Irina-Camelia Begu

Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player.

Irina-Camelia Begu

Begu at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Artemon Apostu-Efremov
Prize money	US$ 5,248,587
Singles
Career record	394–282 (58.3%)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 22 (22 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 81 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2015)
French Open	4R (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2012, 2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	266–169 (61.1%)
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 22 (1 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 116 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2018)
French Open	QF (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	3R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–10 (60.0%)
Last updated on: 17 February 2020.

Begu has won four WTA, one WTA 125K, and 12 ITF singles titles. On 22 August 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 22.

She has also won nine WTA and 19 ITF doubles titles. Her highest doubles ranking of No. 22 was achieved on 1 October 2018.

Biography

Begu was born in Bucharest. Her mother Steluţa is a civil servant, while her father Paul is an electrician. She has an older brother, Andrei.[1]

She started playing tennis when she was three-and-a-half years old as her aunt, former tennis player Aurelia Gheorghe, introduced her to the sport. At 14 years old, Irina took part in a one-month tour promoted by the ITF with seven other girls and eight boys, joining the likes of Grigor Dimitrov and Ricardas Berankis.[2]

Begu recently became a brand ambassador for TENA Lady sanitary products.

Professional career

2011: Breakthrough

Irina won both the singles and the doubles trophies at Copa Bionaire and at the BCR Open Romania Ladies

Begu, whose favorite surface is clay, started the year at No. 234, never winning a main-draw match at WTA level.

Begu won the first $100,000 ITF event of her career in February in Cali, defeating world No. 82 Laura Pous Tió in the final in straight sets.

In April, she entered the Andalucia Tennis Experience as a qualifier and eventually made the qualifications without losing a set. Then she defeated Alberta Brianti 6–4, 6–1 in the first round and followed that up with a 7–5, 6–0 win over Estrella Cabeza Candela to advance to the quarterfinals. She made to the semifinals after she beat 34th-ranked Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–3. In the semifinal, she stunned world No. 14 and former world No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 to reach her first WTA final, eventually losing to Victoria Azarenka in straight sets.[3]

Begu neared her first ever WTA title, reaching her second final of the year in Budapest on 10 July. The Romanian played the semifinal more aggressively than the fifth seed Anabel Medina Garrigues who allowed the youngster to break her when it counted most. Irina had previously dominated another Spaniard Estrella Cabeza Candela 6–0, 6–3. Her first round brought her a 6–4, 6–4 win over another Spanish player, Laura Pous Tió whom she defeated 6–4, 6–4, and a second straight similar win over Ajla Tomljanović of Croatia.[4] She eventually lost the last act against top-seeded Roberta Vinci, 4–6, 6–1, 4–6.[5]

In July she posted the lone upset of second-round at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tournament in Italy, defeating second-seeded Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3, after eliminating another local in the first round, Maria Elena Camerin.[6] Begu lost eventually to the fifth-seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in the quarterfinals, who was also the winner of the competition.[7]

In the same month, Begu won the BCR Open Romania Ladies title, by defeating the Spanish opponent Laura Pous Tió 6–3, 7–5, in the final. Begu achieved her third consecutive win against Laura Pous Tió in 2011, after the two in Cali and Budapest. It was her fifth final of the year and her second trophy. The 50 WTA points allowed her to enter the top 50 best women players in the world, becoming also the highest ranked Romanian player.[8]

2012: First WTA title

Begu competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles, but lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka.[9]

Ranked world No. 96, Begu won her opening match at the US Open, defeating the eighth seed, 2009 finalist and two-time semifinalist Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. She subsequently lost to Sílvia Soler Espinosa of Spain in round two.

In September of that year, she won her first WTA title in Tashkent, beating Donna Vekic in straight sets in the final.

At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

2014: First WTA Premier final and two WTA doubles titles

Begu started the season losing in the qualifying of Sydney and Brisbane. At the Australian Open she passed through the qualifying draw, beating Stephanie Vogt, Jovana Jakšić and Madison Brengle before losing in the main draw to Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva in three sets. In Rio, she played the qualifying rounds and reached the main draw, where she made it to the quarterfinals after beating eighth seed Vania King and Verónica Cepede Royg. She then lost to Teliana Pereira in two sets. However, she won the title in the doubles, teaming up with María Irigoyen.

At Oeiras she reached the semifinals, beating en route Kurumi Nara, Kaia Kanepi and Timea Bacsinszky before losing to eventual champion Carla Suárez Navarro. At Seoul in singles she lost in the first round to Chanelle Scheepers in three sets. In doubles she paired with Lara Arruabarrena defeating Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella in the final 6–3, 6–3, claiming her second WTA doubles title of the year. At Moscow she reached her first Premier final, beating Donna Vekić, 2nd seed Ekaterina Makarova, Tsvetana Pironkova and 4th seed Lucie Šafářová before losing to seed No. 6 and eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. With this result, she returned to the top 40.

2015: First Major 4th round, second WTA title, top 30

Begu achieved her best singles Grand Slam result at the Australian Open, reaching the fourth round for the first time before being defeated by Eugenie Bouchard in three sets. Prior to that she upset ninth seed Angelique Kerber in the first round.

In Rio, Begu made semifinals by beating in her route Olivia Rogowska, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Julia Glushko in two sets before losing to eventual finalist Anna Schmiedlová in three sets.

As No. 13 at Charleston, she made quarterfinals after Makarova's withdrawal, losing in two tie-breaks to Angelique Kerber.

At Madrid she made the quarterfinals beating en route Kurumi Nara, Andrea Petkovic (who had to withdraw), and Barbora Strýcová before losing to Petra Kvitová. At Rome she made third-round losing in three sets to Victoria Azarenka.

At the French Open, Begu reached the third round for the first time beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Ana Konjuh en route before losing to Petra Kvitová.

Prior to Wimbledon, Begu played in Birmingham and Eastbourne, but lost in the first round in both tournaments. She then reached the third round of the Grand Slam by beating Daria Gavrilova and Lesia Tsurenko before losing to fourth seed Maria Sharapova in straight sets.

At Washington as seed 6, Begu made quarterfinals by beating Madison Brengle and Polona Hercog before losing to top seed of the tournament Ekaterina Makarova. Despite only two wins in six matches in the American season, with her US Open opener lost, Begu reached a career high as the world No. 28 ranking.

Seeded No. 1, she then won her second WTA title in Seoul by defeating Kateryna Kozlova, Polona Hercog, Johanna Larsson, Alison Van Uytvanck, and in the final WTA rising star Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

2016: First Premier-5 semifinal and third WTA title

Begu started her season in Shenzhen, beating Lara Arruabarrena in the first round. In the second round, she had to withdraw in the second set in her match against Anna Lena Friedsam due to knee injury. Begu also withdrew from Sydney. She then lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Johanna Larsson.

In February she could not play at all. She had to withdraw from the Fed Cup, St. Petersburg and Doha because of her knee injury.

In March, Irina played the 2016 BNP Paribas Open, where she lost in the first round to Laura Siegemund, falling in three sets. She then played at the Miami Open, where she beat qualifier Maria Sakkari, Sabine Lisicki and Kristýna Plíšková, before losing to Madison Keys.

Begu started her clay-court season in Charleston where she was seeded No. 13. She beat Caroline Garcia, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Monica Puig (saving a match point) before losing to Angelique Kerber. After Charleston, Begu played for Romania in the Fed Cup, but lost both singles and doubles in their tie against Germany. At Rabat, Begu was surprisingly defeated by lucky loser Richel Hogenkamp in straight sets.

Begu's next tournament was Madrid where she arrived for the 2nd consecutive time in the quarterfinals of the tournament, beating Eugenie Bouchard, No. 3 seed Garbine Muguruza and Christina McHale en route. In the quarterfinals, she played against fellow Romanian Simona Halep, losing in three sets. She then played at the Italian Open and defeated Margarita Gasparyan before getting a surprising win over world No. 5 Victoria Azarenka. She then beat Daria Kasatkina and Misaki Doi en route to her first Premier-5 semifinal where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams. Her next tournament was Roland Garros, where she beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands, CoCo Vandeweghe and Annika Beck before losing to Shelby Rogers in the fourth round.

In June, Begu began her grass-court season in Birmingham, eliminating fourth seed Belinda Bencic, before being upset in the second round by the in-form qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets. She then lost to a resurgent Eugenie Bouchard in her first match at the Eastbourne International. Her grass-court campaign ended with a first-round loss at Wimbledon to Carina Witthöft. Prior to the Olympic Games in Rio, Begu played at the Brasil Tennis Cup, where she beat Laura Pigossi, Paula Cristina Gonçalves, Nao Hibino, Monica Puig and Tímea Babos en route to her third WTA title. At the Olympics she competed in the women's singles (losing in the first round to Nao Hibino), the women's doubles (with Monica Niculescu, they lost in the first round) and the mixed doubles (with Horia Tecău, reaching the quarterfinals).[9]

2017: Fourth WTA title

At the Australian Open, Irina defeated Yaroslava Shvedova 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, but lost in the second round to Kristýna Plíšková, score 4–6, 6–7⁽⁸⁾. On July 23, she won the Bucharest Open without losing a set in the entire tournament.

2020: First WTA 125K series title, 12th ITF title

Irina won an ITF title in Cairo in February, the 2020 Zed Tennis Open, by defeating Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.

She continued her good form in March and won a WTA 125K series title, the Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells. She did not lose a set in the entire tournament and defeated Misaki Doi 6–3, 6–3 in the final.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2020 Prague Open.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments[10]
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	1R	2R	1R	4R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 9	7–9	44%
French Open	Q3	A	2R	2R	1R	Q3	3R	4R	1R	3R	3R		0 / 8	11–8	58%
Wimbledon	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	Q2	NH	0 / 8	4–8	33%
US Open	Q1	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q2		0 / 8	3–8	27%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–4	1–4	2–3	7–4	3–4	2–4	4–4	3–2	0–1	0 / 33	25–33	43%
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held				0 / 2	0–2	0%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	NH	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	3R	4R	2R	1R	1R	NH	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	QF	QF	3R	2R	1R	NH	0 / 7	9–7	56%
China Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	NH	0 / 3	0–2	0%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	SF	1R	2R	1R		0 / 5	7–5	58%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	NH	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	A		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	2R	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	NH	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Career statistics[11]
Tournaments	1	1	11	20	17	15	21	21	23	25	15	3	Career total: 173
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	Career total: 4
Finals	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	Career total: 7
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	5–5	11–7	6–10	6–8	16–13	11–12	6–15	12–16	6–9	0–2	3 / 98	79–97	45%
Clay Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	11–5	10–9	3–5	7–6	11–6	13–6	13–7	10–7	5–7	3–1	1 / 61	86–61	59%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 16	7–16	30%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	16–11	22–19	10–17	14–15	29–22	25–21	20–23	22–25	11–16	3–3	4 / 173	172–174	50%
Win (%)	0%	0%	59%	54%	37%	48%	57%	54%	47%	47%	41%	50%	Career total: 50%
Year-end ranking	230	214	40	52	124	42	31	29	43	66	99		$5,273,522

Doubles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments[10]
Australian Open	A	QF	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	SF	2R	1R	11–9
French Open	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	QF	2R	1R		8–7
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	QF	3R	NH	7–8
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A		4–8
Win–Loss	1–2	4–4	3–4	2–4	5–4	0–3	3–3	9–4	3–3	0–1	30–32

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2015	Wuhan Open	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2−6, 3−6

WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–1) International (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain	International	Clay	Victoria Azarenka	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2011	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	International	Clay	Roberta Vinci	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2012	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Donna Vekić	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Oct 2014	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win	2–3	Sep 2015	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–3	Aug 2016	Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil	International	Hard	Tímea Babos	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–3	Jul 2017	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Julia Görges	6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1) Premier (0–2) International (9–4)

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Grass (1–1) Clay (3–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2012	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), [10–5]
Loss	1–1	Apr 2012	Morocco Open, Morocco	International	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panova	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [9–11]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2012	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	International	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2013	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Dominika Cibulková Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [11–9]
Win	3–2	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	International	Clay	María Irigoyen	Johanna Larsson Chanelle Scheepers	6–2, 6–0
Win	4–2	Sep 2014	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Mona Barthel Mandy Minella	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Feb 2015	Rio Open, Brazil	International	Clay	María Irigoyen	Ysaline Bonaventure Rebecca Peterson	0–3 ret.
Loss	4–4	Oct 2015	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2−6, 3−6
Loss	4–5	Oct 2015	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), [5–10]
Win	5–5	Jul 2017	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–5	Oct 2017	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Sara Errani	Dalila Jakupović Nina Stojanović	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–5	Jan 2018	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Simona Halep	Kateřina Siniaková Barbora Krejčíková	1–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	7–6	Jun 2018	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Premier	Grass	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	3–6, 5–7
Win	8–6	Jul 2018	Bucharest Open, Romania (2)	International	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Danka Kovinić Maryna Zanevska	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–7	Sep 2018	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Raluca Olaru	Olga Danilović Tamara Zidanšek	5–7, 3–6
Win	9–7	Feb 2019	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Anna Blinkova Wang Yafan	2–6, 6–1, [12–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2020	Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Misaki Doi	6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2006	ITF Bucharest 6, Romania	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanţu	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2007	ITF Braşov, Romania	10,000	Clay	Cristina Mitu	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Loss	1–2	Mar 2008	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	10,000	Carpet	Katarzyna Piter	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2008	ITF Braşov, Romania	10,000	Clay	Diana Enache	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	3–2	Sep 2008	ITF Budapest, Hungary	10,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	7–5, 6–1
Win	4–2	Oct 2008	ITF Jounieh, Lebanon	50,000	Clay	Anastasia Yakimova	6–2, 6–0
Win	5–2	Oct 2008	Pro-Series Glasgow, Scotland	25,000	Hard	Patricia Mayr	2–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	5–3	Apr 2010	ITF Incheon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Lee Jin-a	4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–4	Aug 2010	Reinert Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Magda Linette	2–6, 5–7
Win	6–4	Sep 2010	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Annalisa Bona	6–1, 6–1
Win	7–4	Feb 2011	Copa Bionaire, Colombia	100,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	7–5	Jun 2011	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–5	Jul 2011	BCR Open Ladies, Romania	100,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	6–3, 7–5
Win	9–5	Mar 2014	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	6–2, 6–4
Win	10–5	Mar 2014	ITF Sao Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	10–6	Apr 2014	ITF Medellin, Colombia	50,000	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	11–6	Jul 2014	Grand Est Open, France	100,000	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	11–7	Jun 2017	Southsea Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000+H	Grass	Tatjana Maria	2–6, 2–6
Loss	11–8	Oct 2019	Kiskút Open, Hungary	100,000	Clay (i)	Danka Kovinic	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	12–8	Feb 2020	Zed Open, Egypt	100,000	Hard	Lesia Tsurenko	6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 27 (19 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2006	ITF Galaţi, Romania	10,000	Clay	Carmen-Raluca Ţibuleac	Bianca Bonifate Diana Gae	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	May 2007	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Simona Halep	Laura-Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Aug 2007	ITF Hunedoara, Romania	10,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Diana Enache Antonia Xenia Tout	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Sep 2007	ITF Braşov, Romania	10,000	Clay	Diana Gae	Raluca Ciulei Camelia Hristea	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2008	ITF Craiova, Romania	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Damaschin	Laura-Ioana Andrei Diana Enache	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2008	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Ioana Gaspar	Mihaela Bunea Gabriela Niculescu	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	4–3	Jul 2008	ITF Hunedoara, Romania	10,000	Clay	Elora Dabija	Katarína Poljaková Zuzana Zlochová	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–3	Aug 2008	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	6–3	Sep 2008	ITF Braşov, Romania	10,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Bianca Hîncu Cristina Stancu	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–3	Sep 2008	ITF Budapest, Hungary	10,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Davinia Lobbinger Efrat Mishor	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Oct 2008	ITF Glasgow, Scotland	25,000	Hard	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Stefania Boffa Amanda Elliott	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	8–4	May 2009	BCR Open Ladies, Romania	100,000	Clay	Simona Halep	Julia Görges Sandra Klemenschits	2–6, 6–1, [12–10]
Win	9–4	Apr 2010	ITF Incheon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Erika Sema	Misaki Doi Junri Namigata	6–0, 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	9–5	Jul 2010	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Erika Sema	Vitalia Diatchenko Laura Siegemund	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win	10–5	Jul 2010	BCR Open Ladies, Romania (2)	75,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	6–1, 6–1
Win	11–5	Aug 2010	ITF Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	Julia Schruff Erika Sema	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	12–5	Sep 2010	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Valeria Solovieva Maryna Zanevska	5–7, 7–5, [12–10]
Win	13–5	Sep 2010	ITF Bucharest, Romania	25,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Leticia Costas-Moreira Eva Fernández-Brugués	6–1, 6–3
Loss	13–6	Oct 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	50,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino María-Teresa Torró-Flor	4–6, 5–7
Loss	13–7	Nov 2010	Dunlop World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Mădălina Gojnea	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–1, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	14–7	Feb 2011	Copa Bionaire, Colombia	100,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Ekaterina Ivanova Kathrin Wörle	2–6, 7–6^(8–6), [11–9]
Win	15–7	Jun 2011	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Laura-Ioana Andrei Mădălina Gojnea	6–2, 6–2
Win	16–7	Jul 2011	BCR Open Ladies, Romania (3)	100,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Maria Elena Camerin İpek Şenoğlu	6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(7–4), [16–14]
Win	17–7	Jul 2012	BCR Open Ladies, Romania (4)	100,000	Clay	Alizé Cornet	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–2, 6–0
Win	18–7	Mar 2014	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	María Irigoyen María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	6–4, 3–6 [11–9]
Win	19–7	Apr 2014	ITF Medellín, Colombia	50,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	Monique Adamczak Marina Shamayko	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	19–8	Jul 2014	Grand Est Open, France	100,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	Alexandra Panova Laura Thorpe	3–6, 0–4 ret.

