Irina-Camelia Begu
Begu at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
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| Full name | Irina-Camelia Begu |
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| Country (sports) |
 Romania
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| Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
| Born |
26 August 1990 Bucharest, Romania |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $ 2,753,194 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 304–191 (61.41%) |
| Career titles | 3 WTA, 11 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 22 (22 August 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 23 (19 September 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2015) |
| French Open | 4R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
| US Open | 2R (2012, 2014) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2012, 2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 201–118 (63.01%) |
| Career titles | 4 WTA, 19 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 30 (26 October 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 40 (6 June 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2012) |
| French Open | 3R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2012, 2015) |
| US Open | 3R (2015) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2016) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 10–6 (62.5%) |
| Last updated on: 26 March 2016. | |
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a professional Romanian tennis player who is currently ranked no. 26. On 28 September 2015, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of no. 26. Her highest doubles ranking of no. 35 was reached on 30 July 2012. She is coached by Marius Comănescu. She is the no. 2 female tennis player of Romania.
Irina Begu was born in Bucharest. Her mother, Steluţa, works for the Government of Romania, while her father Paul is an electrician. She has an older brother, Andrei.
She 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. At 14 years old, Irina took part in a one-month tour promoted by the ITF with seven other girls and eight boys, joining the likes of Grigor Dimitrov and Ricardas Berankis. She is currently working with two coaches at a club in Bucharest. Her hobbies include shopping and going to the cinema with friends. She likes Melbourne and Paris, but her favorite city is New York.
Irina's favorite surface is clay. She admires Martina Hingis, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Irina Begu started the year at No.234, never winning a main draw match at WTA level.
Begu won the first $100,000 ITF event of her career in February in Cali, defeating world No. 82 Laura Pous Tió in the final in straight sets.
In April, she entered the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience as a qualifier and eventually made the qualifications without losing a set. Then she defeated Alberta Brianti 6–4, 6–1 in the first round and followed that up with a 7–5, 6–0 win over Estrella Cabeza Candela to advance to the quarterfinals. She made to the semifinals after she beat 34th-ranked Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–3. In the semifinal, she stunned world No. 14 and former world No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 to reach her first WTA final, eventually losing to Victoria Azarenka in straight sets.
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