H2H, PREDICTION Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Irina-Camelia Begu | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

Ekaterina Alexandrova and Irina-Camelia Begu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.51
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.63

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

This will be the 4th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Irina-Camelia Begu face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Begu won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Cleveland back in 2021.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Alexandrova

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
16
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-8 9-7 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-21 17-13 6-5 0-1 10-2 0-0
2022 35-18 12-10 13-5 4-2 6-1 0-0
2021 26-23 10-9 6-5 7-7 3-2 0-0
2020 20-12 9-4 4-5 7-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 31, Alexandrova reached the 2nd round after defeating Greetje Minnen 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Minnen (7-5 6-3). During the match, Alexandrova scored 80 points vs Minnen’s 60. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alexandrova struck 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was extremely efficient on serve to win 94% (31/33) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Alexandrova broke Minnen 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).

Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (250-163). 13-4 on clay in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a compiled80-56 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Charleston and Madrid.

Alexandrova has a composed 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Alexandrova
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Irina-Camelia Begu

Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu

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Rank
126
High
22
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 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. 63, Irina-Camelia got to the 2nd round after defeating Jasmine Paolini 4-6 6-1 7-65.

In the 1st round against Paolini, Begu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-65). During the match Begu scored 100 points vs Paolini’s 87. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Begu managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 65% of her first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Paolini 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Irina-Camelia’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.

Irina-Camelia has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2016. See her history.

Begu
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H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Alexandrova
I.Begu
1h:25
1h:25
Time on court​
2h:05
2h:05
1h:25
1h:25
Last match​
!
2h:05
2h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
80
80
Total points​
100
100
80
80
Avg point​
100
100
31
31
Winners
37
37
31
31
Avg Winners​
37
37
39%
39%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
3
3
Avg Aces
7
7
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
31/33
31/33
1st won total​
37/58
37/58
!
94%
94%
1st won %
64%
64%
11/20
11/20
2nd won total​
17/31
17/31
55%
55%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
BP won
6/9
6/9
3/11
3/11
Avg BP won
6/9
6/9
!
27%
27%
Won
!
67%
67%
2
2
Conceded
7
7
2
2
Avg Conceded
7
7
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
4
4
1
1
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alexandrova Begu
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 21 30
Pts 80-60 100-87
Total Points 140 187
Winners 31 37
%Winners 39% 37%

Both Alexandrova and Begu played 1 match. At the moment, Irina-Camelia Begu lost 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t lost a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set(s) less than Begu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Alexandrova played 9 games less than Begu. Ekaterina scored 31 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian struck 37 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alexandrova Begu
Aces 3 7
Avg per match 3 7
1st in 33/53 58/89
%1st in 62% 65%
1st pts 31/33 37/58
%1st pts 94% 64%
2nd pts 11/20 17/31
%2nd pts 55% 55%

Alexandrova bagged 3 aces . Begu struck 7 aces . Alexandrova won 94% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 64% 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 Alexandrova Begu
Won 3 6
Converted 3/11 6/9
% Converted 27% 67%
Conceded 2 7
Saved 1 3
% Saved 50% 43%
Times Broken 1 4

Ekaterina broke her opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Begu broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Irina-Camelia conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
R1
Minnen
Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 80-60 80-60
Total points 140 140
Winners 31 31
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 33/53 33/53
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 31/33 31/33
% 1st pts 94% 94%
2nd pts 11/20 11/20
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Begu
R1
Paolini
Total
Score 4-6 6-1 7-65
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 100-87 100-87
Total points 187 187
Winners 37 37
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 58/89 58/89
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 37/58 37/58
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 17/31 17/31
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3/7 3
Saved % 43% 43%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Alexandrova
LWWWWLLLWW
Begu
WW
2024 2023 2022
12 - 8
2 - 0
9-7
Hard
0-0
3-1
I Hard
0-0
0-0
Clay
2-0

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