Naomi Osaka vs Irina Camelia Begu — Gippsland Trophy Quarter-final

Gippsland Trophy · WTA · Quarter-final
Naomi Osaka
JPN2
Naomi Osaka
#13WTA
1987ELO
1922Hard ELO
$1.1MYTD
$26MCAREER
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 January 2021
hard
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#204WTA
1769ELO
1686Hard ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLLW
Osaka N.
7-5 6-1
Begu I.
Osaka N.
762
Begu I.
510

Naomi Osaka defeated Irina Camelia Begu 7-5 6-1 in the Gippsland Trophy quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Naomi Osaka came in ranked #13.

Key context

  • Match story: Naomi Osaka came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Osaka N.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Begu I.

Begu I.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Osaka N.

Serve advantage — Osaka N.

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

Serve & return on hard

Osaka N.Begu I.
70
Serve
—
60
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Osaka N.Begu I.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
63%
57%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.5
2.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.9
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (139 vs 181). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Osaka N.Begu I.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
91
68
Break points saved·Dominant
96
58
Break points won·Slight edge
97
88
Deciding sets·Clear edge
99
81
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
95
88

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

Freshness

Recent load
Osaka N.Begu I.
Freshness·Clear edge
85
98

Osaka N.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 23 games (7d) · Begu I.: 13 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