🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 7–5
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#182 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
Elise Mertens and Irina Camelia Begu have met 5 times since 2017; Elise Mertens leads 3–2. Their most recent meeting: Irina Camelia Begu won at Rome (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Begu
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 993 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
5 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Begu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Irina Camelia Begu | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 100% | 1/1 |
| 3 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 5 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 2–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 1.59 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | +6.0% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | +0.18u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Mertens and Begu posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Daria Kasatkina | L 46 06 | L 26 64 16 |
Last five matches per player
Nikola Bartunkova
Berlin ·
Jun 17
Laura Samsonova
Berlin ·
Jun 15
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 11
Bianca Andreescu
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 8
Maja Chwalinska
French Open ·
May 28
Tatjana Maria
French Open ·
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Diane Parry
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 21
Tamara Korpatsch
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 20
Suzan Lamens
French Open ·
May 20
Elizara Yaneva
French Open ·
May 18
Laura Siegemund
Madrid · Round of 128
Apr 21
Jaqueline Cristian
Iasi · Semifinals
Jul 14
Jil Teichmann
Iasi · Final
Jul 14
Anna Siskova
Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 14
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–42 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 75% |
| Sets won | 59% | 65% |
| Games won | 55% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| BJK Cup | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
