H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Tsvetana Pironkova vs Svetlana Kuznetsova H2H: 0-4

Svetlana Kuznetsova holds a 4–0 lead over Tsvetana Pironkova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Svetlana Kuznetsova leads 3–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Svetlana Kuznetsova won the 2011 Moscow round of 16 7-5 7-5.

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Tsvetana Pironkova
Bulgaria Age 38 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
0 – 4
4 main draw meetings
Svetlana Kuznetsova
RUS Age 41 Right-Handed 174 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Svetlana Kuznetsova #19 7-5 7-5 Tsvetana Pironkova #47 Match data Oct 21, 2011* R16 Moscow Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova #23 5-7 6-2 6-4 Tsvetana Pironkova #32 Match data Feb 17, 2011* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova #2 7-6(0) 6-2 Tsvetana Pironkova #94 Match data Jan 17, 2008* R64 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova #10 6-3 6-1 Tsvetana Pironkova #79 Match data May 5, 2006* R16 Warsaw Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 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
Tsvetana Pironkova #1,170 #31 1,805 1,774 172 226 43.2% 0 0 0 1 0 1
Svetlana Kuznetsova #1,203 #2 6,191 2,098 594 323 64.8% 2 2 0 8 6 18

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 Tsvetana Pironkova Svetlana Kuznetsova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2001 2–2 50.0% #266 1,519 0 0
17 2005 6–3 66.7% #86 1,598 0 0 2002 22–9 71.0% #43 1,743 0 2
18 2006 15–16 48.4% #64 1,661 0 0 2003 22–16 57.9% #35 1,819 0 2
19 2007 7–15 31.8% #95 1,595 0 0 2004 57–20 74.0% #5 2,031 1 5
20 2008 16–18 47.1% #44 1,635 0 0 2005 29–17 63.0% #18 1,871 1 5
21 2009 9–20 31.0% #97 1,549 0 0 2006 61–20 75.3% #4 2,043 1 8
22 2010 16–15 51.6% #35 1,625 0 0 2007 51–20 71.8% #2 1,998 1 9
23 2011 13–22 37.1% #46 1,646 0 0 2008 41–21 66.1% #8 1,928 1 9
24 2012 20–24 45.5% #42 1,663 0 0 2009 41–16 71.9% #3 1,988 2 12
25 2013 9–21 30.0% #108 1,562 0 0 2010 26–16 61.9% #27 1,885 2 13
26 2014 17–19 47.2% #38 1,598 0 1 2011 31–19 62.0% #19 1,804 2 13
27 2015 18–21 46.2% #59 1,628 0 1 2012 13–12 52.0% #71 1,776 2 13
28 2016 11–14 44.0% #64 1,663 0 1 2013 29–18 61.7% #21 1,825 2 13
29 2017 6–10 37.5% #165 1,638 0 1 2014 27–18 60.0% #27 1,851 2 14
30 — — — — — — — 2015 26–19 57.8% #25 1,843 2 15
31 — — — — — — — 2016 46–21 68.7% #9 1,926 2 17
32 2020 6–2 75.0% #136 1,712 0 1 2017 32–17 65.3% #12 1,829 2 17
33 2021 3–6 33.3% #252 1,690 0 1 2018 11–13 45.8% #106 1,756 2 18
34 — — — — — — — 2019 14–13 51.9% #53 1,787 2 18
35 — — — — — — — 2020 8–7 53.3% #36 1,797 2 18
36 — — — — — — — 2021 5–9 35.7% #109 1,726 2 18

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 Tsvetana Pironkova Svetlana Kuznetsova
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 %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
17 2005 0 1 1 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — — 2002 10 4 14 71.4% 12 5 17 70.6% — — — — — — — —
18 2006 7 9 16 43.8% 4 4 8 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2003 14 10 24 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
19 2007 5 6 11 45.5% 1 6 7 14.3% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 2004 40 14 54 74.1% 12 4 16 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2008 6 10 16 37.5% 10 6 16 62.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2005 11 9 20 55.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
21 2009 8 9 17 47.1% 1 9 10 10.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2006 38 11 49 77.6% 19 6 25 76.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2010 7 10 17 41.2% 4 4 8 50.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2007 32 14 46 69.6% 14 4 18 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 2011 5 11 16 31.3% 4 8 12 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2008 31 16 47 66.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
24 2012 10 14 24 41.7% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 23 12 35 65.7% 16 2 18 88.9% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
25 2013 2 10 12 16.7% 1 7 8 12.5% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2010 20 10 30 66.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
26 2014 16 14 30 53.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2011 20 13 33 60.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
27 2015 10 14 24 41.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2012 9 7 16 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2016 4 10 14 28.6% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2013 21 14 35 60.0% 8 4 12 66.7% — — — — — — — —
29 2017 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2014 15 12 27 55.6% 12 5 17 70.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 15 13 28 53.6% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 34 15 49 69.4% 9 4 13 69.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
32 2020 4 1 5 80.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2017 17 11 28 60.7% 9 4 13 69.2% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
33 2021 3 4 7 42.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2018 7 5 12 58.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 9 6 15 60.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 6 4 10 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
Career — 88 128 216 40.7% 49 65 114 43.0% 33 27 60 55.0% 2 6 8 25.0% — 378 207 585 64.6% 160 79 239 66.9% 49 30 79 62.0% 7 7 14 50.0%

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 329/389 of Tsvetana Pironkova's and 682/882 of Svetlana Kuznetsova'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 Tsvetana Pironkova Svetlana Kuznetsova
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% 2003 9/38 3.8 3.0 58.1% 68.2% 52.0% 64.1% 47.7% 61.2% 45.0%
19 2007 16/22 2.0 2.6 55.4% 63.2% 46.9% 49.4% 39.0% 56.0% 38.1% 2004 15/77 5.6 2.2 56.1% 69.1% 53.6% 46.7% 54.8% 62.1% 46.7%
20 2008 30/34 1.5 1.7 60.1% 61.2% 44.7% 47.9% 49.0% 54.6% 46.4% 2005 21/46 4.6 3.3 54.9% 70.1% 49.9% 57.7% 49.7% 60.7% 48.2%
21 2009 29/29 2.2 1.6 59.9% 59.9% 39.9% 46.7% 44.8% 51.7% 45.5% 2006 66/81 3.6 2.4 60.9% 66.8% 51.5% 58.6% 49.7% 60.7% 45.8%
22 2010 27/31 2.9 2.3 54.7% 65.0% 47.7% 51.2% 45.0% 57.3% 43.6% 2007 68/71 3.9 2.2 64.6% 67.5% 48.9% 60.8% 47.0% 60.9% 44.2%
23 2011 34/35 2.0 2.1 55.8% 64.2% 44.9% 51.3% 52.0% 55.8% 43.1% 2008 55/62 3.7 2.7 59.2% 68.3% 48.2% 49.2% 47.3% 60.0% 46.9%
24 2012 35/44 2.6 2.8 54.1% 63.0% 46.1% 47.9% 45.3% 55.3% 43.0% 2009 53/57 3.8 2.8 61.8% 67.8% 51.2% 57.2% 47.5% 61.4% 45.3%
25 2013 23/30 2.5 2.3 56.7% 63.3% 43.2% 55.8% 52.5% 54.8% 39.6% 2010 38/42 3.6 3.9 60.8% 69.9% 44.6% 54.0% 42.7% 60.0% 44.5%
26 2014 31/36 2.5 1.7 59.2% 63.8% 41.8% 46.1% 49.7% 55.1% 44.9% 2011 49/50 2.3 2.6 64.0% 63.5% 48.3% 50.6% 49.4% 57.8% 47.3%
27 2015 35/39 2.7 2.0 58.5% 61.9% 48.0% 49.0% 53.4% 56.1% 43.2% 2012 22/25 3.6 2.2 62.6% 62.8% 48.5% 44.1% 52.1% 57.5% 46.2%
28 2016 22/25 1.4 1.9 59.6% 62.1% 47.0% 43.8% 48.9% 56.0% 45.0% 2013 45/47 3.6 2.7 60.9% 64.4% 46.6% 48.5% 47.4% 57.4% 44.5%
29 2017 16/16 1.8 1.9 61.3% 60.2% 44.4% 54.9% 55.7% 54.5% 42.8% 2014 42/45 2.9 2.6 62.3% 65.6% 48.6% 51.4% 45.9% 59.0% 45.7%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 30/45 3.0 3.5 65.2% 65.1% 52.8% 49.9% 46.5% 61.0% 41.5%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 48/67 3.5 2.9 64.6% 65.9% 44.5% 52.7% 49.4% 58.1% 45.0%
32 2020 7/8 2.3 1.1 56.4% 72.4% 51.5% 63.1% 55.5% 63.4% 45.6% 2017 49/49 2.9 3.6 66.5% 64.3% 49.0% 55.0% 54.1% 59.1% 46.1%
33 2021 9/9 1.7 0.8 56.1% 58.9% 41.4% 54.4% 52.1% 50.9% 39.2% 2018 17/24 2.1 5.1 68.6% 60.5% 38.3% 56.5% 49.4% 53.4% 41.7%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 27/27 2.3 2.5 67.0% 64.4% 49.4% 55.1% 44.6% 59.0% 43.9%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 14/15 3.1 2.6 66.2% 64.9% 45.0% 54.0% 55.7% 58.0% 43.6%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 14/14 2.4 3.1 62.3% 61.3% 41.9% 56.3% 53.0% 54.0% 41.1%
Career — 329/398 2.2 2.0 57.7% 62.6% 45.1% 49.5% 49.3% 55.3% 43.4% — 682/917 3.4 2.8 62.7% 66.1% 48.4% 53.9% 48.6% 59.4% 45.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. 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 Tsvetana Pironkova Svetlana Kuznetsova
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
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1520 107.4 — — — — — — — 50.0% +0.20 1–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.10
17 2005 1599 115.2 — — — — — +76 — 55.6% -0.39 2–0 2–0 — -1.06 2002 1744 121.2 — — — — -72 -31 — 59.1% +0.33 9–3 (75%) 6–1 (86%) — +0.76
