Karolina Muchova and Irina-Camelia Begu will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.9
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 4th time that Karolina Muchova and Irina-Camelia Begu play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in 2023.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs Irina-Camelia Begu – French Open 02-June-2023
Karolina Muchova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-13 | 28-9 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-12 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-9 | 10-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, Muchova reached the semifinal after defeating Katarzyna Kawa 7-6(14) 5-1 ret., Noma Akugue Noha 6-7(0) 6-2 6-3 and Astra Sharma 7-6(5) 7-6(6).
In the quarter, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Sharma (7-65 7-66). During the match, Muchova scored 87 points vs Sharma’s 84. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muchova scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Karolina Muchova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Muchova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Sharma 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Muchova has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 67% of her matches (210-102). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muchova has a composed65-34 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Muchova has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Muchova has never competed in this tournament before.
Irina-Camelia Begu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-7 | 0-0 | 17-6 | 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. 142, the Romanian got to the semifinal after beating Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0 6-0, Arantxa Rus 6-2 7-5, Ann Li 6-3 6-4 and Karolina Muchova .
In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Li (6-3 6-4). During the match Begu scored 76 points vs Li’s 62. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 71% of her first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Irina-Camelia broke Li 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Irina-Camelia hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Antalya.
Irina-Camelia has a compiled 17-7 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muchova | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 51 |
| Pts | 257-227 | 196-137 |
| Total Points | 484 | 333 |
| Winners | 105 | 64 |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% |
Both Muchova and Begu played 3 matches. At the moment, Karolina Muchova surrendered 1 set while Irina-Camelia Begu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Muchova has played 2 sets more than Begu (8 vs 6). Therefore, Muchova played 24 games more than Begu. The Czech scored 105 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 64 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muchova | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 168/261 | 92/150 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 105/168 | 64/92 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 51/93 | 38/58 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 66% |
Muchova scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Begu blasted 7 aces (2.3 per match). Muchova won 63% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muchova | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 15 |
| Converted | 16/21 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 76% | 56% |
| Conceded | 24 | 8 |
| Saved | 13 | 5 |
| % Saved | 54% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 3 |
Muchova broke her opponents 16 times with a 76% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Begu broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Begu conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muchova | |||||
| R1 Kawa |
R2 Akugue |
1/4 Sharma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-614 5-1 ret. | 6-70 6-2 6-3 | 7-65 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 26 | 75 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 101-87 | 87-84 | 257-227 | |
| Total points | 125 | 188 | 171 | 484 | |
| Winners | 33 | 39 | 33 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 39% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 66/106 | 57/92 | 168/261 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 62% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 39/66 | 33/57 | 105/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 59% | 58% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 20/40 | 23/35 | 51/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 66% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 8/11 | 4/5 | 16/21 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 73% | 80% | 76% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/10 | 6/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 60% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Begu | |||||
| R1 Bassols |
R2 Rus |
1/4 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 20 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 52-22 | 68-53 | 76-62 | 196-137 | |
| Total points | 74 | 121 | 138 | 333 | |
| Winners | 15 | 23 | 26 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 34% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 19/33 | 32/59 | 41/58 | 92/150 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 71% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 23/32 | 26/41 | 64/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 19/27 | 9/17 | 38/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 70% | 53% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 3/5 | 6/11 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 60% | 55% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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