Elise Mertens and Irina-Camelia Begu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 14. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.59
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Irina-Camelia Begu fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2022.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Irina-Camelia Begu – Australian Open 20-January-2022

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens

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Rank
20
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-20 17-13 6-5 5-0 8-2 0-0
2024 28-25 18-15 6-5 1-1 3-4 0-0
2023 30-22 24-16 5-4 0-0 1-2 0-0
2022 29-23 19-14 4-3 2-2 4-4 0-0
2021 33-20 20-10 9-5 2-2 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 33, Elise will start her run at the U.S. Open after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 6-4 7-5 to Garcia in the 3rd round on the 18th of August.

Elise has an overall 20-18 win-loss record in 2022, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 380-208 record. She has a positive 212-101 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. See her history.

U.S. Open
Mertens's Record

Irina-Camelia Begu

Irina-Camelia Begu

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Rank
147
High
22
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-12 5-5 8-5 0-1 1-1 0-0
2024 30-13 1-2 29-10 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

Ranked no. 42, Irina-Camelia will start her run at the New York after she played her last match in Cleveland where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Kenin in the 2nd round on the 23rd of August.

The Romanian has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Palermo where she overcame Lucia Bronzetti in the final 6-2 6-2.

In terms of her career, Begu has an overall 386-290 record. She has a positive 134-130 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012, 2014 and 2018. See her history.

U.S. Open
Begu's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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