Elise Mertens vs Irina Camelia Begu — Australian Open Round of 64

Australian Open · WTA · Round of 64
Elise Mertens
BEL19
Elise Mertens
#24WTA
1894ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$19MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 January 2022
hard
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#204WTA
1769ELO
1686Hard ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLLW
Mertens E.
6-3 6-2
Begu I.
Mertens E.
662
Begu I.
320

Elise Mertens defeated Irina Camelia Begu 6-3 6-2 in the Australian Open round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Elise Mertens came in ranked #24, defending last year's round of 16. Elise Mertens extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-05-06RomeR32clayIrina Camelia Begu6-2 6-0
2022-08-29US OpenR128hardIrina Camelia Begu3-6 6-2 6-3
2017-04-24IstanbulSFclayElise Mertens6-1 6-1
2017-02-11Fed Cup WG2 R1: ROU vs BELRRhardElise Mertens3-6 7-5 7-5
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Serve vs return

This season
Mertens E.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Begu I.

Begu I.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Mertens E.

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

Serve & return on hard

Mertens E.Begu I.
51
Serve
—
54
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Mertens E.Begu I.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.1
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 143). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mertens E.Begu I.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
80
68
Break points saved·Dominant
90
58
Break points won·Slight edge
96
88
Deciding sets·Slight edge
76
81
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
75
88

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Mertens E.
6.7
Slight advantageUmpiry Score
Begu I.
5.9
Even matchUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
7.1+161 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.9Hard Elo 1686
6.8Overall Elo 1894
ELO gap
3.2Overall Elo 1769
5.0
H2H
5.0
4.1
Surface form
5.9
0.0
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
8.2
Minutes 14d
6.7
3-set count
4.0
8.0
Prev. match
7.0
6.8
Country comfort
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Mertens E.Begu I.
Freshness·Clear edge
81
98

Mertens E.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 41 games (7d) · Begu I.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
21°COvercast
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 68%

