Johanna Konta and Irina-Camelia Begu will square off in the 3rd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12.30 pm on Court 7. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johanna Konta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johanna Konta is the pick to win this match.
Johanna Konta -> 1.4
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Johanna Konta vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 2nd time that Johanna Konta and Irina-Camelia Begu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Konta (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Johanna Konta
Ranked no. 14, the Brit reached the 3rd round after defeating Bernarda Pera 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Johanna had a good straight sets win against Pera (6-2 6-3). During the match Konta scored 63 points vs Pera’s 46. Johanna was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Konta fired 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Johanna Konta lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Konta put 67% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Konta broke Pera 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Konta has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (310-179). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Konta has a 165-80 record in the last years on hard.
Konta has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Konta lost in the 1st round to Ons Jabeur.
Irina-Camelia Begu
Ranked no. 79, the Romanian got to the 3rd round after beating Saisai Zheng 3-6 7-5 6-4 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Sasnovich, Begu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Begu scored 99 points vs Sasnovich’s 96. Irina-Camelia was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 6 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 68% of her first serves in, winning 66% (47/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (10/33) on the 2nd serve. Irina-Camelia broke Sasnovich 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
The Romanian has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Romanian capitulated in the 1st round to Kiki Bertens.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Konta | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 63 |
| Pts | 63-46 | 205-200 |
| Total Points | 109 | 405 |
| Winners | 23 | 96 |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% |
Konta played 1 match while Begu competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Irina-Camelia Begu lost 2 sets while Johanna Konta hasn’t lost a set so far. Konta has played 4 set(s) less than Begu (2 vs 6). Therefore, Konta played 46 games less than Begu. The Brit scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 96 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Konta | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 137/214 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 96/137 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 27/77 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 35% |
Konta managed to score 2 aces . Begu blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Konta won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 63% 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 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Konta | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 30 |
| Saved | 3 | 21 |
| % Saved | 75% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
Konta broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Konta surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Irina-Camelia conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Konta | |||
| R2 Pera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Begu | ||||
| R1 Zheng |
R2 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| pts | 106-104 | 99-96 | 205-200 | |
| Total points | 210 | 195 | 405 | |
| Winners | 49 | 47 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 66/110 | 71/104 | 137/214 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 49/66 | 47/71 | 96/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/44 | 10/33 | 27/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 30% | 35% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 7/12 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 58% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 9/15 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 140% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Johanna KontaKonta – Bernarda PeraPera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Destanee AiavaAiava (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Mayo HibiHibi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Timea BabosBabos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qiang WangWang (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Destanee AiavaAiava (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
