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.
As 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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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
Irina-Camelia Begu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 |
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