Record against other players

Begu's win–loss record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Caroline Wozniacki	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2012 US Open
Angelique Kerber	2–4	33%	1–1	1–3	0–0	Loss (2–6, 3–6) at 2016 Fed Cup
Karolína Plíšková	1–2	33%	1–2	0–0	0–0	Loss (6–7^(4–7), 1–6) at 2018 Indian Wells
Garbiñe Muguruza	1–3	25%	0–2	1–1	0–0	Loss (6–2, 2–6, 3–6) at 2017 Beijing
Victoria Azarenka	1–5	17%	0–2	1–2	0–1	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2016 Rome
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Loss (4–6, 1–6) at 2016 Rome
Maria Sharapova	0–3	0%	0–1	0–1	0–1	Loss (4–6, 2–6) at 2017 Tianjin
Simona Halep	0–6	0%	0–3	0–3	0–0	Loss (1–6, 4–6) at 2018 Shenzhen
No. 2 ranked players
Svetlana Kuznetsova	2–1	67%	0–0	2–1	0–0	Won (1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 3–2 RET) at 2012 Fes
Agnieszka Radwańska	1–2	33%	1–2	0–0	0–0	Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2018 Seoul
Petra Kvitová	0–3	0%	0–1	0–2	0–0	Loss (3–6, 6–1, 1–6) at 2018 St. Petersburg
No. 3 ranked players
No. 4 ranked players
Kimiko Date-Krumm	1–1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (6–1, 4–6, 2–6) at 2015 Sydney
Francesca Schiavone	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Loss (3–6, 6–0, 1–6) at 2012 's-Hertogenbosch
No. 5 ranked players
Jeļena Ostapenko	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	0–0	Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2018 Madrid
Lucie Šafářová	1–1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (4–6, 3–6) at 2015 New Haven
Eugenie Bouchard	1–2	33%	0–1	1–0	0–1	Loss (3–6, 1–6) at 2016 Eastbourne
Daniela Hantuchová	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Loss (6–4, 6–7^(10–12), 4–6) at 2015 Birmingham
Sara Errani	0–2	0%	0–0	0–2	0–0	Loss (4–6, 1–6) at 2012 Palermo
No. 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	2–2	50%	0–1	2–1	0–0	Won (7–5, 7–5) at 2017 Bucharest
Flavia Pennetta	0–2	0%	0–0	0–1	0–1	Loss (2–6, 2–6) at 2012 Acapulco
No. 7 ranked players
Belinda Bencic	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	1–0	Won (6–4, 4–3 RET) at 2016 Eastbourne
Roberta Vinci	1–4	20%	0–3	1–1	0–0	Loss (4–6, 3–6) at 2015 Wuhan
No. 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova	2–1	67%	2–1	0–0	0–0	Won (4–6, 6–3, 8–6) at 2018 Melbourne
No. 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 10–8) at 2016 Paris
Timea Bacsinszky	3–2	60%	0–0	3–2	0–0	Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2018 Fed Cup
Andrea Petkovic	3–2	60%	1–1	1–0	1–1	Won (7–6^(7–5), 6–1) at 2018 St. Petersburg
No. 10 ranked players
Julia Görges	2–1	67%	1–1	1–0	0–0	Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2017 Bucharest
Maria Kirilenko	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Loss (6–7^(4–7),4–6) at 2012 Indian Wells
Total	17–44	29.03%	6–16	11–21	1–7	–

Top 10 wins

Season	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
Wins	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	6

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2012
1.	Caroline Wozniacki	No. 8	US Open, United States	Hard	1st round	6–2, 6–2
2015
2.	Angelique Kerber	No. 9	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	1st round	6–4, 0–6, 6–1
2016
3.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 4	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	2nd round	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
4.	Victoria Azarenka	No. 6	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	2nd round	6–3, 6–2
5.	Belinda Bencic	No. 8	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom	Grass	1st round	6–4, 4–3 ret.
2018
6.	Jeļena Ostapenko	No. 5	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	1st round	6–3, 6–3

Awards

2011

• WTA Newcomer of the Year

References

1. Begu, Irina (9 April 2011). "Biography". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
2. "Begu Slides In As Clay Court Surprise". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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7. "Palermo: Medina Cruises Through The Last Term". metrolic.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
8. "The trophy stays in Bucharest!". bcropen.ro. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
9. "Irina Begu Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
10. "Grand Slam performances - Singles & Doubles".
11. "Player & Career overview".

External links

• Irina-Camelia Begu at the Women's Tennis Association
• Irina-Camelia Begu at the International Tennis Federation
• Irina-Camelia Begu at the Fed Cup

Awards
Preceded by Petra Kvitová	WTA Newcomer of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Laura Robson