Arantxa Rus is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Palermo. Rus has defeated Martina Trevisan 6-75 6-4 6-2 to reach the 2nd round where she will face Irina-Camelia Begu.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Arantxa Rus’s projected draw alongsideherpresumable opponents in Palermo Ladies Open. The Dutch has a good record (3-2) against the likely opponents.

R1 – Martina Trevisan (77) – 6-75 6-4 6-2
R2 – Irina-Camelia Begu (142) – H2H 0-1
1/4 – Erika Andreeva (92) – H2H 2-1
or Ann Li (127) – H2H 0-2
1/2 – Karolina Muchova (35) – H2H 1-0
or Ajla Tomljanovic (133) – H2H 0-0
Fin – Qinwen Zheng (7) – H2H 0-0
or Diane Parry (58) – H2H 3-0
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R2 – Irina-Camelia Begu’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Irina-Camelia Begu

15 - 7win/loss in 2024

Rank
142
High
22
WLLWLWW
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
2019 23-24 5-10 15-11 2-1 1-2 0-0
2018 22-25 9-14 10-7 3-2 0-2 0-0
2017 27-27 6-14 14-8 3-3 4-2 0-0

Irina-Camelia Begu has a 15-7 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on clay. In the course of the previous 16 years, Irina-Camelia has a 237-119 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). The Romanian won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Begu’s best achievement of the current season was reaching the final the Antalya.

Last year in Palermo Ladies Open Begu didn’t play in this tournament.

H2H Arantxa Rus vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

This match would represent the 2nd time that Arantxa Rus and Irina-Camelia Begu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay in major tournaments.

1/4 – Erika Andreeva’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-1 for Arantxa Rus

26 - 18win/loss in 2024

Rank
92
High
92
LWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-18 11-7 6-6 5-2 4-3 0-0
2023 41-30 11-10 11-13 18-6 1-1 0-0
2022 44-23 9-4 26-13 4-5 0-0 5-1
2021 39-15 11-2 16-8 12-5 0-0 0-0
2020 18-2 0-0 18-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Erika Andreeva has a 26-18 record in 2024, 6-6 on clay. Regarding the previous 6 years, the Russian has a 77-42 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). The Russian won 5 of her last 10 matches.

Last year in Palermo Ladies Open Andreeva was defeated by Maria Camila Osorio Serrano in the 2nd

round 6-7(3) 6-0 6-2.

H2H Arantxa Rus vs. Erika Andreeva

This match would represent the 4th time that Arantxa Rus and Erika Andreeva face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Rus (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay in major tournaments.

Nevertheless, Arantxa Rus could fight against Ann Li. Their H2H is 2-0 for Ann Li.

1/2 – Karolina Muchova’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Arantxa Rus

3 - 1win/loss in 2024

Rank
35
High
8
WLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-0
2023 38-13 28-9 10-3 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 3-3 5-5 0-2 0-0
2021 19-9 10-4 5-3 0-0 4-2 0-0
2020 7-8 6-6 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0
2019 38-14 25-9 6-2 3-1 4-2 0-0
2018 29-11 5-2 7-4 10-1 3-3 4-1
2017 24-16 3-2 13-10 2-2 6-2 0-0

Karolina Muchova has a 3-1 record in 2024, 1-0 on clay. In the course of the last 9 years, the Czech has a 63-34 record on clay (Click here to see full career record).

Last year in Palermo Ladies Open the Czech didn’t play in this event.

H2H Arantxa Rus vs. Karolina Muchova

This match would represent the 2nd time that Arantxa Rus and Karolina Muchova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rus (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay in major tournaments.

Nonetheless, Arantxa Rus may face Ajla Tomljanovic. Their head to head record is 0-0.

Final – Qinwen Zheng’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

22 - 12win/loss in 2024

Rank
7
High
7
WLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-12 14-6 7-4 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 37-19 23-11 11-4 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 39-19 27-12 10-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2021 34-11 7-1 16-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2020 38-8 3-3 26-3 9-2 0-0 0-0
2019 14-11 14-8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2018 14-9 12-8 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2017 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Qinwen Zheng has a 22-12 record in 2024, 7-4 on clay. During the last 8 years, the Chinese has a 72-25 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). Qinwen won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Zheng’s most significant result of the year was reaching the final at the Australian Open .

Last year in Palermo Ladies Open Zheng won the event after besting Jasmine Paolini 6-4 1-6 6-1.

H2H Arantxa Rus vs. Qinwen Zheng

There is no head to head record between Arantxa Rus and Qinwen Zheng since this would be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

However, Arantxa Rus could take on Diane Parry. Their H2H is 3-0 for Arantxa Rus.