Jelena Ostapenko and Irina-Camelia Begu will square off in the 3rd round of Wimbledon for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.47
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 3rd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Irina-Camelia Begu fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Begu won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2018.
Jelena Ostapenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 13-6 | 8-5 | 4-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 21-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-19 | 19-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-19 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 7-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, Jelena got to the 3rd round after beating Oceane Dodin 6-4 6-4 and Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jelena had a good straight sets win against Wickmayer (6-2 6-2). During the match, Ostapenko scored 76 points vs Wickmayer’s 56. The Latvian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ostapenko scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 61% of her first serves in, winning 62% (23/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. Ostapenko broke Wickmayer 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Latvian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Ostapenko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (293-182). 7-2 on grass in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ostapenko has an overall 39-18 record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Dubai where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-0 6-4.
Ostapenko has an aggregate 22-11 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Irina-Camelia Begu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-14 | 5-7 | 11-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-17 | 7-9 | 20-5 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-17 | 16-10 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-11 | 15-5 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after defeating Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-4 6-1 and Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Begu had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-4 6-4). During the match Begu scored 64 points vs Cocciaretto’s 53. Irina-Camelia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu bagged 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Irina-Camelia Begu was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Begu broke Cocciaretto 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Irina-Camelia’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.
Begu has an aggregate 17-11 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2015 and 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ostapenko | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 37 |
| Pts | 141-111 | 131-99 |
| Total Points | 252 | 230 |
| Winners | 44 | 54 |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% |
Both Ostapenko and Begu played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ostapenko and Begu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ostapenko played 1 game less than Begu. Jelena scored 44 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Begu made 54 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ostapenko | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 67/117 | 69/101 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 44/67 | 54/69 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 56% |
Ostapenko fired 12 aces (6 per match). Begu bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Ostapenko won 66% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ostapenko | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 43% | 39% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Latvian broke her opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Latvian surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Irina-Camelia broke her opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Irina-Camelia conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ostapenko | ||||
| R1 Dodin |
R2 Wickmayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 65-55 | 76-56 | 141-111 | |
| Total points | 120 | 132 | 252 | |
| Winners | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 30% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 37/61 | 67/117 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 23/37 | 44/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 62% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 17/24 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 71% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/13 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 31% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Begu | ||||
| R1 Gorgodze |
R2 Cocciaretto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 64-53 | 131-99 | |
| Total points | 113 | 117 | 230 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/49 | 34/52 | 69/101 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/34 | 54/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 10/18 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/8 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 38% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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