Angelique Kerber vs Irina Camelia BeguPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇩🇪Angelique Kerber
Unranked · 38 yrs · Left-Handed
109w5 meetings · sets 7–5
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9wAngelique Kerber and Irina Camelia Begu have met 5 times since 2015; Angelique Kerber leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Australian Open in 2015 on hard. On clay courts Kerber leads 3–1. Kerber has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kerber has taken 7 sets to Begu's 5. Their most recent meeting: Angelique Kerber won at Rome (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kerber | Camelia Begu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Angelique Kerber | Irina Camelia Begu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 67% | 2/3 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 0% | 0/3 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 17% | 1/6 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 33% | 1/3 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 100% | 1/1 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 100% | 2/2 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 100% | 3/3 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 67% | 2/3 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 3 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kerber 2, Camelia Begu 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kerber
🎯 Baseliner
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 330 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Irina Camelia Begu.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
May 16, 2018
Rome
C Clay · Round of 32
Apr 8, 2016
Charleston
C Clay · Quarterfinals
May 13, 2015
Rome
C Clay · Round of 32
Apr 10, 2015
Charleston
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Jan 20, 2015
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kerber | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 3–0 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.08 |
| ROI % | - | +108.0% |
| Units P/L | - | +3.24u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Qinwen Zheng
Olympics - Paris · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Leylah Fernandez
Olympics - Paris · 3rd Round
Jul 30
Jaqueline Cristian
Olympics - Paris · 2nd Round
Jul 29
Naomi Osaka
Olympics - Paris · 1st Round
Jul 27
Yulia Putintseva
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jul 2
Diana Shnaider
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 24
Linda Noskova
Berlin Ladies Open - Berlin · 1st Round
Jun 18
Arantxa Rus
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 28
Katie Swan
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Karolina Muchova
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Venus Williams
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 22
Diane Parry
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 21
Tamara Korpatsch
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 20
Laura Siegemund
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 21
Jil Teichmann
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Final
Jul 20
Jaqueline Cristian
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Semifinals
Jul 19
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–6 matches
| Metric | Kerber | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 50% |
| Sets won | - | 46% |
| Games won | - | 46% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kerber | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kerber | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 3 | 1 |
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