Arantxa Rus and Irina-Camelia Begu will square off in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on Center Court. 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.
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.46
Arantxa Rus -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 2nd time that Arantxa Rus and Irina-Camelia Begu fight 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 played each other, Begu won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2013.
Arantxa Rus
20 - 22win/loss
62
41
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 5-8 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-22 | 10-10 | 43-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 9-10 | 29-17 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-23 | 5-9 | 33-11 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 13-8 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62, Arantxa reached the 2nd round after defeating Martina Trevisan 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 and Irina-Camelia Begu .
In the 1st round against Trevisan, Arantxa recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-2). During the match, Rus scored 119 points vs Trevisan’s 101. Arantxa was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rus managed to score 5 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 68% of her first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the 2nd serve. Rus broke Trevisan 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Rus has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (432-249). 11-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rus has an overall 264-118 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 The Hague where she beat Gina Feistel in the final 6-1 4-6 6-2.
Rus has a composed 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
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. 142, Begu reached the 2nd round after defeating Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0 6-0.
In the 1st round, Begu had a good straight sets win against Bassols Ribera (6-0 6-0). During the match Begu scored 52 points vs Bassols Ribera’s 22. Irina-Camelia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu scored 2 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Irina-Camelia Begu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (15/19) of her 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Begu broke Bassols Ribera 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Antalya.
Irina-Camelia has an aggregate 15-7 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rus | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 12 |
| Pts | 119-101 | 52-22 |
| Total Points | 220 | 74 |
| Winners | 43 | 15 |
| %Winners | 36% | 29% |
Both Rus and Begu played 1 match. At the moment, Arantxa Rus surrendered 1 set while Irina-Camelia Begu hasn’t lost a set so far. Rus has played 1 set more than Begu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Rus played 19 games more than Begu. The Dutch scored 43 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Irina-Camelia bagged 15 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rus | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 66/97 | 19/33 |
| %1st in | 68% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 43/66 | 15/19 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 71% |
Rus scored 5 aces . Begu managed to score 2 aces . Rus won 65% points on her first serve. She very solid 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 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rus | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 36% | 55% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Arantxa broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Arantxa dropped her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Begu broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Irina-Camelia was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Rus | |||
| R1 Trevisan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 119-101 | 119-101 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 66/97 | 66/97 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Begu | |||
| R1 Bassols | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 52-22 | 52-22 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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