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

St. Petersburg · WTA · Round of 16
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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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 February 2022
hard
CZE6
Petra Kvitova
#1010WTA
36 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Begu I.
6-4 6-0
Kvitova P.
Begu I.
662
Kvitova P.
400

Irina Camelia Begu defeated Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-0 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on hard. Irina Camelia Begu claimed a first win over Petra Kvitova in eight meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 7–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-05-06RomeR128clayPetra Kvitova7-5 6-1
2022-02-21DohaR64hardPetra Kvitova6-3 6-1
2020-08-31US OpenR128hardPetra Kvitova6-3 6-2
2019-01-14Australian OpenR64hardPetra Kvitova6-1 6-3
2018-01-29St. PetersburgR16hardPetra Kvitova6-3 1-6 6-1
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR32clayPetra Kvitova6-3 6-2
2015-05-04MadridQFclayPetra Kvitova7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Begu I.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Kvitova P.

Kvitova P.serving73% hold

wins 60% 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.Kvitova P.
1st serve in·Even
66%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
60%
Return points won·Even
46%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.3
5.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.0
5.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (143 vs 96). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

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

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Begu I.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Kvitova P.
5.9
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0
H2H
5.0
5.5
Surface form
3.9
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
6.0
Prev. match
9.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

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
Begu I.Kvitova P.
Freshness·
98
—

Begu I.: 11 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kontaveit A.[2]
Sakkari M.[1]
5-77-647-5
Semi-finals
Sakkari M.[1]
Begu I.
6-46-746-4
Kontaveit A.[2]
Ostapenko J.[7]
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Kontaveit A.[2]
Bencic B.[5]
7-676-2
Sakkari M.[1]
Mertens E.[8]
7-676-2
Begu I.
Martincova T.
6-46-2
Ostapenko J.[7]
Sasnovich A.
7-654-66-3
R16
Martincova T.
Rybakina E.[3]
W/O
Bencic B.[5]
Juvan K.
6-17-62
Sakkari M.[1]
Alexandrova E.
6-26-4
Kontaveit A.[2]
Cirstea S.
6-47-5
Sasnovich A.
Cristian J.
6-26-3
Mertens E.[8]
Martic P.
6-43-66-2
Ostapenko J.[7]
Petkovic A.
6-16-2
Begu I.
Kvitova P.[6]
6-46-0
R32
Bencic B.[5]
Kudermetova V.
6-24-67-65
Ostapenko J.[7]
Wang X.
6-16-4
Kontaveit A.[2]
Teichmann J.
6-31-66-3
Begu I.
Zhang S.
6-36-1
Rybakina E.[3]
Gracheva V.
6-26-1
Mertens E.[8]
Cornet A.
3-66-26-4
Petkovic A.
Peterson R.
7-656-2
Kvitova P.[6]
Niemeier J.
6-26-1
Sasnovich A.
Linette M.
7-54-66-4
Sakkari M.[1]
Potapova A.
6-46-4
Cirstea S.
Vondrousova M.
7-53-66-4
Cristian J.
Pera B.
7-636-4
Juvan K.
Van Uytvanck A.
4-66-46-3
Martic P.
Rakhimova K.
6-42-66-4
Martincova T.
Zvonareva V.
2-66-16-4
Alexandrova E.
Giorgi C.
6-21-66-2