Serena Williams and Tsvetana Pironkova will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Yarra Valley Classic for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6.30 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.32
Tsvetana Pironkova -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
This will be the 6th time that Serena Williams and Tsvetana Pironkova fight against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Williams won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2015.
Serena Williams
Ranked no. 11, Serena got to the 2nd round after beating Daria Gavrilova 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Gavrilova (6-1 6-4). During the match Williams scored 69 points vs Gavrilova’s 52. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Williams scored 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Serena Williams was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of her 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Gavrilova 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Williams has a an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 89% of her matches (348-43). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Williams has a 199-31 match record in the last years on hard.
Williams has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Serena lost in the 3rd round to Qiang Wang.
Tsvetana Pironkova
Ranked no. 137, Tsvetana reached the 2nd round after beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-1 and Donna Vekic 1-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Vekic, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Pironkova scored 80 points vs Vekic’s 78. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Pironkova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tsvetana Pironkova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pironkova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 54% (25/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. Tsvetana broke Vekic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bulgarian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Bulgarian has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Tsvetana didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2020.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 40 |
| Pts | 69-52 | 135-116 |
| Total Points | 121 | 251 |
| Winners | 24 | 44 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Williams played 1 match while Pironkova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Tsvetana Pironkova dropped 1 set while Serena Williams hasn’t lost a set so far. Williams has played 3 set(s) less than Pironkova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Williams played 23 games less than Pironkova. Serena scored 24 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian scored 44 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 72/126 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 44/72 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 31/54 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Williams scored 2 aces . Pironkova fired 6 aces (3 per match). Williams won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Pironkova won 61% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Williams | Pironkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Serena broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Pironkova broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Williams | |||
| R2 Gavrilova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/56 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pironkova | ||||
| R1 Samsonova |
R2 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 1-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 | 40 | |
| pts | 55-38 | 80-78 | 135-116 | |
| Total points | 93 | 158 | 251 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 46/78 | 72/126 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 25/46 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 54% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 20/32 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 33% | 108% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Shelby RogersRogers – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (6-3 6-76 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (7-5 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Vera LapkoLapko (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tsvetana PironkovaPironkova – Donna VekicVekic (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jorge Lopez Perez FusterLopez Perez Fuster (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Mathieu PerchicotPerchicot (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (6-3 6-7(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tsvetana PironkovaPironkova – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Sofia KeninKenin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
