(UPDATED SF). Prediction, H2H of Irina-Camelia Begu’s draw against Muchova, Zheng to win the Palermo – Tennis Tonic

Palermo draw preview with H2H – Irina-Camelia Begu may have to beat Karolina Muchova and Qinwen Zheng to win the tournament at the Palermo Ladies Open.

Irina-Camelia Begu is two wins away from the title in Palermo. Irina-Camelia defeated Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0 6-0, Arantxa Rus 6-2 7-5 and Ann Li 6-3 6-4 to reach the semi-finals where she will face Karolina Muchova.

Draw prediction with head-to-head records

This is the expected draw between Irina-Camelia Begu and her likely opponents in the Palermo Ladies Open. Irina-Camelia has a neutral record (2-2) against the likely opposition.

R1 – Marina Bassols Ribera (121) – 6-0 6-0

R2 – Arantxa Russia (62) – 6-2 7-5

1/2 – Karolina Muchova (35) – H2H 2-1

Vin – Qinwen Zheng (7) – H2H 0-1

or Diane Parry (58) – H2H 1-0

1/2 – Ranking and achievements of Karolina Muchova.

Head to head 2-1 for Irina-Camelia Begu

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	5-1	0-0	3-0	0-0	2-1	0-0
2023	38-13	28-9	10-3	0-0	0-1	0-0
2022	11-12	3-2	3-3	5-5	0-2	0-0
2021	19-9	10-4	5-3	0-0	4-2	0-0
2020	7-8	6-6	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-0
2019	38-14	25-9	6-2	3-1	4-2	0-0
2018	29-11	5-2	7-4	10-1	3-3	4-1
2017	24-16	3-2	13-10	2-2	6-2	0-0

Karolina Muchova has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay. In the last 9 years, Karolina has a 65-34 record on clay (Click here to see full career record).

Last year in Palermo Ladies Open Muchova did not play in this tournament.

H2H Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova

This match would be 4^e

time Irina-Camelia Begu and Karolina Muchova face each other. The head-to-head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay in major tournaments.

Final – Qinwen Zheng’s ranking and achievements.

Head to head 1-0 for Qinwen Zheng

Year	Total	Difficult	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	24-12	14-6	9-4	0-0	1-2	0-0
2023	37-19	23-11	11-4	3-1	0-3	0-0
2022	39-19	27-12	10-4	0-0	2-3	0-0
2021	34-11	7-1	16-6	11-4	0-0	0-0
2020	38-8	3-3	26-3	9-2	0-0	0-0
2019	14-11	14-8	0-3	0-0	0-0	0-0
2018	14-9	12-8	2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
2017	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Qinwen Zheng has a 24-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay. As for the last 8 years, the Chinese has a 74-25 record on clay (Click here to see the full career record). The Chinese has won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Qinwen’s most important achievement this year was reaching the final of the Australian Open.

Last year in Palermo Ladies Open The Chinese won the title after a 6-4 1-6 6-1 victory over Jasmine Paolini.

H2H Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Qinwen Zheng

These would be the 2^nd time Irina-Camelia Begu and Qinwen Zheng face each other. The head-to-head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never faced each other on clay in major tournaments.

However, Irina-Camelia Begu could fight against Diane Parry. Their H2H is 1-0 for Irina-Camelia Begu.