Irina Camelia Begu vs Simona HalepPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9w4 meetings · sets 1–8
🇷🇴Simona Halep
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
82wIrina Camelia Begu and Simona Halep have met 4 times since 2016; Simona Halep leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Madrid in 2016 on clay. On clay courts Halep leads 3–0. Halep has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Begu has taken 1 sets to Halep's 8. Their most recent meeting: Simona Halep won at French Open - Paris (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Halep | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Simona Halep | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 2/3 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 1/6 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 2/2 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | — | |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Camelia Begu 0, Halep 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Halep
👑 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
Sep 30, 2020
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 2nd Round
Aug 15, 2020
Prague Open - Prague
C Clay · Semifinals
Jan 6, 2018
Shenzhen
H Hard · Semifinals
May 6, 2016
Madrid
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–0 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | - |
| ROI % | +108.0% | - |
| Units P/L | +3.24u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
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
Lucia Bronzetti
Transylvania Open - Cluj-Napoca · 1st Round
Feb 4
Yue Yuan
Hong Kong Tennis Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 28
Anna Blinkova
Hong Kong 125 Open - Hong Kong · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Arina Rodionova
Hong Kong 125 Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 2
Paula Badosa
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Daria Snigur
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Anastasia Potapova
Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 16
Beatriz Haddad Maia
National Bank Open - Toronto · Final
Aug 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–6 matches
| Metric | Begu | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | - |
| Sets won | 46% | - |
| Games won | 46% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Halep |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 3 |
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