Anett Kontaveit and Irina-Camelia Begu will face off in the final of the Tennis in the Land for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 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 Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.52
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
There is no head to head record between Anett Kontaveit and Irina-Camelia Begu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 30, Kontaveit got to the final after defeating Lauren Davis 1-6 6-0 6-0, Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3, Katerina Siniakova 6-3 5-7 6-2 and Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Sorribes Tormo (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kontaveit scored 69 points vs Sorribes Tormo’s 52. Kontaveit was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kontaveit bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 56% of her first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Sorribes Tormo 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anett started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Kontaveit has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (322-169). 14-8 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kontaveit has a compiled 138-85 match record in the last years on hard.
Kontaveit’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Eastbourne.
The Estonian has an overall 23-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cleveland
Anett has never competed in this tournament before.
Irina-Camelia Begu
Ranked no. 74, Begu reached the final after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-63 6-3, Polona Hercog 7-65 7-5, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-4 and Magda Linette 7-65 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Linette (7-65 6-2). During the match Begu scored 72 points vs Linette’s 59. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Begu recorded 11 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Begu put 67% of her first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Irina-Camelia broke Linette 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Begu started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Cleveland.
Begu has an overall 17-12 win-loss record in 2021, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 86 |
| Pts | 321-254 | 301-250 |
| Total Points | 575 | 551 |
| Winners | 112 | 128 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Kontaveit and Begu played 4 matches. At the moment, Anett Kontaveit surrendered 2 sets while Irina-Camelia Begu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kontaveit has played 2 sets more than Begu (10 vs 8). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (86). Kontaveit scored 112 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Begu struck 128 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 159/279 | 170/254 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 112/159 | 128/170 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 64/120 | 46/84 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Kontaveit scored 19 aces (4.8 per match). Begu managed to score 22 aces (5.5 per match). Kontaveit won 70% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 14 |
| Converted | 19/37 | 14/36 |
| % Converted | 51% | 39% |
| Conceded | 25 | 11 |
| Saved | 16 | 5 |
| % Saved | 64% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 6 |
Kontaveit broke her opponents 19 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Estonian surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Begu broke her opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. Begu conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | ||||||
| R1 Davis |
R2 Garcia |
1/4 Siniakova |
1/2 Sorribes Tormo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-0 6-0 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 86 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 60-42 | 121-110 | 69-52 | 321-254 | |
| Total points | 121 | 102 | 231 | 121 | 575 | |
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 45 | 20 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% | 37% | 29% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 32/58 | 24/45 | 74/124 | 29/52 | 159/279 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 53% | 60% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 22/24 | 45/74 | 20/29 | 112/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 92% | 61% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 14/21 | 25/50 | 14/23 | 64/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 67% | 50% | 61% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/8 | 6/14 | 4/7 | 19/37 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 38% | 43% | 57% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 25 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 12/16 | 0/2 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 75% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Begu | ||||||
| R1 Alexandrova |
R2 Hercog |
1/4 Sasnovich |
1/2 Linette |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 7-65 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 86 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 79-62 | 68-53 | 72-59 | 301-250 | |
| Total points | 158 | 141 | 121 | 131 | 551 | |
| Winners | 33 | 35 | 27 | 33 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 40% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 48/68 | 34/53 | 45/67 | 170/254 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 71% | 64% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 35/48 | 27/34 | 33/45 | 128/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 79% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 15/20 | 11/19 | 9/22 | 46/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 75% | 58% | 41% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/5 | 3/12 | 5/8 | 14/36 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 60% | 25% | 63% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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