Irina Camelia Begu vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#453 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
15w4 meetings · sets 8–2
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#224 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
Irina 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 | 50% | 2/4 | 68% | 23/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 20% | 1/5 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 3/9 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/3 | 49% | 19/39 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 69% | 11/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 3/3 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 74% | 23/31 |
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%, 4,271 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 | - | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.38 |
| ROI % | - | -47.9% |
| Units P/L | - | -3.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | SRB → ECU → AUT |
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 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 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
Alena Kovackova
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 6
Lisa Pigato
W75 Quinta do Lago · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Naiktha Bains
W75 Quinta do Lago · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Ayana Akli
W75 Quinta do Lago · 1st Round
Sep 30
Leyre Romero Gormaz
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · 1st Round
Sep 21
Julie Struplova
Zavarovalnica Triglav - Ljubljana · 1st Round
Sep 14
Moyuka Uchijima
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Laura Pigossi
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 9–56 matches
| Metric | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 61% |
| Sets won | 43% | 58% |
| Games won | 45% | 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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