Jessica Pegula and Irina-Camelia Begu will square off in the 4th round of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.4
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Irina-Camelia Begu fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Begu won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in January 2022.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-9 | 11-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Pegula reached the 4th round after beating Qiang Wang 6-2 6-4, Anhelina Kalinina 6-1 5-7 6-4 and Tamara Zidansek 6-1 7-62.
In the 3rd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Zidansek (6-1 7-62). During the match, Pegula scored 77 points vs Zidansek’s 55. Pegula was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Pegula put 55% of her first serves in, winning 63% (19/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Zidansek 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (245-156). 10-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has a compiled 74-52 record in the last years on clay.
Pegula’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Madrid.
The American has an aggregate 22-11 win-loss record in 2022, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Irina-Camelia Begu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 15-6 | 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. 63, Irina-Camelia reached the 4th round after beating Jasmine Paolini 4-6 6-1 7-65, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-73 6-3 6-4 and Leolia Jeanjean 6-1 6-4.
In the 3rd round, Irina-Camelia had a good straight sets win against Jeanjean (6-1 6-4). During the match Begu scored 63 points vs Jeanjean’s 45. Begu was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Begu bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve once and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 76% of her first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Jeanjean 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.
Irina-Camelia has a compiled 15-10 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 79 |
| Pts | 272-219 | 264-228 |
| Total Points | 491 | 492 |
| Winners | 87 | 120 |
| %Winners | 32% | 45% |
Both Pegula and Begu played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jessica Pegula lost 1 set, while Irina-Camelia Begu dropped 2 sets. Pegula has played 1 set(s) less than Begu (7 vs 8). Therefore, Pegula played 12 games less than Begu. Jessica scored 87 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian fired 120 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 137/244 | 178/258 |
| %1st in | 56% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 87/137 | 120/178 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 54/107 | 41/80 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Pegula managed to score 8 aces (2.7 per match). Begu blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Pegula won 64% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 15 |
| Converted | 18/37 | 15/25 |
| % Converted | 49% | 60% |
| Conceded | 25 | 26 |
| Saved | 15 | 18 |
| % Saved | 60% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 8 |
Pegula broke her opponents 18 times with a 49% conversion rate. Pegula lost her serve 10 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Irina-Camelia conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||||
| R1 Wang |
R2 Kalinina |
R3 Zidansek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 5-7 6-4 | 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 | 20 | 67 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 115-101 | 77-55 | 272-219 | |
| Total points | 143 | 216 | 132 | 491 | |
| Winners | 22 | 46 | 19 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 40% | 25% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 31/65 | 76/124 | 30/55 | 137/244 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 61% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 46/76 | 19/30 | 87/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 61% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 22/48 | 17/25 | 54/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 46% | 68% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 7/14 | 5/7 | 18/37 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 71% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 | 2 | 25 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 9/14 | 0/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 64% | 0% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Begu | |||||
| R1 Paolini |
R2 Alexandrova |
R3 Jeanjean |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 7-65 | 6-73 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 | 17 | 79 | |
| pts | 100-87 | 101-96 | 63-45 | 264-228 | |
| Total points | 187 | 197 | 108 | 492 | |
| Winners | 37 | 50 | 33 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 50% | 52% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 58/89 | 70/103 | 50/66 | 178/258 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 76% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 50/70 | 33/50 | 120/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 71% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 15/33 | 9/16 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 45% | 56% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 57% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 5/8 | 10/11 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 63% | 91% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
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