Irina Camelia Begu vs Venus WilliamsPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Irina Camelia Begu
#457 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
9w2 meetings · sets 3–3
🇺🇸Venus Williams
#611 · 45 yrs · Right-Handed
14Irina Camelia Begu and Venus Williams have met 2 times since 2017; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Toronto in 2017 on hard. Across all meetings Begu has taken 3 sets to Williams's 3. Their most recent meeting: Irina Camelia Begu won at Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Camelia Begu | Williams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Camelia Begu | Venus Williams | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 2/3 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | 36% | 4/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 1/6 | 36% | 4/11 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 36% | 4/11 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 2/2 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 0% | 0/1 |
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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Camelia Begu 0, Williams 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
💥 Big Hitter
Williams
🤖 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
2 career meetings, newest first
Jun 22, 2026
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg
G Grass · 1st Round
Aug 9, 2017
Toronto
H Hard · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | 4.35 |
| ROI % | +108.0% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +3.24u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Begu | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| 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
Begu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Williams's 0%).
| Opponent | Begu | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Parry | W 64 76 | L 36 76 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
Emiliana Arango
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Kamilla Rakhimova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 2
Anastasia Potapova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Irina Camelia Begu
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 22
Kaitlin Quevedo
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 21
Francesca Jones
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Diane Parry
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Ajla Tomljanovic
ATX Open - Austin · 1st Round
Feb 24
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–11 matches
| Metric | Begu | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 0% |
| Sets won | 46% | 15% |
| Games won | 46% | 38% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Begu | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Begu | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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