
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#182 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 2–2

🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#162 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Irina Camelia Begu and Lin Zhu have met 2 times since 2019; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Lin Zhu won at Wimbledon (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
🎯 Baseliner
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 61% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 495 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Lin Zhu.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Begu | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Irina Camelia Begu | Lin Zhu | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 1/1 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/1 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/1 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/1 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/1 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/1 | 0% | 0/5 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.89 | 1.41 |
| ROI % | +40.4% | -30.4% |
| Units P/L | +2.02u | -1.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Begu's 50%).
| Opponent | Begu | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Suzan Lamens | L | W 62 62 |
| Nao Hibino | W 61 62 | W 61 11 |
Last five matches per player
Karolina Muchova
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 24
Venus Williams
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 22
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
Valentina Ryser
W100 Gifu · Round of 16
Apr 27
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · Round of 16
Apr 20
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan · Round of 32
Mar 30
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu · Round of 32
Mar 16
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 16
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu · Round of 16
Mar 16
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–37 matches
| Metric | Begu | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | 59% |
| Sets won | 65% | 60% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |