Irina Camelia Begu vs Shuai Zhang — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · WTA · Round of 32
Irina Camelia Begu
ROU
Irina Camelia Begu
#204WTA
1769ELO
1686Hard ELO
35 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 February 2022
hard
Shuai Zhang
CHN
Shuai Zhang
#54WTA
1718ELO
1695Hard ELO
37 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLWWL
Begu I.
6-3 6-1
Zhang S.
Begu I.
662
Zhang S.
310

Irina Camelia Begu defeated Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-1 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Shuai Zhang came in ranked #54. Irina Camelia Begu extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-05-28Roland GarrosR64clayIrina Camelia Begu6-3 6-4
2014-05-05MadridR64clayIrina Camelia Begu6-4 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Begu I.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Zhang S.

Zhang S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Begu I.

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

Serve & return on hard

Begu I.Zhang S.
—
Serve
17
—
Return
58

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

Statistics

This season
Begu I.Zhang S.
1st serve in·Even
66%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
46%
42%
Break points saved·Even
55%
52%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.0
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (143 vs 190). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Begu I.Zhang S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
68
62
Break points saved·Even
58
55
Break points won·Slight edge
88
83
Deciding sets·Even
81
78
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
88
82

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Begu I.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Zhang S.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
4.9Hard Elo 1686
Surface ELO
5.1+9 Hard Elo edge
5.6Overall Elo 1769
ELO gap
4.4Overall Elo 1718
5.0
H2H
5.0
5.5
Surface form
3.4
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.Zhang S.
Freshness·Even
99
99

Begu I.: 14 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Zhang S.: 13 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