Garbine Muguruza and Tsvetana Pironkova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11 am on Court 17. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Garbine Muguruza who should win in 2 sets.
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.177
Tsvetana Pironkova -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
There is no head to head record between Garbine Muguruza and Tsvetana Pironkova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 16, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Nao Hibino 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Garbine had a good straight sets win against Hibino (6-4 6-4). During the match Muguruza scored 69 points vs Hibino’s 58. Muguruza was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muguruza scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Garbine Muguruza was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Hibino 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Muguruza has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (1097-550). 17-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muguruza has a 348-178 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Garbine’s best result of the year was reaching the final at the Australian Open .
The Spaniard has a 17-4 win-loss record in 2020, 17-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Garbine lost in the 1st round 2-6 6-1 6-3 to Alison Riske.
Tsvetana Pironkova
Ranked no. , Pironkova reached the 2nd round after beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Pironkova had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-2 6-3). During the match Pironkova scored 70 points vs Samsonova’s 51. Pironkova was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Pironkova made 3 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tsvetana Pironkova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pironkova put 60% of her first serves in, winning 74% (28/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Tsvetana broke Samsonova 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Pironkova has a negative record in the last 10 years having won 49% of her matches (287-298). 1-0 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Pironkova has a 124-155 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Bulgarian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Bulgarian didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muguruza | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 69-58 | 70-51 |
| Total Points | 127 | 121 |
| Winners | 24 | 28 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Both Muguruza and Pironkova played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Muguruza and Pironkova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Muguruza played 3 games more than Pironkova. The Spaniard scored 24 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Tsvetana scored 28 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muguruza | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/59 | 38/63 |
| %1st in | 49% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 28/38 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Muguruza made 1 ace . Pironkova also managed to score 3 aces . Muguruza won 83% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pironkova won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muguruza | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Garbine broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Muguruza conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Tsvetana broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Tsvetana conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muguruza | |||
| R1 Hibino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-58 | 69-58 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/59 | 29/59 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pironkova | |||
| R1 Samsonova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 70-51 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Vera LapkoLapko (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-1 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-6 7-62 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (7-61 6-73 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Magda LinetteLinette – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-1 6-72 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shelby RogersRogers – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petra MarticMartic – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Alison RiskeRiske (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Filip VegerVeger (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Madison KeysKeys – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alize CornetCornet – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tsvetana PironkovaPironkova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sachia VickeryVickery – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Johanna KontaKonta (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Kaia KanepiKanepi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Jennifer BradyBrady (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – H2H and prediction