Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics

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

Performance timelines

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

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

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

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 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 Tour finals

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

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)

Legend
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

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

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

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$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)

Legend
$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

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

Grand Slam seedings

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

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

2011

WTA Newcomer of the Year

Notes

^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ 2006: WTA ranking–974, 2007: WTA ranking–710, 2008: WTA ranking–231.
^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
^ The WTA Premier 5 & Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

^ ^a ^b "Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ "Irina-Camelia Begu career statistics". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Irina-Camelia Begu [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
^ "Wozniacki falls to 96th-ranked Begu in opening round". Sports Illustrated. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "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
^ Banerjee, Sudeshna. "Madrid Open Round-up: Roger Federer withdraws; Garbine Muguruza bites the dust". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ Marsden, Rory. "Italian Open 2016: Wednesday Rome Masters Tennis Results and Updated Schedule". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Radwanska, Bencic fall in surprising upsets". Sports Illustrated. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Venus Williams, Jelana Ostapenko, suffer shock Madrid exits, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova advance". The Indian Express. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Begu knocks out top seed Sabalenka in 2R upset". WTA News.
^ "Begu knocks out Kudermetova for eighth career Top 10 win". Women's Tennis Association.

[BJKP-4] Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.

[BJKC2020_21-5] Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.

[DubaiDoha-6] 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.

[TokyoWuhan-7] 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.

[WTA_Rankings_Singles-8] 2006: WTA ranking–974, 2007: WTA ranking–710, 2008: WTA ranking–231.

[WTA250-9] The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

[WTA500-10] The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

[WTA1000-11] The WTA Premier 5 & Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[wta-profile-1] "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.

[12] "Wozniacki falls to 96th-ranked Begu in opening round". Sports Illustrated. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[13] "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

[14] Banerjee, Sudeshna. "Madrid Open Round-up: Roger Federer withdraws; Garbine Muguruza bites the dust". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[15] Marsden, Rory. "Italian Open 2016: Wednesday Rome Masters Tennis Results and Updated Schedule". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[16] "Radwanska, Bencic fall in surprising upsets". Sports Illustrated. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[17] "Venus Williams, Jelana Ostapenko, suffer shock Madrid exits, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova advance". The Indian Express. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[18] "Begu knocks out top seed Sabalenka in 2R upset". WTA News.

[19] "Begu knocks out Kudermetova for eighth career Top 10 win". Women's Tennis Association.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

[h]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]