1. Irina-Camelia Begu reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No 22, in August 2016.
60 Facts About Irina-Camelia Begu
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Irina-Camelia Begu has won three singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, with 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
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Irina-Camelia Begu reached the semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open and quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
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Irina-Camelia Begu's mother Steluta is a civil servant, while her father Paul is an electrician.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started playing tennis when she was three-and-a-half years old as her aunt, former tennis player Aurelia Gheorghe, introduced her to the sport.
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Irina-Camelia Begu achieved this ranking on 27 August 2007, day after she turned 17.
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Irina-Camelia Begu made her singles ITF Junior Circuit debut at the Grade-4 Wilson ITF Junior Classic in Salzburg in January 2005.
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Irina-Camelia Begu won one singles and three doubles title in total on the ITF junior tour.
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Irina-Camelia Begu won her first singles junior title at the Grade-2 Raquette D'Or in Mohammedia in June 2006.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this with semifinal of the Grade-1 Yucatan World Cup in singles, but there won the title in doubles.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then finished season of 2006 with quarterfinal of the Grade-A International Casablanca Junior Cup in Tlalnepantla.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started the 2007 season with the quarterfinal of the Grade-1 Coffee Bowl in San Jose.
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Irina-Camelia Begu lost in the first round of the doubles draw, as well.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then reached singles final of the Grade-1 International Junior Tournament of Offenbach, but won the title in doubles.
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Irina-Camelia Begu made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at a $10k event at Bucharest in May 2005.
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Irina-Camelia Begu made her ITF Circuit doubles debut at a $10k event in Campina in September 2005.
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Irina-Camelia Begu recorded her first major win and lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round.
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Irina-Camelia Begu reached the semifinals of the Texas Open but lost to Sabine Lisicki.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this with semifinal of the Linz Open, where Victoria Azarenka defeated her.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started year of 2011 well, winning title at the $100k Cali, as her first doubles tournament of the year.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started year with the title at the Hobart International, her first WTA Tour doubles title, partnered with Monica Niculescu.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this with quarterfinal of the Australian Open, again with Niculescu.
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Irina-Camelia Begu finished year reaching the final at the Luxembourg Open.
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Unlike previous years, Irina-Camelia Begu did not made any progress during the season of 2013.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started year with first round loss at the Hobart International.
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Irina-Camelia Begu succeed to qualify, but then lost to Galina Voskoboeva.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then was successful at the ITF Women's Circuit.
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Irina-Camelia Begu won two $25k events and reached final of the $50k Medellin.
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Irina-Camelia Begu finished year with the final of Premier-level Kremlin Cup, but then lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Just like in singles, Irina-Camelia Begu did not show her best in doubles, during these two seasons.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started well clay-season with quarterfinal of the Premier-level Charleston Open, where she was defeated by Angelique Kerber.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then reached third rounds at the Italian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this with quarterfinal of the Premier-level Charleston Open, losing to Angelique Kerber.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then made her second consecutive Madrid Open quarterfinal.
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Irina-Camelia Begu defeated world No 4 Garbine Muguruza in the second round, but later lost to her compatriot, Simona Halep.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then reached her first Premier 5 semifinal at the Italian Open.
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Until April 2017, Irina-Camelia Begu did not made any significant results since the start of the season.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then reached quarterfinal of the Premier-level Charleston Open, including win over top 20 Samantha Stosur, right before she later lost to Daria Kasatkina.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this with semifinal of the Istanbul Cup, but then lost to Elise Mertens.
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In February 2015, Irina-Camelia Begu finished runner-up alongside Maria Irigoyen at the Rio Open.
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Irina-Camelia Begu finished season with the final of the Premier-level Kremlin Cup.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started year inside top 30, then start dropping at the rankings and finished year outside the top 150.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this with her first 2017 French Open quarterfinal alongside Zheng Saisai, where they lost to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started season of 2018 with semifinal of the Shenzhen Open, but then lost to world No 1 Simona Halep.
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Irina-Camelia Begu won the $100k Cairo Open in February 2020 defeating Lesia Tsurenko in the final.
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Irina-Camelia Begu did not lose a set in the entire tournament and defeated Misaki Doi in the final.
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Irina-Camelia Begu started season of 2018 with a title at the Shenzhen Open, alongside Simona Halep.
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Irina-Camelia Begu done even better at the Australian Open, where she reached her first major semifinal, playing along Monica Niculescu.
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Irina-Camelia Begu followed this up winning the title at the Bucharest Open with Andreea Mitu.
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Irina-Camelia Begu reached the semifinals with local favorite Sara Errani as a wildcard pair at the Italian Open, where they were defeated by Marketa Vondrousova and Kristina Mladenovic.
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At the French Open, Irina-Camelia Begu reached the semifinals in doubles, partnering with Argentinian Nadia Podoroska for the second time in her career.
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Irina-Camelia Begu lost in straight sets to Amanda Anisimova in the quarterfinals.
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Irina-Camelia Begu then lost her opening round matches in Dubai Championships, Qatar Ladies Open, and Indian Wells Open.
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Irina-Camelia Begu was fined $10,000 for an unsportsmanlike conduct, after she threw her racket in her third-round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova.
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At Wimbledon, Irina-Camelia Begu lost in the third round to Jelena Ostapenko, in three sets.
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At the Palermo Ladies Open, Irina-Camelia Begu beat qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera, along with Oceane Dodin, Diane Parry, Sara Sorribes Tormo, and Lucia Bronzetti, to win her first title in five years.
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Irina-Camelia Begu's run was ended in the third round by Varvara Gracheva.
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Irina-Camelia Begu won the 2024 Montreux Nestle Open, defeating Petra Marcinko in the final.
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Wins over wildcard Lucciana Perez Alarcon, Emiliana Arango, eighth seed Anca Todoni and qualifier Tina Smith saw Irina-Camelia Begu reach the final at the 2024 WTA 125 Cali Open, where she defeated Veronika Erjavec to take the title.
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Irina-Camelia Begu competed at the London Olympics in the women's singles, but lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka.