Samantha Stosur vs Irina Camelia Begu — Doha Round of 64

Doha · WTA · Round of 64
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2018
hard
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#204WTA
1769ELO
1686Hard ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLLW
Stosur S.
6-4 6-2
Begu I.
Stosur S.
662
Begu I.
420

Samantha Stosur defeated Irina Camelia Begu 6-4 6-2 in the Doha round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Irina Camelia Begu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Samantha Stosur claimed a first win over Irina Camelia Begu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-04-03CharlestonR16clayIrina Camelia Begu7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Stosur S.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Begu I.

Begu I.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Serve advantage — Begu I.

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
Stosur S.Begu I.
1st serve in·Even
61%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
40%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.2
2.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.2
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Stosur S.Begu I.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
45
68
Break points saved·Dominant
85
58
Break points won·Dominant
61
88
Deciding sets·Dominant
45
81
Tiebreaks·Dominant
47
88

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

Freshness

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

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°COvercast
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 27%

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[16]
Muguruza G.[4]
3-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.[16]
Wozniacki C.[1]
3-67-637-5
Muguruza G.[4]
Halep S.[2]
W/O
Quarter-finals
Halep S.[2]
Bellis C.
6-06-4
Muguruza G.[4]
Garcia C.[7]
3-66-16-4
Kvitova P.[16]
Goerges J.[9]
6-42-1
Wozniacki C.[1]
Kerber A.[8]
7-641-66-3
R16
Muguruza G.[4]
Cirstea S.
6-06-4
Garcia C.[7]
Blinkova A.
7-637-5
Goerges J.[9]
Buzarnescu M.
6-26-2
Kvitova P.[16]
Svitolina E.[3]
6-47-5
Wozniacki C.[1]
Niculescu M.
7-56-1
Bellis C.
Pliskova K.[5]
7-646-3
Halep S.[2]
Sevastova A.[13]
6-46-3
Kerber A.[8]
Konta J.[10]
1-66-16-3
R32
Bellis C.
Keys M.[12]
2-66-36-0
Pliskova K.[5]
Cornet A.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Mertens E.[15]
7-56-4
Blinkova A.
Mladenovic K.[11]
6-36-3
Buzarnescu M.
Ostapenko J.[6]
6-16-3
Goerges J.[9]
Strycova B.
6-23-66-1
Kvitova P.[16]
Radwanska A.
6-736-36-4
Svitolina E.[3]
Vondrousova M.
6-26-4
Kerber A.[8]
Stosur S.
6-46-1
Niculescu M.
Rybarikova M.[14]
6-766-23-0
Halep S.[2]
Makarova K.
6-36-0
Garcia C.[7]
Cibulkova D.
6-36-736-0
Konta J.[10]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-26-2
Muguruza G.[4]
Duan Y.
6-36-4
Wozniacki C.[1]
Witthoeft C.
6-26-0
Sevastova A.[13]
Osaka N.
6-46-1
R64
Bellis C.
Kasatkina D.
7-54-1
Duan Y.
Jabeur O.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Sakkari M.
6-26-3
Mladenovic K.[11]
Peng S.
6-26-4
Blinkova A.
Vesnina E.
6-16-3
Cibulkova D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-686-4
Buzarnescu M.
Tsurenko L.
7-56-4
Strycova B.
Krunic A.
6-46-4
Goerges J.[9]
Safarova L.
6-17-5
Radwanska A.
Barthel M.
3-66-37-5
Niculescu M.
Sharapova M.
4-66-46-3
Witthoeft C.
Maria T.
6-36-0
Cornet A.
Kontaveit A.
6-26-1
Vondrousova M.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-1
Osaka N.
Siniakova K.
6-46-0
Sevastova A.[13]
Vekic D.
6-36-4
Keys M.[12]
Wang Q.
6-16-4
Kvitova P.[16]
Buyukakcay C.
6-06-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Bondarenko K.
3-66-36-3
Rybarikova M.[14]
Al Nabhani F.
6-36-1
Makarova K.
Zhang S.
7-56-0
Mertens E.[15]
Babos T.
2-66-16-1
Stosur S.
Begu I.
6-46-2
Konta J.[10]
Pera B.
7-656-1