Irina-Camelia Begu and Sofia Kenin will square off in the 2nd round of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Althea Gibson. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Irina-Camelia Begu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Irina-Camelia Begu is the pick to win this match.
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.71
Sofia Kenin -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 2nd time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Sofia Kenin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cleveland back in 2022.
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. 37, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Dalma Galfi 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Galfi (6-1 7-5). During the match, Begu scored 77 points vs Galfi’s 55. Irina-Camelia was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Begu scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Irina-Camelia Begu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Irina-Camelia broke Galfi 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).
Begu has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (259-193). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Begu has an overall 127-60 record in the last years on clay.
Irina-Camelia’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Irina-Camelia has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-17 | 1-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-6 | 6-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-75 6-1.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Sasnovich (6-1 6-75 6-1). During the match Kenin scored 108 points vs Sasnovich’s 83. Sofia was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Kenin struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 66% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Sasnovich 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Kenin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.
The American has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Begu | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 77-55 | 108-83 |
| Total Points | 132 | 191 |
| Winners | 27 | 39 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Begu and Kenin played 1 match. At the moment, Sofia Kenin lost 1 set while Irina-Camelia Begu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Begu has played 1 set(s) less than Kenin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Begu played 8 games less than Kenin. Begu scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 39 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Begu | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 59/89 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 39/59 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 67% |
Begu bagged 1 ace . Kenin also managed to score 2 aces . Begu won 71% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Begu | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 29% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Irina-Camelia broke her opponent 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Begu lost her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sofia broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sofia conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Begu | |||
| R1 Galfi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 77-55 | 77-55 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-75 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 108-83 | 108-83 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/89 | 59/89 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/59 | 39/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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