Irina Camelia Begu vs Maria SakkariPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9w4 meetings · sets 5–6
🇬🇷Maria Sakkari
#33 · 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 | 67% | 2/3 | 62% | 13/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | 23% | 5/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 1/6 | 30% | 13/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | 45% | 9/20 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 2/2 | 38% | 5/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 77% | 17/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 59% | 13/22 |
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%, 3,090 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
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Begu | Sakkari | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Irina Camelia Begu | Maria Sakkari | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 3/3 | 86% | 12/14 |
| 3 or more | 67% | 2/3 | 64% | 9/14 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 1/3 | 43% | 6/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 7% | 1/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/14 |
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 | 3–0 | 8–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | 2.26 |
| ROI % | +108.0% | -8.9% |
| Units P/L | +3.24u | -1.25u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 4 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | — | 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.
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 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
Iga Swiatek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Kamilla Rakhimova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Coco Gauff
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Zeynep Sonmez
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Barbora Krejcikova
Athens Open - Athens · Final
Jul 19
Alina Korneeva
Athens Open - Athens · Semifinals
Jul 18
Alycia Parks
Athens Open - Athens · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Harriet Dart
Athens Open - Athens · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–43 matches
| Metric | Begu | Sakkari |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 49% |
| Sets won | 46% | 47% |
| Games won | 46% | 49% |
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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