Petra Kvitova vs Irina Camelia Begu — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · WTA · Round of 16
CZE
Petra Kvitova
#1010WTA
36 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 January 2018
hard
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#173WTA
1769ELO
1686Hard ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kvitova P.
6-3 1-6 6-1
Begu I.
Kvitova P.
6162
Begu I.
3611

Petra Kvitova defeated Irina Camelia Begu 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Irina Camelia Begu came in ranked #173, defending last year's round of 32. Petra Kvitova extended the head-to-head to 7–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Petra Kvitova closed it out in three sets, 6–3 1–6 6–1.

Head to head

6–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-05-06RomeR128clayPetra Kvitova7-5 6-1
2022-02-21DohaR64hardPetra Kvitova6-3 6-1
2022-02-07St. PetersburgR16hardIrina Camelia Begu6-4 6-0
2020-08-31US OpenR128hardPetra Kvitova6-3 6-2
2019-01-14Australian OpenR64hardPetra Kvitova6-1 6-3
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR32clayPetra Kvitova6-3 6-2
2015-05-04MadridQFclayPetra Kvitova7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Kvitova P.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Begu I.

Begu I.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Kvitova P.

Serve advantage — Kvitova P.

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
Kvitova P.Begu I.
1st serve in·Even
63%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
46%
Service points won·Even
61%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
59%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.8
2.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.7
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kvitova P.Begu I.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
88
68
Break points saved·Dominant
93
58
Break points won·Even
88
88
Deciding sets·Slight edge
90
81
Tiebreaks·Even
92
88

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

Freshness

Recent load
Kvitova P.Begu I.
Freshness·
—
98

Begu I.: 12 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.
Mladenovic K.[4]
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.
Goerges J.[5]
7-54-66-2
Mladenovic K.[4]
Kasatkina D.[8]
3-66-36-2
Quarter-finals
Goerges J.[5]
Rybakina E.
6-36-3
Kasatkina D.[8]
Wozniacki C.[1]
7-626-3
Mladenovic K.[4]
Siniakova K.
6-46-3
Kvitova P.
Ostapenko J.[2]
6-06-2
R16
Kvitova P.
Begu I.
6-31-66-1
Siniakova K.
Makarova K.
7-677-5
Goerges J.[5]
Vinci R.
7-56-0
Kasatkina D.[8]
Cornet A.
6-26-1
Wozniacki C.[1]
Potapova A.
6-06-1
Mladenovic K.[4]
Cibulkova D.
6-46-4
Rybakina E.
Garcia C.[3]
4-67-667-65
Ostapenko J.[2]
Zvonareva V.
7-666-3
R32
Makarova K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
6-46-4
Potapova A.
Maria T.
6-26-4
Goerges J.[5]
Sakkari M.
6-27-65
Zvonareva V.
Bertens K.
6-40-0
Cibulkova D.
Cirstea S.
7-56-2
Kasatkina D.[8]
Hruncakova V.
1-66-46-1
Cornet A.
Barthel M.
6-37-5
Kvitova P.
Vesnina E.[7]
6-26-0
Begu I.
Petkovic A.
7-656-1
Siniakova K.
Vekic D.
6-32-66-4
Rybakina E.
Bacsinszky T.
6-46-3
Vinci R.
Martincova T.
6-26-2