SF St. Petersburg 2022

Maria Sakkari #7 def. Irina-Camelia Begu #56

6-4 6-7(4) 6-4

Maria Sakkari defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 in the 2022 St. Petersburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMaria SakkariIrina-Camelia Begu
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
23
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
34
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
53.6%63.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
67.8%60.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.1%43.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
58.3%46.2%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.3%54.1%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
53.8%41.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
45.9%42.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.6%48.4%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+0.2-3.0
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+3.0-0.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2022 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMaria SakkariIrina-Camelia Begu
Country GRE ROU
Birth dateJul 25, 1995Aug 26, 1990
Age2631
Height172 cm181 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)756
Ranking points (entering)4,0711,043
Elo (entering)1,9661,807
Current career W-L266–211245–237
Current career earnings$14,983,434$9,074,683
Pre-match H2H

Path

Maria Sakkari's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elise Mertens #267-6(7) 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 12, 2022QF
Ekaterina Alexandrova #436-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 11, 2022R16
Anastasia Potapova #756-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 10, 2022R32

Maria Sakkari's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anett Kontaveit #97-5 6-7(4) 5-7LH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2022F

Irina-Camelia Begu's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tereza Martincova #426-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 12, 2022QF
Petra Kvitova #236-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataFeb 11, 2022R16
Shuai Zhang #676-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 10, 2022R32