Irina Camelia Begu vs Jessica PegulaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9w4 meetings · sets 6–4
🇺🇸Jessica Pegula
#3 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Irina Camelia Begu and Jessica Pegula have met 4 times since 2020; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Oracle Challenger Series - Indian Wells in 2020 on hard. On clay courts Pegula leads 2–0. On hard courts Begu leads 2–0. Pegula has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Begu has taken 6 sets to Pegula's 4. Their most recent meeting: Jessica Pegula won at Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Pegula | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Jessica Pegula | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 2/3 | 54% | 31/57 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | 47% | 9/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 1/6 | 46% | 35/76 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | 50% | 30/60 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 63% | 10/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 2/2 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 88% | 42/48 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 65% | 31/48 |
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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Camelia Begu 2, Pegula 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Pegula
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Irina Camelia Begu and Jessica Pegula 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
4 career meetings, newest first
Apr 6, 2023
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston
C Clay · 3rd Round
May 30, 2022
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 4th Round
Jan 4, 2022
Melbourne Summer Set 2 - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Mar 6, 2020
Oracle Challenger Series - Indian Wells
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Begu | Pegula | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Irina Camelia Begu | Jessica Pegula | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 3/3 | 95% | 20/21 |
| 3 or more | 67% | 2/3 | 76% | 16/21 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 1/3 | 33% | 7/21 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 5% | 1/21 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/21 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/21 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–0 | 17–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | 1.48 |
| ROI % | +108.0% | +10.4% |
| Units P/L | +3.24u | +2.29u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 12 |
| Distance | — | 761 mi · 1,225 km |
| Route | — | AUT → CAN → POL |
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.
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 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
Coco Gauff
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · Final
Aug 24
Iga Swiatek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · Semifinals
Aug 22
Amanda Anisimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · Quarterfinals
Aug 20
Sorana Cirstea
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 19
Emma Navarro
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Simona Waltert
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Diana Shnaider
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 8
Kamilla Rakhimova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 6
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–76 matches
| Metric | Begu | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 75% |
| Sets won | 46% | 66% |
| Games won | 46% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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