2025 1428 103.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1691 123.6 -1.78 -0.45 0.800 45.6% +6 — — 33.3% -1.24 2–1 (67%) 1–1 — -0.94
Career — 1804 132.0 -0.48 -0.28 0.953 49.0% +13 -42 -28 45.1% -0.35 67–80 (46%) 40–48 (45%) 94.6 -0.73 — 1774 133.8 -0.16 +0.34 0.971 49.4% -36 -26 +128 45.1% -0.37 40–76 (34%) 49–40 (55%) 96.5 -1.60

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.