Irina Camelia Begu vs Johanna Konta — Gippsland Trophy Round of 16

Gippsland Trophy · WTA · Round of 16
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#204WTA
1769ELO
1686Hard ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
GBR5
Johanna Konta
35 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWWWL
Begu I.
4-6 7-6 7-6
Konta J.
Begu I.
4712772
Konta J.
6610641

Irina Camelia Begu defeated Johanna Konta 4-6 7-6 7-6 in the Gippsland Trophy round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Johanna Konta came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Irina Camelia Begu claimed a first win over Johanna Konta in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-09-14RomeR32clayJohanna Konta6-0 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Begu I.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Konta J.

Konta J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Begu I.

Even serve battle

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
Begu I.Konta J.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
49%
Service points won·Even
57%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.4
4.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.9
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (181 vs 17). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Begu I.Konta J.
Clutch Rating·Even
68
66
Break points saved·Dominant
58
90
Break points won·Clear edge
88
67
Deciding sets·Even
81
83
Tiebreaks·Dominant
88
48

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

Freshness

Recent load
Begu I.Konta J.
Freshness·
99
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mertens E.[7]
Kanepi K.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Mertens E.[7]
Osaka N.[2]
W/O
Kanepi K.
Alexandrova E.[9]
6-37-66
Quarter-finals
Kanepi K.
Muchova K.[8]
W/O
Mertens E.[7]
Svitolina E.[3]
6-35-7[10-6]
Alexandrova E.[9]
Halep S.[1]
6-26-1
Osaka N.[2]
Begu I.
7-56-1
R16
Osaka N.[2]
Boulter K.
3-66-36-1
Begu I.
Konta J.[5]
4-67-6107-64
Alexandrova E.[9]
Swiatek I.[6]
6-46-2
Mertens E.[7]
Garcia C.[12]
7-616-3
Kanepi K.
Kasatkina D.
7-56-1
Halep S.[1]
Siegemund L.[16]
6-26-4
Svitolina E.[3]
Ostapenko J.[13]
6-746-36-2
Muchova K.[8]
Paolini J.
6-24-66-4
R32
Halep S.[1]
Potapova A.
6-46-4
Ostapenko J.[13]
Kovinic D.
6-47-5
Garcia C.[12]
Babos T.
6-46-4
Konta J.[5]
Pera B.
6-26-3
Siegemund L.[16]
Aiava D.
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.
Hercog P.[15]
6-46-3
Swiatek I.[6]
Juvan K.
2-66-26-1
Mertens E.[7]
Hibi M.
6-26-2
Kanepi K.
Sabalenka A.[4]
6-12-66-1
Begu I.
Sasnovich A.
5-76-46-4
Osaka N.[2]
Cornet A.
6-26-2
Alexandrova E.[9]
Schmiedlova A.
4-66-46-2
Svitolina E.[3]
Petkovic A.
6-16-4
Paolini J.
Wang Q.[10]
3-67-56-4
Boulter K.
Gauff C.[14]
3-67-56-2
R64
Pera B.
Gadecki O.
6-726-36-3
Aiava D.
Paquet C.
6-14-66-4
Hibi M.
Lepchenko V.
6-46-736-1
Schmiedlova A.
Savinykh V.
6-16-3
Ostapenko J.[13]
Errani S.
4-66-36-1
Siegemund L.[16]
Niculescu M.
7-56-4
Hercog P.[15]
Gasparyan M.
2-66-36-3
Sasnovich A.
Tsurenko L.
3-66-46-4
Gauff C.[14]
Teichmann J.
6-36-767-65
Paolini J.
Marino R.
7-626-3
Babos T.
Tig P.
7-656-3
Garcia C.[12]
Rodionova A.
6-36-4
Kovinic D.
Zidansek T.
6-36-3
Begu I.
Zheng S.[11]
3-67-56-4
Potapova A.
Osuigwe W.
6-36-0
Juvan K.
Wang Y.
4-66-16-4
Kanepi K.
Sharma A.
1-67-56-2
Boulter K.
Kalinskaya A.
6-16-3
Kasatkina D.
Buzarnescu M.
6-16-1
Petkovic A.
Trevisan M.
6-13-67-5
Cornet A.
Tomljanovic A.
5-76-16-3