Irina Camelia Begu vs Maria SakkariPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#453 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
15w4 meetings · sets 5–6
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#35 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Irina Camelia Begu and Maria Sakkari have met 4 times since 2016; Maria Sakkari leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Miami in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Sakkari leads 2–1. Sakkari has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Begu has taken 5 sets to Sakkari's 6. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sakkari won at Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Maria Sakkari | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 2/4 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 1/5 | 32% | 7/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 3/9 | 33% | 15/46 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/3 | 52% | 12/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 3/3 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 76% | 19/25 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 64% | 16/25 |
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: 1 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Camelia Begu 1, Sakkari 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Sakkari
🤖 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
4 career meetings, newest first
May 2, 2023
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Feb 12, 2022
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg
H Hard · Semifinals
Sep 21, 2018
Seoul
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Mar 22, 2016
Miami
H Hard · Round of 128
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 9–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.10 |
| ROI % | - | -16.5% |
| Units P/L | - | -2.47u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 2,779 mi · 4,472 km |
| Route | — | SGP → 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 Sakkari posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Karolina Muchova | L 16 16 | L 63 46 16 |
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
Elina Svitolina
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Storm Hunter
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Talia Gibson
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Nao Hibino
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Linda Fruhvirtova
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore · 1st Round
Sep 22
Yuliia Starodubtseva
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Robin Montgomery
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Iga Swiatek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 9–46 matches
| Metric | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 52% |
| Sets won | 43% | 51% |
| Games won | 45% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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