Varvara Gracheva and Irina-Camelia Begu will face off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.54
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Irina-Camelia Begu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Begu won 6-7(5) 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Ostrava back in 2020.
Varvara Gracheva
18 - 15win/loss
62
39
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 24-24 | 8-12 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 10-14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, the French player got to the 3rd round after beating Maria Sakkari 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Bernarda Pera 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Pera (6-1 6-3). During the match, Gracheva scored 54 points vs Pera’s 34. Gracheva was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gracheva scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 76% of her first serves in, winning 59% (19/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the 2nd serve. Gracheva broke Pera 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Varvara has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Gracheva has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (253-178). 14-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gracheva has a compiled141-70 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Gracheva’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Paris.
Gracheva has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Irina-Camelia Begu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-11 | 1-0 | 24-10 | 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. 127, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after beating Julia Riera 6-2 6-2 and Linda Noskova 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Begu had a good straight sets win against Noskova (6-4 6-2). During the match Begu scored 63 points vs Noskova’s 47. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu made 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Irina-Camelia Begu was quite effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Irina-Camelia broke Noskova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Irina-Camelia’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Antalya.
Irina-Camelia has a composed 13-4 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2016 and 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gracheva | Begu |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
Tot Games | 44 | 34 |
Pts | 152-121 | 121-81 |
Total Points | 273 | 202 |
Winners | 54 | 49 |
%Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Gracheva and Begu played 2 matches. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva dropped 1 set while Irina-Camelia Begu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gracheva has played 1 set more than Begu (5 vs 4). Therefore, Gracheva played 10 games more than Begu. Gracheva scored 54 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Begu recorded 49 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gracheva | Begu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 4 | 4 |
Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
1st in | 95/136 | 62/96 |
%1st in | 70% | 65% |
1st pts | 54/95 | 49/62 |
%1st pts | 57% | 79% |
2nd pts | 28/41 | 21/34 |
%2nd pts | 68% | 62% |
Gracheva scored 4 aces (2 per match). Begu fired 4 aces (2 per match). Gracheva won 57% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gracheva | Begu |
---|---|---|
Won | 11 | 8 |
Converted | 11/16 | 8/14 |
% Converted | 69% | 57% |
Conceded | 18 | 4 |
Saved | 12 | 3 |
% Saved | 67% | 75% |
Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Gracheva broke her opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Varvara lost her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Irina-Camelia broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
Gracheva | ||||
R1 Sakkari |
R2 Pera |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 16 | 44 | |
pts | 98-87 | 54-34 | 152-121 | |
Total points | 185 | 88 | 273 | |
Winners | 35 | 19 | 54 | |
%Winners | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 63/94 | 32/42 | 95/136 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 76% | 70% | |
1st pts | 35/63 | 19/32 | 54/95 | |
% 1st pts | 56% | 59% | 57% | |
2nd pts | 21/31 | 7/10 | 28/41 | |
% 2nd pts | 68% | 70% | 68% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
Converted | 5/6 | 6/10 | 11/16 | |
Converted % | 83% | 60% | 69% | |
Conceded | 15 | 3 | 18 | |
Saved | 11/15 | 1/3 | 12 | |
Saved % | 73% | 33% | 53% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Begu | ||||
R1 Riera |
R2 Noskova |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
pts | 58-34 | 63-47 | 121-81 | |
Total points | 92 | 110 | 202 | |
Winners | 23 | 26 | 49 | |
%Winners | 40% | 41% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1st in | 29/49 | 33/47 | 62/96 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 70% | 65% | |
1st pts | 23/29 | 26/33 | 49/62 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 13/20 | 8/14 | 21/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 57% | 62% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/9 | 8/14 | |
Converted % | 80% | 44% | 57% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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