Irina Camelia Begu vs Karolina MuchovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#453 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
15w5 meetings · sets 4–7
🇨🇿Karolina Muchova
#7 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
Irina Camelia Begu and Karolina Muchova have met 5 times since 2019; Karolina Muchova leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Roland Garros in 2019 on clay. On clay courts they are level 2–2. Muchova has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Begu has taken 4 sets to Muchova's 7. Their most recent meeting: Karolina Muchova won at Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Muchova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Karolina Muchova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 2/4 | 66% | 27/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 1/5 | 31% | 4/13 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 3/9 | 33% | 18/54 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/3 | 53% | 20/38 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 69% | 9/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 3/3 | 100% | 8/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 94% | 33/35 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 77% | 27/35 |
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: 4 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Camelia Begu 1, Muchova 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Muchova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Jun 24, 2026
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg
G Grass · 2nd Round
Jul 20, 2024
Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo
C Clay · Semifinals
Jun 2, 2023
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 3rd Round
Apr 27, 2023
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 2nd Round
May 29, 2019
Roland Garros
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 | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 5–2 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.27 |
| ROI % | - | -10.1% |
| Units P/L | - | -0.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 4 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | 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 Muchova posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Begu | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Anastasia Potapova | L 16 57 | L 36 26 |
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
Nikola Bartunkova
China Open - Beijing · Quarterfinals
Oct 8
Naomi Osaka
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 6
Liudmila Samsonova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Katie Boulter
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Emma Navarro
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Katie Boulter
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Sinja Kraus
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Linda Noskova
Wimbledon - London · Final
Jul 11
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 9–54 matches
| Metric | Begu | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 76% |
| Sets won | 43% | 68% |
| Games won | 45% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Muchova |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 2 | 2 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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