Karolina Muchova and Irina-Camelia Begu will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.9
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

This will be the 4th time that Karolina Muchova and Irina-Camelia Begu play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in 2023.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs Irina-Camelia Begu – French Open 02-June-2023

Karolina Muchova

Karolina Muchova

6 - 1win/loss

Clay
4-0
Grass
2-1
Rank
22
High
8
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-7 15-4 4-2 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
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Ranked no. 35, Muchova reached the semifinal after defeating Katarzyna Kawa 7-6(14) 5-1 ret., Noma Akugue Noha 6-7(0) 6-2 6-3 and Astra Sharma 7-6(5) 7-6(6).

In the quarter, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Sharma (7-65 7-66). During the match, Muchova scored 87 points vs Sharma’s 84. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Muchova scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Karolina Muchova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Muchova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Sharma 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Muchova has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 67% of her matches (210-102). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muchova has a composed65-34 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Muchova has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Muchova has never competed in this tournament before.

Palermo
Muchova's Record

Irina-Camelia Begu

Irina-Camelia Begu

17 - 8win/loss

Clay
17-7
Grass
0-1
Rank
83
High
22
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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
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Ranked no. 142, the Romanian got to the semifinal after beating Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0 6-0, Arantxa Rus 6-2 7-5, Ann Li 6-3 6-4 and Karolina Muchova .

In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Li (6-3 6-4). During the match Begu scored 76 points vs Li’s 62. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Begu blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 71% of her first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Irina-Camelia broke Li 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Irina-Camelia hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Antalya.

Irina-Camelia has a compiled 17-7 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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Begu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Muchova
I.Begu
6h:35
6h:35
Time on court​
4h:37
4h:37
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
3
3
Match played
3
3
75
75
Games Played​
51
51
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
257
257
Total points​
196
196
85.7
85.7
Avg point​
65.3
65.3
105
105
Winners
64
64
35
35
Avg Winners​
21.3
21.3
41%
41%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
7
7
2.7
2.7
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
105/168
105/168
1st won total​
64/92
64/92
63%
63%
1st won %
70%
70%
51/93
51/93
2nd won total​
38/58
38/58
55%
55%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
16/21
16/21
BP won
15/27
15/27
5.3/7
5.3/7
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
!
76%
76%
Won
!
56%
56%
24
24
Conceded
8
8
8
8
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
11
11
Broken
3
3
3.7
3.7
Avg Broken
1
1
13
13
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Muchova Begu
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 75 51
Pts 257-227 196-137
Total Points 484 333
Winners 105 64
%Winners 41% 33%

Both Muchova and Begu played 3 matches. At the moment, Karolina Muchova surrendered 1 set while Irina-Camelia Begu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Muchova has played 2 sets more than Begu (8 vs 6). Therefore, Muchova played 24 games more than Begu. The Czech scored 105 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 64 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Muchova Begu
Aces 8 7
Avg per match 2.7 2.3
1st in 168/261 92/150
%1st in 64% 61%
1st pts 105/168 64/92
%1st pts 63% 70%
2nd pts 51/93 38/58
%2nd pts 55% 66%

Muchova scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Begu blasted 7 aces (2.3 per match). Muchova won 63% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Muchova Begu
Won 16 15
Converted 16/21 15/27
% Converted 76% 56%
Conceded 24 8
Saved 13 5
% Saved 54% 63%
Times Broken 11 3

Muchova broke her opponents 16 times with a 76% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Begu broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Begu conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Muchova
R1
Kawa		 R2
Akugue		 1/4
Sharma		 Total
Score 7-614 5-1 ret. 6-70 6-2 6-3 7-65 7-66
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 19 30 26 75
pts 69-56 101-87 87-84 257-227
Total points 125 188 171 484
Winners 33 39 33 105
%Winners 48% 39% 38% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 1 1 8
Double Faults 2 3 2 7
1st in 45/63 66/106 57/92 168/261
% 1st in 71% 62% 62% 64%
1st pts 33/45 39/66 33/57 105/168
% 1st pts 73% 59% 58% 63%
2nd pts 8/18 20/40 23/35 51/93
% 2nd pts 44% 50% 66% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 8 4 16
Converted 4/5 8/11 4/5 16/21
Converted % 80% 73% 80% 76%
Conceded 4 10 10 24
Saved 2/4 5/10 6/10 13
Saved % 50% 50% 60% 53%
Times Broken 2 5 4 11
Begu
R1
Bassols		 R2
Rus		 1/4
Li		 Total
Score 6-0 6-0 6-2 7-5 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 12 20 19 51
pts 52-22 68-53 76-62 196-137
Total points 74 121 138 333
Winners 15 23 26 64
%Winners 29% 34% 34% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 3 7
Double Faults 0 3 1 4
1st in 19/33 32/59 41/58 92/150
% 1st in 58% 54% 71% 61%
1st pts 15/19 23/32 26/41 64/92
% 1st pts 79% 72% 63% 70%
2nd pts 10/14 19/27 9/17 38/58
% 2nd pts 71% 70% 53% 66%
Breaks
Won 6 3 6 15
Converted 6/11 3/5 6/11 15/27
Converted % 55% 60% 55% 56%
Conceded 2 0 6 8
Saved 2/2 0/0 3/6 5
Saved % 100% – 50% 50%
Times Broken 0 0 3 3

Tennis Scores in Palermo

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