Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Romanian tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu.[1]

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam
Summer Olympics
WTA Finals
WTA 1000
WTA 500 and 250 5 4 9 0.55
Total 5 4 9 0.55
Doubles Grand Slam
Summer Olympics
WTA Finals
WTA 1000 0 1 0 0.00
WTA 500 and 250 9 6 15 0.60
Total 9 7 16 0.57
Total 14 11 25 0.56
Begu at the 2021 French Open

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[2][3]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q3 1R 2R 1R 4R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 12 9–12 43%
French Open Q3 A 2R 2R 1R Q3 3R 4R 1R 3R 3R 2R 1R 4R 3R 3R 0 / 13 19–13 59%
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R Q2 NH 3R 3R 2R 1R 0 / 12 9–12 43%
US Open Q1 A 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q2 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 12 4–12 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–4 1–4 2–3 7–4 3–4 2–4 4–4 3–2 1–3 2–4 7–4 4–4 2–2 0 / 49 41–49 46%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 1R NH 1R NH A NH 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A Z1 A Z1 A PO2 PO RR WG2 PO SF A[b] QR 0 / 2 8–8 50%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[c] NMS A A A NMS A NMS 1R NMS A NMS 1R NMS A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Dubai[c] A A A NMS A NMS 1R NMS A NMS 1R NMS 1R A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A 2R 2R A A 1R 3R 2R 1R NH 3R 1R 1R A 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Miami Open A A A 1R 2R A 3R 4R 2R 1R 1R NH 1R 3R 2R A 0 / 10 8–10 44%
Madrid Open A A A 1R A 2R QF QF 3R 2R 1R NH 1R 1R QF 2R 0 / 11 13–11 54%
Italian Open A A A A A A 3R SF 1R 2R 1R 2R Q1 A 2R 4R 0 / 8 11–8 58%
Canadian Open A A A A Q2 A 1R A 1R 1R A NH A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A Q2 Q1 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R A A Q1 Q1 1R A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Guadalajara Open NH A A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[d] A A 2R A A A 2R 2R A A A NH 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
China Open A A 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A NH A 2R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 7–7 11–7 3–6 3–7 0–4 1–1 2–4 2–4 4–6 5–4 0 / 59 43–59 42%
Career statistics
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 1 11 20 17 15 21 21 23 25 15 8 15 16 13 Career total: 222
Titles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 5
Finals 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Career total: 9
Hard win–loss 0–0 1–0 5–5 12–9 6–10 7–8 16–13 11–12 6–15 12–16 6–9 0–4 14–10 10–10 5–8 3 / 126 111–129 46%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–1 11–5 10–9 3–5 7–6 11–6 13–6 14–7 10–7 5–7 5–4 1–4 13–5 7–4 2 / 77 110–77 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 NH 2–1 2–1 1–1 0 / 19 12–19 39%
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 16–11 23–21 10–17 15–15 29–22 25–21 21–23 22–25 11–16 5–8 17–15 25–16 13–13 5 / 222 233–225 51%
Win (%) 0% 50% 59% 52% 37% 50% 57% 54% 48% 47% 41% 38% 53% 61% 50% Career total: 51%
Year-end ranking[e] 230 214 40 52 124 42 31 29 43 66 99 76 60 34 76 $8,212,939

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A QF 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R SF 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 12 11–12 48%
French Open A A A 1R 2R 3R 2R A QF 2R 1R 1R SF 2R 1R 0 / 11 13–11 54%
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R A QF 3R NH A 1R 2R 0 / 10 8–10 44%
US Open A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R A A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 11 5–11 31%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 4–4 3–4 2–4 5–4 0–3 3–3 9–4 3–3 0–2 5–3 1–4 1–4 0 / 44 37–44 46%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 1R NH A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A 2R 2R A A 1R A 1R 1R NH 1R QF 0 / 7 4–6 40%
Miami Open A A A 1R 1R A A A A 2R 1R NH A 1R QF 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Madrid Open A A A 1R A 1R QF 1R SF 1R 2R NH A A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Italian Open A A A A A A 2R SF A 1R 1R A SF A 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Canadian Open A A A A 2R A QF A A 1R A NH A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati Open A A A 1R 1R A 1R A QF 1R A A A 2R 2R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[d] A A QF A A A F A A A A NH 0 / 2 4–2 67%
China Open A A A A A A 1R A A A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 10 18 16 15 17 8 13 18 13 5 7 8 6 Career total: 155
Titles 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 9
Finals 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 16
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–0 6–10 26–17 13–15 15–13 22–17 3–9 19–11 26–16 15–12 1–5 10–7 6–8 4–6 9 / 155 167–147 53%
Year-end ranking 188 157 62 37 69 56 30 170 38 23 73 123 63 134

Significant finals

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Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain International[f] 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[g] 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
Loss 4–4 Aug 2021 Tennis in Cleveland, United States WTA 250 Hard   Anett Kontaveit 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 5–4 Jul 2022 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay   Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–1)
WTA 500 (0–2)
WTA 250 (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 Fez Grand Prix, 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 Open, 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[h] 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 Challenger finals