18 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%) — -1.93 2003 1820 144.4 +3.33 +1.48 1.157 53.1% -66 -110 -93 55.4% +0.58 5–2 (71%) 6–7 (46%) — -2.01
19 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%) — -0.77 2004 2031 163.4 +5.05 +2.22 1.230 54.2% -28 -160 -233 68.5% +1.26 16–8 (67%) 13–7 (65%) — -2.09
20 2008 1636 132.0 +0.57 +1.97 1.023 50.3% -49 +36 — 48.7% +0.09 3–7 (30%) 5–6 (45%) — -1.40 2005 1872 147.9 +4.37 +2.97 1.228 54.4% -43 +83 +24 60.6% +0.94 9–8 (53%) 4–8 (33%) — +0.12
21 2009 1549 125.5 -2.40 +1.22 0.943 48.7% +82 -36 — 36.8% -0.81 3–7 (30%) 3–5 (38%) — -0.39 2006 2043 167.5 +5.36 +2.70 1.166 53.2% +5 +9 -127 68.0% +1.45 18–5 (78%) 14–6 (70%) — -2.64
22 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%) — +1.48 2007 1999 160.7 +5.24 +2.13 1.130 52.6% -13 +130 -21 67.3% +1.16 14–7 (67%) 9–8 (53%) — +2.11
23 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%) — -0.71 2008 1929 163.8 +5.05 +3.51 1.174 53.2% +25 +134 +5 63.3% +0.95 9–8 (53%) 9–4 (69%) — +0.11
24 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%) — +0.41 2009 1988 158.7 +5.86 +2.71 1.175 53.2% -19 +185 -126 66.4% +1.18 15–9 (63%) 9–8 (53%) — -1.17
25 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%) — -0.24 2010 1886 147.2 +4.05 +1.31 1.114 52.0% +32 +162 -41 55.9% +0.61 13–9 (59%) 3–6 (33%) — +1.44
26 2014 1599 135.7 -0.20 +1.20 1.001 50.0% +6 -85 — 49.4% -0.10 2–7 (22%) 3–3 (50%) — +1.35 2011 1805 143.9 +1.84 +3.01 1.121 52.5% +38 +165 +37 59.5% +0.78 9–9 (50%) 5–9 (36%) — +1.49
27 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%) — -0.47 2012 1777 144.7 +1.94 +2.27 1.088 51.9% +43 +160 — 57.1% +0.82 1–4 (20%) 2–5 (29%) — -2.07
28 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%) — -1.29 2013 1826 146.2 +2.31 +1.13 1.043 50.8% +7 +96 — 57.8% +0.39 10–5 (67%) 6–1 (86%) — -0.29
29 2017 1638 116.2 -0.02 -0.71 0.940 49.2% -88 -17 +149 44.7% -0.37 1–5 (17%) 1–1 — -0.52 2014 1851 143.7 +2.93 +2.59 1.115 52.2% -47 +87 — 60.0% +0.75 8–9 (47%) 3–5 (38%) — -1.59
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1843 140.8 +2.63 +0.95 1.064 51.1% -25 +86 -72 55.6% +0.51 8–7 (53%) 8–3 (73%) — -0.59
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1926 153.4 +2.42 +2.62 1.075 51.4% -2 +50 -129 60.5% +0.77 22–9 (71%) 7–8 (47%) — -0.88
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 2017 1830 142.1 +2.55 +2.45 1.128 52.5% -11 +139 +52 62.6% +0.81 9–8 (53%) 12–2 (86%) — +1.99
33 2021 1691 123.6 -1.78 -0.45 0.800 45.6% +6 — — 33.3% -1.24 2–1 (67%) 1–1 — -0.94 2018 1756 126.6 -1.70 -0.48 0.895 47.7% +48 +88 +52 45.6% -0.10 5–4 (56%) 2–3 (40%) — -0.59
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1788 136.6 +2.21 +1.61 1.071 51.1% +61 -52 — 50.0% -0.08 5–5 (50%) 7–3 (70%) — -0.53
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1797 138.9 +1.05 +0.87 1.039 50.9% +54 -63 — 48.5% +0.15 3–2 (60%) 2–5 (29%) — -0.82
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1726 127.8 -0.59 -0.05 0.894 47.7% +83 — — 41.7% -0.56 3–5 (38%) 0–1 — +0.11
Career — 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 — 2099 158.3 +3.47 +2.19 1.112 52.2% -3 +61 -45 60.7% +0.80 192–127 (60%) 129–102 (56%) 102.9 -0.80

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.