Irina-Camelia Begu

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

Irina-Camelia Begu
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachArtemon Apostu-Efremov
Prize moneyUS$ 5,248,587
Singles
Career record394–282 (58.3%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 22 (22 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 81 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2015)
French Open4R (2016)
Wimbledon3R (2015)
US Open2R (2012, 2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record266–169 (61.1%)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 22 (1 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 116 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2018)
French OpenQF (2017)
WimbledonQF (2018)
US Open3R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–10 (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
Tournament2011201220132014201520162017201820192020W–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
Season2012201320142015201620172018Total
Wins10013016
# 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
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Awards
Preceded by
Petra Kvitová		 WTA Newcomer of the Year
2011		 Succeeded by
Laura Robson
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