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Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2020 Indian Wells Challenger, United States Hard   Misaki Doi 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2022 Open Romanian Ladies, Romania Clay   Réka Luca Jani 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Jul 2023 Iași Open, Romania Clay   Ana Bogdan 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Mar 2024 Antalya Challenger, Turkey Clay   Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2024 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland Clay   Petra Marčinko 1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win 4–2 Nov 2024 Cali Open, Colombia Clay   Veronika Erjavec 6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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$100,000 tournaments (4–3)
$50,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$10,000 tournaments (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2006 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Alexandra Cadanţu 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2007 ITF Brașov, 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 Brașov, 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 Open, Lebanon 50,000 Clay   Anastasiya Yakimova 6–2, 6–0
Win 5–2 Oct 2008 GB Pro-Series Glasgow,
United Kingdom
25,000 Hard (i)   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 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay   Annalisa Bona 6–1, 6–1
Win 7–4 Feb 2011 Copa Cali, 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 Open Romanian 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 São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Alexandra Panova 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 10–6 Apr 2014 Open Medellín, Colombia 50,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 11–6 Jul 2014 Contrexéville 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 Cairo Open, Egypt 100,000 Hard   Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 27 (19 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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$100,000 tournaments (5–2)
$75,000 tournaments (1–1)
$50,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–1)
$10,000 tournaments (7–3)
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 Gașpar
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 Brașov, 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 Gașpar   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
  Nadiia Kichenok
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 6–3 Sep 2008 ITF Brașov, 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 GB Pro-Series Glasgow,
United Kingdom
25,000 Hard   Laura Ioana Andrei   Stefania Boffa
  Amanda Elliott
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win 8–4 May 2009 Open Romania 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(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 Open Romania Ladies, Romania (2) 75,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   María Irigoyen
  Florencia Molinero
6–1, 6–1
Win 11–5 Aug 2010 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 25,000 Clay   Anaïs Laurendon   Julia Schruff
  Erika Sema
6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 12–5 Sep 2010 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay   Mihaela Buzărnescu   Valeriya Solovyeva
  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 Toyota 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 Cali, Colombia 100,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   Ekaterina Ivanova
  Kathrin Wörle
2–6, 7–6(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 Open Romania Ladies (3) 100,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan   Maria Elena Camerin
  İpek Şenoğlu
6–7(1), 7–6(4), [16–14]
Win 17–7 Jul 2012 Open Romania Ladies (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 Open Medellín, Colombia 50,000 Clay   María Irigoyen   Monique Adamczak
  Marina Shamayko
6–2, 7–6(2)
Loss 19–8 Jul 2014 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay   María Irigoyen   Alexandra Panova
  Laura Thorpe
3–6, 0–4 ret.

WTA Tour career earnings

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Current through the 2022 US Open[1]

Year Grand Slam
singles titles
WTA
singles titles
Total
singles titles
Earnings ($) Money list rank
2011 0 0 0 238,281 81
2012 0 1 1 330,858 67
2013 0 0 0 281,193 91
2014 0 0 0 408,147 75
2015 0 1 1 956,716 31
2016 0 1 1 846,456 38
2017 0 1 1 685,538 45
2018 0 0 0 823,497 47
2019 0 0 0 481,728 92
2020 0 0 0 316,842 78
2021 0 0 0 613,646 55
2022 0 1 1 950,415 42
2023 0 0 0
Career 0 5 5 7,035,859 92

Career Grand Slam statistics

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Grand Slam seedings

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The tournaments won by Begu are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Begu are in italics.

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2009 did not play did not qualify did not qualify did not qualify
2010 did not play did not play did not qualify did not play
2011 did not qualify not seeded not seeded not seeded
2012 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded
2013 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded
2014 qualifier did not qualify not seeded not seeded
2015 not seeded 30th 29th 28th
2016 29th 25th 25th 21st
2017 27th not seeded not seeded not seeded
2018 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded
2019 not seeded not seeded did not qualify did not qualify
2020 not seeded not seeded not held not seeded
2021 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded
2022 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded

Top 10 wins

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Season 2012 ... 2015 2016 2017 2018 ... 2022 2023 Total
Wins 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 8
# Player Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk Ref
2012
1.   Caroline Wozniacki 8 US Open, United States Hard 1R 6–2, 6–2 96 [4]
2015
2.   Angelique Kerber 9 Australian Open, Australia Hard 1R 6–4, 0–6, 6–1 42 [5]
2016
3.   Garbiñe Muguruza 4 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 2R 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 34 [6]
4.   Victoria Azarenka 6 Italian Open, Italy Clay 2R 6–3, 6–2 35 [7]
5.   Belinda Bencic 8 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass 1R 6–4, 4–3 ret. 26 [8]
2018
6.   Jeļena Ostapenko 5 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 1R 6–3, 6–3 38 [9]
2022
7.   Aryna Sabalenka 5 Miami Open, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 6–4 70 [10]
2023
8.   Veronika Kudermetova 9 Adelaide International 1, Australia Hard QF 7–5, 6–4 34 [11]

Awards

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2011
  • WTA Newcomer of the Year

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b c The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ a b In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  5. ^ 2006: WTA ranking–974, 2007: WTA ranking–710, 2008: WTA ranking–231.
  6. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  7. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
  8. ^ The WTA Premier 5 & Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Irina-Camelia Begu [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
  4. ^ "Wozniacki falls to 96th-ranked Begu in opening round". Sports Illustrated. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Ivanovic ousted for worst Slam since 2011". ESPN. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024. Irina-Camelia Begu defeated No. 9 Angelique Kerber 6-4, 0-6, 6-1
  6. ^ Banerjee, Sudeshna. "Madrid Open Round-up: Roger Federer withdraws; Garbine Muguruza bites the dust". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ Marsden, Rory. "Italian Open 2016: Wednesday Rome Masters Tennis Results and Updated Schedule". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Radwanska, Bencic fall in surprising upsets". Sports Illustrated. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Venus Williams, Jelana Ostapenko, suffer shock Madrid exits, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova advance". The Indian Express. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Begu knocks out top seed Sabalenka in 2R upset". WTA News.
  11. ^ "Begu knocks out Kudermetova for eighth career Top 10 win". Women's Tennis Association.