Elise Mertens vs Irina Camelia BeguPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
5 meetings · sets 7–5
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9wElise Mertens and Irina Camelia Begu have met 5 times since 2017; Elise Mertens leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs BEL in 2017 on hard. On hard courts Mertens leads 2–1. On clay courts they are level 1–1. Begu has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Mertens has taken 7 sets to Begu's 5. Their most recent meeting: Irina Camelia Begu won at Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mertens | Camelia Begu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elise Mertens | Irina Camelia Begu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 0% | 0/3 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 15/49 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 19/33 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 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 (Mertens 2, Camelia Begu 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elise Mertens and Irina Camelia Begu are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,096 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
May 12, 2024
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 3rd Round
Aug 30, 2022
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 20, 2022
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 2nd Round
Apr 29, 2017
Istanbul
C Clay · Semifinals
Feb 11, 2017
Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs BEL
H Hard · Round Robin
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mertens | Begu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elise Mertens | Irina Camelia Begu | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 100% | 3/3 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 6/14 | 33% | 1/3 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–5 | 3–0 |
| Avg odds | 1.84 | 2.08 |
| ROI % | +12.4% | +108.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.73u | +3.24u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL → AUT | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Mertens and Begu posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Parry | L 46 60 36 | W 64 76 |
| Laura Siegemund | W 62 64 | L 46 06 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 61 36 06 | L 16 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Final
Aug 30
Nikola Bartunkova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Semifinals
Aug 29
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Panna Udvardy
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Diane Parry
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Anna Bondar
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Linda Noskova
Wimbledon - London · Quarterfinals
Jul 8
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 · 6–49 matches
| Metric | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 50% |
| Sets won | 58% | 46% |
| Games won | 54% | 46% |
Record by tier
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 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
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