H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Karolina Muchova vs Irina-Camelia Begu H2H: 3-2

Karolina Muchova holds a 3–2 lead over Irina-Camelia Begu in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on clay, while Karolina Muchova leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Karolina Muchova won the 2026 Bad Homburg Open second round 6-1 6-1.

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Karolina Muchova
Czech Republic Age 30 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
3 – 2
5 main-draw meetings
Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Age 36 Right-Handed 181 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Karolina Muchova #11 6-1 6-1 Irina-Camelia Begu #211 Match data Jun 24, 2026 R16 Bad Homburg Open WTA 500 Grass
Karolina Muchova #35 6-1 6-1 Irina-Camelia Begu #142 Match data Jul 20, 2024* SF Palermo WTA 250 Clay
Karolina Muchova #43 6-3 6-2 Irina-Camelia Begu #27 Match data Jun 3, 2023* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu #35 6-4 7-5 Karolina Muchova #52 Match data Apr 28, 2023* R64 Madrid Open WTA 1000 Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu #116 1-6 6-3 6-4 Karolina Muchova #73 Match data May 30, 2019* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Karolina Muchova #7 #6 5,168 2,127 178 90 66.4% 0 1 0 1 1 3
Irina-Camelia Begu #461 #22 1,925 1,883 245 237 50.8% 0 0 0 0 6 6

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Karolina Muchova Irina-Camelia Begu
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 2009 0–1 0.0% #234 1,493 0 0
19 — — — — — — — 2010 0–1 0.0% #202 1,485 0 0
20 2017 0–1 0.0% #267 1,481 0 0 2011 16–11 59.3% #40 1,657 0 0
21 2018 2–1 66.7% #144 1,524 0 0 2012 22–19 53.7% #52 1,728 0 1
22 2019 27–13 67.5% #21 1,862 0 1 2013 10–17 37.0% #131 1,558 0 1
23 2020 7–8 46.7% #27 1,811 0 1 2014 14–15 48.3% #41 1,617 0 1
24 2021 18–11 62.1% #32 1,876 0 1 2015 30–20 60.0% #31 1,698 0 2
25 2022 8–9 47.1% #151 1,797 0 1 2016 25–20 55.6% #29 1,682 0 3
26 2023 36–14 72.0% #8 2,010 0 1 2017 20–22 47.6% #43 1,663 0 4
27 2024 21–8 72.4% #22 2,040 0 1 2018 19–25 43.2% #67 1,592 0 4
28 2025 23–15 60.5% #19 1,953 0 1 2019 11–15 42.3% #102 1,560 0 4
29 2026 36–10 78.3% #7 2,089 0 3 2020 5–8 38.5% #78 1,712 0 4
30 — — — — — — — 2021 17–15 53.1% #62 1,738 0 4
31 — — — — — — — 2022 25–15 62.5% #34 1,832 0 5
32 — — — — — — — 2023 13–13 50.0% #75 1,776 0 5
33 — — — — — — — 2024 10–8 55.6% #79 1,803 0 5
34 — — — — — — — 2025 7–9 43.8% #144 1,758 0 6
35 — — — — — — — 2026 1–3 25.0% #461 1,725 0 6

