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

Roberta Vinci vs Tsvetana Pironkova H2H: 4-1

Roberta Vinci holds a 4–1 lead over Tsvetana Pironkova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Roberta Vinci leads 3–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Roberta Vinci won the 2016 Cincinnati Open second round 7-5 6-3.

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Roberta Vinci
ITA Age 43 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"
H2H
4 – 1
5 main-draw meetings
Tsvetana Pironkova
Bulgaria Age 39 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Roberta Vinci #8 7-5 6-3 Tsvetana Pironkova #74 Match data Aug 18, 2016* R32 Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Tsvetana Pironkova #52 6-3 6-3 Roberta Vinci #14 Match data Feb 12, 2014* R64 Qatar Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Roberta Vinci #20 7-5 6-1 Tsvetana Pironkova #46 Match data Mar 21, 2012* R64 Miami Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Roberta Vinci #60 6-4 6-2 Tsvetana Pironkova #32 Match data Sep 29, 2010* R32 Pan Pacific Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Roberta Vinci #67 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 Tsvetana Pironkova #50 Match data Apr 9, 2009* R32 Marbella International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay

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
Roberta Vinci #193 #7 3,615 1,921 320 290 52.5% 0 0 0 1 9 10
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 Roberta Vinci Tsvetana Pironkova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 2005 6–3 66.7% #86 1,598 0 0
18 2001 1–2 33.3% #168 1,485 0 0 2006 15–16 48.4% #64 1,661 0 0
19 2002 3–5 37.5% #184 1,478 0 0 2007 7–15 31.8% #95 1,595 0 0
20 2003 2–2 50.0% #119 1,502 0 0 2008 16–18 47.1% #44 1,635 0 0
21 2004 4–8 33.3% #116 1,507 0 0 2009 9–20 31.0% #97 1,549 0 0
22 2005 15–17 46.9% #41 1,622 0 0 2010 16–15 51.6% #35 1,625 0 0
23 2006 10–16 38.5% #85 1,575 0 0 2011 13–22 37.1% #46 1,646 0 0
24 2007 11–17 39.3% #73 1,561 0 1 2012 20–24 45.5% #42 1,663 0 0
25 2008 5–6 45.5% #84 1,584 0 1 2013 9–21 30.0% #108 1,562 0 0
26 2009 23–23 50.0% #63 1,664 0 2 2014 17–19 47.2% #38 1,598 0 1
27 2010 28–20 58.3% #38 1,818 0 3 2015 18–21 46.2% #59 1,628 0 1
28 2011 37–24 60.7% #23 1,775 0 6 2016 11–14 44.0% #64 1,663 0 1
29 2012 44–28 61.1% #16 1,831 0 7 2017 6–10 37.5% #165 1,638 0 1
30 2013 46–23 66.7% #14 1,850 0 9 — — — — — — —
31 2014 21–26 44.7% #47 1,712 0 9 — — — — — — —
32 2015 31–26 54.4% #15 1,751 0 9 2020 6–2 75.0% #136 1,712 0 1
33 2016 28–24 53.8% #18 1,719 0 10 2021 3–6 33.3% #252 1,690 0 1
34 2017 10–20 33.3% #116 1,608 0 10 — — — — — — —
35 2018 1–3 25.0% #193 1,627 0 10 — — — — — — —

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 Roberta Vinci 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — —
18 2001 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 7 9 16 43.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
19 2002 3 2 5 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2007 5 6 11 45.5% 1 6 7 14.3% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2003 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 10 6 16 62.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
21 2004 0 3 3 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2009 8 9 17 47.1% 1 9 10 10.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2005 6 9 15 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 5 3 8 62.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 2010 7 10 17 41.2% 4 4 8 50.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
23 2006 6 9 15 40.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 2011 5 11 16 31.3% 4 8 12 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2007 1 7 8 12.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 2012 10 14 24 41.7% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2008 2 3 5 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2013 2 10 12 16.7% 1 7 8 12.5% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2009 8 13 21 38.1% 11 7 18 61.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2014 16 14 30 53.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
27 2010 18 11 29 62.1% 8 7 15 53.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
28 2011 15 16 31 48.4% 15 6 21 71.4% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 2016 4 10 14 28.6% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
29 2012 25 14 39 64.1% 10 9 19 52.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 2 1 3 66.7% 2017 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
30 2013 25 15 40 62.5% 16 5 21 76.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2014 12 17 29 41.4% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2015 22 16 38 57.9% 9 7 16 56.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2020 4 1 5 80.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
33 2016 23 17 40 57.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2021 3 4 7 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
34 2017 7 14 21 33.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2018 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 175 170 345 50.7% 101 83 184 54.9% 38 31 69 55.1% 6 6 12 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 479/595 of Roberta Vinci'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 Roberta Vinci 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%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 15/31 1.1 2.3 61.1% 60.2% 48.4% 46.9% 54.3% 55.8% 43.4%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 16/22 2.0 2.6 55.4% 63.2% 46.9% 49.4% 39.0% 56.0% 38.1%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2008 30/34 1.5 1.7 60.1% 61.2% 44.7% 47.9% 49.0% 54.6% 46.4%
21 2004 2/12 3.5 6.0 54.0% 52.5% 34.2% 54.2% 26.1% 44.0% 39.1% 2009 29/29 2.2 1.6 59.9% 59.9% 39.9% 46.7% 44.8% 51.7% 45.5%
22 2005 5/32 2.2 4.6 59.5% 57.8% 40.8% 62.1% 38.8% 51.1% 37.0% 2010 27/31 2.9 2.3 54.7% 65.0% 47.7% 51.2% 45.0% 57.3% 43.6%
23 2006 13/26 2.2 3.1 60.3% 61.8% 40.9% 56.5% 39.7% 53.1% 40.8% 2011 34/35 2.0 2.1 55.8% 64.2% 44.9% 51.3% 52.0% 55.8% 43.1%
24 2007 21/28 1.6 2.9 61.9% 60.3% 46.9% 51.2% 40.7% 55.0% 42.2% 2012 35/44 2.6 2.8 54.1% 63.0% 46.1% 47.9% 45.3% 55.3% 43.0%
25 2008 10/11 1.1 3.1 62.3% 60.5% 45.6% 45.6% 59.7% 55.0% 47.1% 2013 23/30 2.5 2.3 56.7% 63.3% 43.2% 55.8% 52.5% 54.8% 39.6%
26 2009 42/46 1.5 2.5 59.1% 62.6% 45.3% 54.1% 48.2% 55.6% 44.7% 2014 31/36 2.5 1.7 59.2% 63.8% 41.8% 46.1% 49.7% 55.1% 44.9%
27 2010 46/48 2.3 1.7 59.1% 60.5% 49.2% 52.3% 44.8% 55.7% 42.0% 2015 35/39 2.7 2.0 58.5% 61.9% 48.0% 49.0% 53.4% 56.1% 43.2%
28 2011 55/61 1.9 2.2 57.4% 65.2% 47.8% 53.6% 49.9% 57.7% 44.6% 2016 22/25 1.4 1.9 59.6% 62.1% 47.0% 43.8% 48.9% 56.0% 45.0%
29 2012 64/72 3.0 2.3 56.2% 66.8% 48.5% 56.0% 53.1% 58.7% 46.3% 2017 16/16 1.8 1.9 61.3% 60.2% 44.4% 54.9% 55.7% 54.5% 42.8%
30 2013 62/69 3.0 2.0 59.0% 64.8% 47.7% 57.7% 46.3% 57.9% 46.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2014 41/47 2.6 2.9 53.1% 65.0% 46.7% 55.4% 50.4% 56.4% 44.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2015 39/57 2.4 1.6 61.9% 63.8% 49.1% 50.3% 50.0% 57.9% 43.9% 2020 7/8 2.3 1.1 56.4% 72.4% 51.5% 63.1% 55.5% 63.4% 45.6%
33 2016 48/52 2.3 1.7 60.6% 63.9% 45.9% 53.4% 46.3% 56.7% 43.0% 2021 9/9 1.7 0.8 56.1% 58.9% 41.4% 54.4% 52.1% 50.9% 39.2%
34 2017 27/30 2.0 1.8 61.2% 60.7% 44.8% 48.6% 41.5% 54.7% 40.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2018 4/4 2.5 1.3 62.7% 59.7% 43.1% 65.0% 67.6% 53.7% 39.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 479/610 2.3 2.2 58.7% 63.6% 47.0% 54.0% 47.9% 56.7% 44.1% — 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 Roberta Vinci 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1599 115.2 — — — — — +76 — 55.6% -0.39 2–0 2–0 — -1.06
18 2001 1485 96.3 — — — — +32 — — 28.6% -0.86 1–0 0–1 — +0.48 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 2002 1478 99.9 — — — — +62 — — 38.9% -0.78 1–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.60 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 2003 1503 103.2 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.40 1–1 1–0 — -0.18 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 2004 1508 106.2 -1.92 -0.61 0.697 41.7% -7 -34 +121 39.3% -0.50 1–3 (25%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.44 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 2005 1622 124.1 -1.45 -2.43 0.757 44.7% -68 -125 +118 50.0% -0.27 5–7 (42%) 5–3 (63%) 104.0 -0.41 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 2006 1576 114.9 -1.68 -1.84 0.869 47.1% -32 -53 — 40.4% -1.00 2–3 (40%) 2–0 — +0.35 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 2007 1561 120.8 -0.41 -1.67 0.937 48.4% -41 +8 +148 42.2% -0.56 3–7 (30%) 2–2 (50%) 96.1 -0.85 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 2008 1585 114.9 +0.77 +1.74 1.048 51.2% -57 -7 — 45.8% -0.08 1–1 — — -0.36 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 2009 1665 136.6 +0.16 +1.03 1.008 50.1% -103 +34 +76 49.0% +0.10 7–5 (58%) 5–8 (38%) 103.7 -2.09 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 2010 1819 134.7 +0.73 -1.12 0.948 48.9% -39 -121 -80 54.6% -0.03 9–3 (75%) 9–3 (75%) 111.5 -2.49 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 2011 1775 135.8 +1.59 +0.80 1.056 51.2% -60 +21 +63 59.0% +0.58 9–5 (64%) 7–4 (64%) 103.9 -0.43 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 2012 1832 144.5 +2.94 +2.39 1.122 52.5% +13 -119 +16 57.9% +0.71 11–6 (65%) 7–7 (50%) 102.8 -0.15 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 2013 1851 142.8 +2.57 +2.61 1.105 52.1% -29 +17 +6 60.2% +0.67 18–9 (67%) 6–5 (55%) 103.7 +2.38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2014 1713 131.6 +0.37 +0.72 1.024 50.4% -31 +121 — 46.2% -0.03 5–9 (36%) 1–4 (20%) 90.3 +0.40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2015 1751 136.1 -0.58 +2.38 1.042 51.0% +8 -27 -60 54.2% +0.18 10–13 (43%) 10–7 (59%) 99.9 +1.44 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 2016 1719 138.5 +0.67 +0.43 0.992 49.9% +36 -63 -24 52.1% +0.05 11–6 (65%) 8–3 (73%) 103.8 +2.16 2021 1691 123.6 -1.78 -0.45 0.800 45.6% +6 — — 33.3% -1.24 2–1 (67%) 1–1 — -0.94
34 2017 1608 128.5 -1.05 -1.18 0.901 47.8% +12 +33 +88 36.2% -0.86 4–5 (44%) 3–7 (30%) 95.9 -0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2018 1628 117.8 -2.45 -0.08 0.852 47.1% +51 — — 33.3% -1.22 0–1 — — -0.09 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1921 138.3 +0.89 +0.85 1.018 50.4% -19 -18 +49 51.4% +0.08 99–85 (54%) 67–61 (52%) 103.3 +0.02 — 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.