Pironkova began her grass-court season with a straight-set victory over tournament qualifier, Tereza Martincov in the first round of the Aegon Open Nottingham. She next beat Kurumi Nara, also in straight sets, to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to the 5th seed Lucie Šafářová, after having won the second set 6–0. She entered the qualifying round of the Aegon International Eastbourne, where she comfortably got better of the 10th seed Markéta Vondroušová in the opening round. Pironkova failed to reach the main draw of the tournament as she suffered a tough three-set defeat in the final qualifying round, losing out to the third seed Lara Arruabarrena. However, she was awarded entry into the main draw as a lucky loser. Pironkova defeated Monica Niculescu in straight sets in her first match in the main draw, and then faced second seed Simona Halep in the next round. Pironkova won the first set in a tie-break and was leading 2-1 (40-30), when the match was suspended due to rain. When play resumed the next day, she went on lose the match in three tight sets, in over 2 hours and 40 minutes.