Jessica Pegula and Irina-Camelia Begu will play each other in the 3rd round of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Credit One Stadium. 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 -> 1.32
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 4th time that Jessica Pegula and Irina-Camelia Begu play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but Pegula has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 4th round in at the French Open back in 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. 3 (career-high), Jessica reached the 3rd round after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-2 6-0). During the match, Pegula scored 59 points vs Blinkova’s 33. Pegula was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jessica Pegula was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (15/21) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Blinkova 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (260-154). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has an aggregate 64-45 match record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Martina Trevisan in the final 6-4 6-2.
The American has a composed 20-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
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 got to the 3rd round after beating Dalma Galfi 6-1 7-5 and Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-1 6-4). During the match Begu scored 62 points vs Kenin’s 49. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Begu blasted 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Begu broke Kenin 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Begu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Begu’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Begu has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2016 and 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 36 |
| Pts | 59-33 | 139-104 |
| Total Points | 92 | 243 |
| Winners | 15 | 59 |
| %Winners | 25% | 42% |
Pegula played 1 match while Begu competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Pegula has played 2 set(s) less than Begu (2 vs 4). Therefore, Pegula played 22 games less than Begu. Jessica scored 15 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Begu scored 59 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 82/117 |
| %1st in | 55% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 59/82 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 19/35 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 54% |
Pegula bagged 1 ace . Begu also fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Pegula won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 8/22 |
| % Converted | 60% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The American broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Jessica surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| R2 Blinkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 59-33 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Begu | ||||
| R1 Galfi |
R2 Kenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 77-55 | 62-49 | 139-104 | |
| Total points | 132 | 111 | 243 | |
| Winners | 27 | 32 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 52% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 44/61 | 82/117 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 32/44 | 59/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 9/17 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 3/5 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 60% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLLWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Sachia VickeryVickery (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Katherine SebovSebov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-73 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-74 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Alize CornetCornet (7-64 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sloane StephensStephens (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Dejan KaticKatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Cristian CarliCarli – Duje KekezKekez (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Djurabeck KarimovKarimov – Ljubomir CelebicCelebic (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Viktor FilipenkoFilipenko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Domagoj BiljeskoBiljesko – Simone RoncalliRoncalli (6-72 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Jonathan MridhaMridha (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Darko BojanovicBojanovic (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Katherine SebovSebov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-7(4) 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-7(3) 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Madison KeysKeys (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
