WTA 250 · Semifinals · Istanbul
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Begu
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 993 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Elise Mertens plays Irina Camelia Begu.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 2–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 1.59 |
| ROI % | +55.6% | +6.0% |
| Units P/L | +8.34u | +0.18u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 5 career meetings
3
Mertens
2
Begu
May 6, 2024
Rome
C Clay · Round of 32
Aug 29, 2022
Us Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Jan 17, 2022
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 64
Apr 24, 2017
Istanbul
C Clay · Semifinals
Feb 11, 2017
Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs BEL
H Hard · Round Robin
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Mertens and Begu posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Daria Kasatkina | L 46 06 | L 26 64 16 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Mertens | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62% | 74.5% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.6% | 44.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.9% | 23.1% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.7 | 1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 45.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 39.8% | 36.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 54.6% | 50% |
| BP Converted % | 45.5% | 66.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.6% | 38.5% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 58% | 33% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Elise Mertens and Irina Camelia Begu face off in the Semifinals at Istanbul on Clay.
Elise Mertens leads 3-2 over 5 previous meetings.
Elise Mertens is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Nikola Bartunkova (Jun 17).
Irina Camelia Begu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Diane Parry (Jun 21).
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