Irina Camelia Begu vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9w4 meetings · sets 8–2
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#233 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
5wIrina Camelia Begu and Polona Hercog have met 4 times since 2015; Irina Camelia Begu leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Washington in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Begu leads 3–0. Begu has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Begu has taken 8 sets to Hercog's 2. Their most recent meeting: Irina Camelia Begu won at Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Polona Hercog | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 2/3 | 69% | 18/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | 31% | 5/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 1/6 | 31% | 13/42 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | 50% | 15/30 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 2/2 | 62% | 8/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 91% | 21/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 78% | 18/23 |
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, Hercog 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Mar 29, 2024
Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Aug 24, 2021
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland
H Hard · 2nd Round
Sep 24, 2015
Seoul
H Hard · Round of 16
Aug 6, 2015
Washington
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | 2.39 |
| ROI % | +108.0% | -54.0% |
| Units P/L | +3.24u | -1.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Begu and Hercog posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Tamara Korpatsch | W 61 64 | W 62 57 75 |
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
Laura Pigossi
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Dalila Jakupovic
Generali Open Ladies - Kitzbuhel · 1st Round
Jul 13
Bianca Andreescu
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
W75 Zagreb · Quarterfinals
May 15
Ayla Aksu
W75 Zagreb · Round of 16
May 14
Lucrezia Stefanini
W75 Zagreb · Round of 32
May 13
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W35 Platja d'Aro · Quarterfinals
May 8
Miriana Tona
W35 Platja d'Aro · 2nd Round
May 7
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–42 matches
| Metric | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 62% |
| Sets won | 46% | 59% |
| Games won | 46% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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