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Karolina Muchova Irina-Camelia Begu
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 2017 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2011 5 5 10 50.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2018 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2012 11 7 18 61.1% 10 9 19 52.6% 1 3 4 25.0%
22 2019 18 9 27 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 2013 6 10 16 37.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 2 3 33.3%
23 2020 7 7 14 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2014 6 8 14 42.9% 7 6 13 53.8% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 2021 9 6 15 60.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 2015 15 11 26 57.7% 13 6 19 68.4% 2 3 5 40.0%
25 2022 5 4 9 55.6% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2016 11 12 23 47.8% 13 5 18 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0%
26 2023 26 10 36 72.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 2017 6 14 20 30.0% 13 7 20 65.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
27 2024 15 4 19 78.9% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2018 10 16 26 38.5% 9 7 16 56.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
28 2025 20 11 31 64.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2019 6 9 15 40.0% 5 6 11 45.5% — — — —
29 2026 19 5 24 79.2% 6 3 9 66.7% 11 2 13 84.6% 2020 0 4 4 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 14 10 24 58.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 10 9 19 52.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 2 1 3 66.7%
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 5 8 13 38.5% 7 4 11 63.6% 1 1 2 50.0%
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1 2 3 33.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1 4 5 20.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
Career — 121 58 179 67.6% 35 19 54 64.8% 22 13 35 62.9% — 107 129 236 45.3% 124 85 209 59.3% 14 23 37 37.8%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 250/271 of Karolina Muchova's and 446/482 of Irina-Camelia Begu's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Karolina Muchova Irina-Camelia Begu
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 1/1 1.0 6.0 65.5% 50.0% 43.6% 50.0% 62.5% 47.8% 44.3%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 1/1 0.0 4.0 69.8% 56.7% 15.4% 28.6% 0.0% 44.2% 28.6%
20 2017 1/1 3.0 5.0 62.1% 59.3% 39.4% 36.4% 36.4% 51.7% 42.7% 2011 25/27 2.4 3.8 59.5% 61.9% 44.4% 50.6% 45.4% 54.7% 45.7%
21 2018 3/3 4.7 1.3 63.0% 64.8% 55.1% 67.9% 50.5% 61.3% 43.1% 2012 37/41 2.2 3.4 66.2% 59.6% 45.3% 48.2% 50.8% 55.0% 43.8%
22 2019 39/40 4.3 1.9 64.5% 68.2% 49.6% 57.3% 43.4% 61.6% 43.6% 2013 25/27 1.8 5.3 61.0% 58.2% 38.3% 51.4% 46.8% 50.4% 43.5%
23 2020 15/15 3.7 2.7 64.7% 68.4% 49.8% 49.5% 43.0% 61.9% 39.5% 2014 27/29 2.5 3.3 62.7% 62.2% 46.4% 48.9% 47.6% 56.1% 43.1%
24 2021 27/30 3.9 2.3 63.6% 66.2% 48.6% 54.0% 49.0% 59.8% 43.1% 2015 38/50 2.7 3.8 65.1% 64.1% 50.2% 52.0% 58.6% 59.1% 42.3%
25 2022 16/17 2.5 2.9 63.2% 64.9% 46.2% 52.5% 43.4% 58.2% 40.8% 2016 42/45 3.6 4.4 61.2% 63.7% 45.3% 54.4% 49.3% 56.6% 43.1%
26 2023 49/50 3.4 2.4 63.5% 68.1% 52.0% 57.8% 50.2% 61.9% 46.4% 2017 41/42 2.2 4.6 63.5% 61.6% 46.0% 54.5% 52.8% 55.8% 44.4%
27 2024 26/29 3.5 2.1 61.0% 71.9% 49.6% 63.4% 48.6% 63.3% 45.7% 2018 43/44 1.8 4.5 63.4% 59.3% 42.0% 50.4% 50.5% 53.0% 42.8%
28 2025 28/39 4.0 2.0 61.4% 66.7% 49.4% 51.6% 43.0% 60.4% 42.5% 2019 26/26 1.7 4.3 63.2% 61.8% 47.1% 46.3% 53.2% 56.5% 44.4%
29 2026 46/47 3.3 1.5 64.2% 72.1% 50.2% 60.1% 50.3% 64.2% 44.5% 2020 13/13 1.3 4.0 67.6% 58.9% 45.8% 46.5% 47.1% 54.9% 40.5%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 32/32 2.8 3.8 64.2% 63.9% 43.4% 50.0% 42.1% 56.6% 42.4%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 39/40 3.3 4.6 64.0% 66.2% 46.4% 49.0% 43.8% 59.0% 43.5%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 26/26 2.6 4.2 65.6% 63.6% 45.5% 55.2% 48.0% 57.3% 43.6%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 17/18 1.8 2.7 67.5% 63.9% 46.2% 59.5% 51.3% 58.6% 45.2%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2025 9/16 1.7 4.2 62.5% 59.1% 43.6% 41.9% 49.2% 53.2% 39.9%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 4/4 2.8 3.0 69.3% 53.1% 38.8% 33.0% 35.4% 48.9% 34.0%
