Irina Camelia Begu vs Jelena OstapenkoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#453 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
15w3 meetings · sets 5–2
🇱🇻Jelena Ostapenko
#34 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
Irina Camelia Begu and Jelena Ostapenko have met 3 times since 2018; Irina Camelia Begu leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Madrid in 2018 on clay. Across all meetings Begu has taken 5 sets to Ostapenko's 2. Their most recent meeting: Irina Camelia Begu won at Adelaide International 1 - Adelaide (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Ostapenko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Jelena Ostapenko | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 2/4 | 71% | 17/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 1/5 | 56% | 10/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 3/9 | 40% | 17/42 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/3 | 57% | 13/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 3/3 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 69% | 18/26 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 65% | 17/26 |
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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Camelia Begu 2, Ostapenko 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Ostapenko
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Irina Camelia Begu and Jelena Ostapenko are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,594 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jan 5, 2023
Adelaide International 1 - Adelaide
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jul 1, 2022
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 3rd Round
May 9, 2018
Madrid
C Clay · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.89 |
| ROI % | - | -34.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -2.04u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 4 |
| Distance | — | 592 mi · 952 km |
| Route | — | POR → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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 1 shared opponent, both Begu and Ostapenko posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Begu | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Anastasia Potapova | L 16 57 | L 64 46 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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 Open - Bad Homburg · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 21
Tamara Korpatsch
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 20
Suzan Lamens
French Open - Paris · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 20
Elizara Yaneva
French Open - Paris · 1st Round Qualifying
May 18
Anastasia Potapova
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 1st Round Qualifying
May 4
Elise Mertens
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Paula Badosa
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Taylah Preston
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Anastasia Zakharova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Tatjana Maria
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 3
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Aryna Sabalenka
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 9–42 matches
| Metric | Begu | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 57% |
| Sets won | 43% | 57% |
| Games won | 45% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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