At the 2011 Copa Bionaire and the 2011 BCR Open Romania, Romanian women’s tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu won both the singles and doubles titles. Throughout her career, she topped all Romanian players in the world.
She and Oksana Kalashnikova made it to the semifinals of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships as juniors. Afterward, as a senior, she went on with a Huge homerun copies achievement. She reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, as well as the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open. She has reached the round of 16 at the 2015 Australian Open, the 2016 French Open, and the 2022 French Open as her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament.
She reached one Premier final in singles at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, where Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated her. In singles, she also had two significant quarterfinal appearances in the Premier Mandatory-level Madrid Open in 2015 and 2016, as well as a semifinal appearance in the Premier 5 Italian Open in 2016. She has never won doubles at a higher level than international, but she did reach the final of the Premier-5 Wuhan Open in 2015, two Premier-level finals at the Kremlin Cup in 2015, and the Eastbourne International final in 2018—all at the Premier-level level.
Irina-Camelia Begu parents: Steluţa Begu, Paul Begu
Steluţa Begu and Paul Begu were Camelia Begu’s biological parents when she was born. Her father is an electrical expert and her mom is a government employee.