Draw

Final
Barty A.[1]
Collins D.[27]
6-37-62
Semi-finals
Collins D.[27]
Swiatek I.[7]
6-46-1
Barty A.[1]
Keys M.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Keys M.
Krejcikova B.[4]
6-36-2
Swiatek I.[7]
Kanepi K.
4-67-626-3
Barty A.[1]
Pegula J.[21]
6-26-0
Collins D.[27]
Cornet A.
7-56-1
R16
Barty A.[1]
Anisimova A.
6-46-3
Keys M.
Badosa P.[8]
6-36-1
Swiatek I.[7]
Cirstea S.
5-76-36-3
Kanepi K.
Sabalenka A.[2]
5-76-27-67
Krejcikova B.[4]
Azarenka V.[24]
6-26-2
Cornet A.
Halep S.[14]
6-43-66-4
Pegula J.[21]
Sakkari M.[5]
7-606-3
Collins D.[27]
Mertens E.[19]
4-66-46-4
R32
Anisimova A.
Osaka N.[13]
4-66-37-65
Pegula J.[21]
Parrizas Diaz N.
7-636-2
Keys M.
Wang Q.
4-66-37-62
Badosa P.[8]
Kostyuk M.
6-25-76-4
Collins D.[27]
Tauson C.
4-66-47-5
Mertens E.[19]
Zhang S.
6-26-2
Halep S.[14]
Kovinic D.
6-26-1
Cornet A.
Zidansek T.[29]
4-66-46-2
Kanepi K.
Inglis M.
2-66-26-0
Sabalenka A.[2]
Vondrousova M.[31]
4-66-36-1
Cirstea S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[10]
6-32-66-2
Barty A.[1]
Giorgi C.[30]
6-26-3
Sakkari M.[5]
Kudermetova V.[28]
6-46-1
Krejcikova B.[4]
Ostapenko J.[26]
2-66-46-4
Swiatek I.[7]
Kasatkina D.[25]
6-26-3
Azarenka V.[24]
Svitolina E.[15]
6-06-2
R64
Svitolina E.[15]
Tan H.
6-35-75-1
Parrizas Diaz N.
Zanevska M.
W/O
Zhang S.
Rybakina E.[12]
6-41-0
Barty A.[1]
Bronzetti L.
6-16-1
Giorgi C.[30]
Martincova T.
6-27-62
Kudermetova V.[28]
Ruse E.
6-27-5
Ostapenko J.[26]
Riske Amritraj A.
4-66-26-4
Keys M.
Cristian J.
6-27-5
Badosa P.[8]
Trevisan M.
6-06-3
Collins D.[27]
Konjuh A.
6-46-3
Halep S.[14]
Haddad Maia B.
6-26-0
Kovinic D.
Raducanu E.[17]
6-44-66-3
Cornet A.
Muguruza G.[3]
6-36-3
Swiatek I.[7]
Peterson R.
6-26-2
Kasatkina D.[25]
Linette M.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Kucova K.
6-26-4
Kanepi K.
Bouzkova M.
6-27-63
Vondrousova M.[31]
Samsonova L.
6-27-5
Sabalenka A.[2]
Wang X.
1-66-46-2
Inglis M.
Baptiste H.
7-642-66-2
Pegula J.[21]
Pera B.
6-46-4
Sakkari M.[5]
Zheng Q.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[10]
Stosur S.
6-26-2
Osaka N.[13]
Brengle M.
6-06-4
Tauson C.
Kontaveit A.[6]
6-26-4
Anisimova A.
Bencic B.[22]
6-27-5
Wang Q.
Van Uytvanck A.
2-67-656-3
Krejcikova B.[4]
Wang X.
6-26-3
Azarenka V.[24]
Teichmann J.
6-16-2
Kostyuk M.
Sorribes Tormo S.[32]
7-656-3
Mertens E.[19]
Begu I.
6-36-2
Zidansek T.[29]
Watson H.
7-646-4
R128
Kucova K.
Doi M.
6-37-5
Kudermetova V.[28]
Liu C.
6-46-4
Barty A.[1]
Tsurenko L.
6-06-1
Wang X.
Hruncakova V.
7-56-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Vekic D.
6-26-2
Azarenka V.[24]
Udvardy P.
6-36-1
Tan H.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-3
Svitolina E.[15]
Ferro F.
6-17-64
Keys M.
Kenin S.[11]
7-627-5
Van Uytvanck A.
Bucsa C.
6-36-4
Wang Q.
Gauff C.[18]
6-46-2
Kostyuk M.
Parry D.
6-17-62
Konjuh A.
Rogers S.
4-66-37-5
Collins D.[27]
Dolehide C.
6-16-3
Mertens E.[19]
Zvonareva V.
6-47-5
Begu I.
Dodin O.
2-67-56-3
Zhang S.
Golubic V.
6-36-4
Rybakina E.[12]
Diyas Z.
6-737-636-1
Halep S.[14]
Frech M.
6-46-3
Haddad Maia B.
Volynets K.
3-66-26-3
Zidansek T.[29]
Rus A.
3-66-37-68
Watson H.
Sherif M.
6-35-76-2
Cornet A.
Tomova V.
6-36-3
Muguruza G.[3]
Burel C.
6-36-4
Linette M.
Sevastova A.
6-47-5
Bronzetti L.
Gracheva V.
3-66-26-3
Giorgi C.[30]
Potapova A.
6-46-0
Bencic B.[22]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-3
Anisimova A.
Hartono A.
2-66-46-3
Osaka N.[13]
Osorio C.
6-36-3
Parrizas Diaz N.
Bara I.
6-36-1
Pera B.
Alexandrova E.
7-56-3
Pegula J.[21]
Kalinina A.
4-67-617-5
Ruse E.
Paolini J.
6-16-3
Brengle M.
Yastremska D.
6-10-65-0
Krejcikova B.[4]
Petkovic A.
6-26-0
Zanevska M.
Juvan K.
7-677-64
Kasatkina D.[25]
Voegele S.
6-36-1
Stosur S.
Anderson R.
6-756-36-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[10]
Bondar A.
6-26-1
Bouzkova M.
Marino R.
6-16-3
Inglis M.
Fernandez L.[23]
6-46-2
Vondrousova M.[31]
Hon P.
6-26-3
Samsonova L.
Bektas E.
7-56-4
Wang X.
Li A.
7-656-3
Sabalenka A.[2]
Hunter S.
5-76-36-2
Tauson C.
Sharma A.
6-36-4
Teichmann J.
Martic P.
6-36-3
Kanepi K.
Kerber A.[16]
6-46-3
Sorribes Tormo S.[32]
Flipkens K.
6-46-1
Sakkari M.[5]
Maria T.
6-47-62
Zheng Q.
Sasnovich A.
6-31-67-65
Badosa P.[8]
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-0
Kovinic D.
Jang S.
6-32-66-4
Cristian J.
Minnen G.
7-56-4
Trevisan M.
Hibino N.
6-26-3
Martincova T.
Davis L.
7-56-2
Ostapenko J.[26]
Schmiedlova A.
6-776-46-1
Swiatek I.[7]
Dart H.
6-36-0
Kontaveit A.[6]
Siniakova K.
6-26-3
Raducanu E.[17]
Stephens S.
6-02-66-1
Peterson R.
Saville D.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Kvitova P.[20]
6-26-2
Baptiste H.
Garcia C.
4-67-646-3