Career — 250/271 3.6 2.1 63.4% 68.6% 49.9% 56.8% 47.1% 61.7% 43.9% — 446/482 2.4 4.1 63.7% 62.0% 45.0% 50.8% 49.2% 55.9% 43.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Karolina Muchova Irina-Camelia Begu
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1493 101.8 +1.68 +0.59 0.849 46.4% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 — — -0.17
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1486 95.9 -0.38 -2.74 0.512 36.5% — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — -0.01
20 2017 1482 98.4 -0.48 +0.41 0.885 47.0% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 — — +0.19 2011 1657 128.9 +0.21 +1.84 1.010 50.2% -80 +48 — 61.4% +0.35 2–3 (40%) 1–1 — -1.11
21 2018 1525 117.0 +2.68 +3.73 1.111 52.1% +20 — — 57.1% +0.28 1–0 — — -0.03 2012 1729 124.4 -0.08 -0.14 0.972 49.4% -44 -4 -163 50.5% -0.14 8–5 (62%) 6–5 (55%) 105.0 -1.47
22 2019 1863 149.7 +4.39 +1.62 1.137 52.3% -18 -252 -154 63.2% +0.85 9–6 (60%) 7–4 (64%) 107.0 -1.25 2013 1559 109.9 -4.05 -1.09 0.877 47.2% +38 +77 -50 39.3% -0.64 4–2 (67%) 2–2 (50%) 101.9 +0.92
23 2020 1812 136.7 +2.75 -2.06 1.036 50.3% +11 — — 48.6% -0.37 2–3 (40%) 4–0 (100%) — -0.01 2014 1617 119.9 -0.25 -1.13 0.983 49.6% -23 +30 — 53.0% +0.03 5–7 (42%) 5–6 (45%) 99.1 +1.11
24 2021 1876 142.7 +2.64 +0.85 1.073 51.2% +18 -212 -62 63.5% +0.84 7–4 (64%) 3–5 (38%) 102.3 -0.48 2015 1698 131.5 +1.34 +0.89 1.034 50.9% -37 +30 -116 57.4% +0.44 9–10 (47%) 8–8 (50%) 100.3 +2.64
25 2022 1797 133.2 +0.85 +0.23 0.974 49.7% +44 -108 — 55.6% 0.00 2–4 (33%) 5–2 (71%) 100.5 -1.46 2016 1682 126.6 +0.58 +0.63 0.991 50.0% -72 +175 -137 52.4% 0.00 14–6 (70%) 7–2 (78%) 107.7 +0.64
26 2023 2010 161.2 +5.02 +3.97 1.220 54.0% +18 -101 — 66.7% +1.08 12–8 (60%) 11–8 (58%) 106.5 -1.64 2017 1664 128.6 -0.38 +1.07 1.004 49.9% -89 +195 — 47.0% -0.15 9–7 (56%) 3–5 (38%) 99.2 +1.03
27 2024 2041 157.3 +5.42 +3.17 1.246 53.9% +53 -137 -256 73.7% +1.47 3–4 (43%) 5–1 (83%) 101.0 -0.52 2018 1593 124.2 -2.95 -0.51 0.911 48.0% -36 +204 — 43.9% -0.57 7–5 (58%) 2–3 (40%) 102.2 +0.57
28 2025 1953 158.1 +3.12 +0.39 1.072 51.2% +84 -94 -225 58.1% +0.46 9–9 (50%) 8–6 (57%) 96.3 +0.81 2019 1560 121.8 -0.13 +0.23 1.021 50.4% -4 +132 — 45.0% -0.18 3–7 (30%) 3–5 (38%) 95.8 +0.93
29 2026 2090 161.8 +6.11 +2.28 1.243 54.0% +22 -171 -49 70.5% +1.21 11–2 (85%) 6–0 (100%) 113.0 -1.05 2020 1712 131.3 +0.09 -0.90 0.898 47.5% -48 +81 — 34.5% -0.65 3–0 (100%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.92
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1739 138.8 +0.20 -0.34 0.975 49.3% +5 -16 -180 50.7% +0.12 6–3 (67%) 7–9 (44%) 102.9 -1.63
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1832 139.8 +1.77 +0.58 1.060 51.1% -93 +130 -232 58.5% +0.44 9–7 (56%) 5–4 (56%) 101.6 +0.25
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1777 132.8 +0.02 +1.18 1.021 50.3% -86 +140 — 50.8% -0.05 3–4 (43%) 3–1 (75%) 99.8 +0.24
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1803 131.2 +1.25 +2.03 1.090 51.8% -132 +166 — 52.6% 0.00 2–2 (50%) 2–2 (50%) 99.2 +0.10
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1758 125.4 -2.22 -2.60 0.853 46.5% -101 +159 — 45.0% -0.43 4–4 (50%) 2–0 — +0.64
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1726 103.3 -3.12 -1.52 0.666 41.4% — — -74 22.2% -2.11 1–0 1–0 — +0.43
Career — 2128 160.8 +4.24 +1.85 1.148 52.6% +29 -154 -114 63.8% +0.81 56–41 (58%) 49–26 (65%) 112.2 -2.07 — 1883 134.3 -0.24 +0.24 0.980 49.5% -45 +108 -136 50.1% -0.07 89–73 (55%) 58–55 (51%) 104.7 +0.87

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.