Sara Errani vs Irina Camelia Begu — Palermo Semi-final

Palermo · WTA · Semi-final
ITA
Sara Errani
39 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 July 2012
clay
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#204WTA
1769ELO
1733Clay ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLLW
Errani S.
6-4 6-1
Begu I.
Errani S.
662
Begu I.
41–

Sara Errani defeated Irina Camelia Begu 6-4 6-1 in the Palermo semi-final on clay. Sara Errani extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-05-29Roland GarrosR64clayIrina Camelia Begu6-3 6-0
2012-04-09BarcelonaR32claySara Errani7-6(5) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Errani S.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Begu I.

Begu I.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Errani S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Errani S.Begu I.
1st serve in·Clear edge
78%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
55%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
46%
Service points won·Slight edge
52%
57%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.3
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.1
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Errani S.Begu I.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
36
68
Break points saved·Dominant
8
58
Break points won·Slight edge
98
88
Deciding sets·Even
78
81
Tiebreaks·Dominant
34
88

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Errani S.Begu I.
Freshness·
—
98

Begu I.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
34°CClear
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 44%

Draw

Final
Errani S.
Strycova B.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Errani S.
Begu I.
6-46-1
Strycova B.
Robson L.
2-67-56-2
Quarter-finals
Errani S.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-26-2
Begu I.
Cabeza Candela E.
5-76-46-4
Strycova B.
Goerges J.
7-646-746-1
Robson L.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-42-66-3
R16
Goerges J.
Marosi K.
W/O
Suarez Navarro C.
Tatishvili A.
6-13-2
Robson L.
Vinci R.
6-37-5
Errani S.
Mayr Achleitner P.
6-36-2
Cadantu Ignatik A.
Cornet A.
6-35-76-2
Begu I.
Dominguez Lino L.
3-66-16-4
Strycova B.
Cohen J.
3-66-37-5
Cabeza Candela E.
Camerin M.
7-637-5
R32
Cabeza Candela E.
Grymalska A.
6-23-66-1
Cadantu Ignatik A.
Bertens K.
6-36-2
Cornet A.
Duque Marino M.
6-36-2
Camerin M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-16-3
Dominguez Lino L.
Putintseva Y.
6-26-4
Begu I.
Hercog P.
6-17-68
Strycova B.
Soler Espinosa S.
7-57-63
Cohen J.
Dushevina V.
6-44-67-5
Marosi K.
Savinykh V.
6-46-3
Goerges J.
Amanmuradova A.
6-47-68
Suarez Navarro C.
Jones S.
6-46-1
Tatishvili A.
Evtimova D.
6-26-2
Robson L.
Ivakhnenko V.
6-16-0
Errani S.
Gallovits Hall E.
6-16-1
Mayr Achleitner P.
Burnett N.
6-36-4
Vinci R.
Knapp K.
6-26-2