Irina-Camelia Begu and Anna Blinkova will square off in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.85
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Blinkova
This will be the 4th time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Anna Blinkova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but Blinkova leads 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played, Begu won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in 2021.
Irina-Camelia Begu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 23-11 | 15-5 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, Begu reached the 2nd round after defeating Rebecca Marino 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Marino (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match, Begu scored 93 points vs Marino’s 79. Irina-Camelia was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Begu made 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 65% of her first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (9/26) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Marino 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Begu has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (266-197). 1-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Begu has a composed 14-16 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Begu has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-29 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 4-10 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Anna got to the 2nd round after beating Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blinkova defeated Wickmayer (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Blinkova scored 94 points vs Wickmayer’s 78. Blinkova was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Blinkova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 51% (21/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Wickmayer 9 times after converting 75% of her break points (9/12).
Anna’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Strasbourg.
The Russian has an aggregate 23-17 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Begu | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 27 |
| Pts | 93-79 | 94-78 |
| Total Points | 172 | 172 |
| Winners | 39 | 21 |
| %Winners | 42% | 22% |
Both Begu and Blinkova played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Irina-Camelia Begu dropped 1 set, while Anna Blinkova dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Begu and Blinkova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Begu played 2 games less than Blinkova. Irina-Camelia scored 39 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 21 winners (22%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Begu | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 49/75 | 41/77 |
| %1st in | 65% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 21/41 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 51% |
| 2nd pts | 9/26 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 56% |
Begu bagged 3 aces . Blinkova managed to score 4 aces . Begu won 80% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 51% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Begu | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 45% | 75% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Irina-Camelia lost her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Blinkova broke her opponent 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Begu | |||
| R1 Marino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-79 | 93-79 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 39/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/26 | 9/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Wickmayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-78 | 94-78 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/77 | 41/77 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 51% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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