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Sara Errani #9 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #73

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 2012*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Sara Errani
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Irina-Camelia Begu

Stat	Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	82	59
First serve points won %	72	50
Second serve points won %	40	43
Break points saved %	75	20
Break points converted %	80	25
Service points won %	66	47
Return points won %	53	34
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu
Country	ITA	ROU
Birth date	Apr 29, 1987	Aug 26, 1990
Age	25	21
Height	164	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	73
Ranking points (entering)	3,410	860
Elo (entering)	1,888	1,646
Career W-L	384–299	249–234
Career earnings	$17,994,211	$9,074,683

Pre-match H2H

Sara Errani 1 – 0 Irina-Camelia Begu

Path

Sara Errani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2012	QF	Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2012	R16	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2012	R32	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Errani's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2012	F	Barbora Strycova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2012	QF	Estrella Cabeza Candela	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2012	R16	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2012	R32	Polona Hercog	6-1 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data