Alessandra Mazzola vs Maria Sara PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇮🇹Alessandra Mazzola
#390 · 26 yrs
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
TitleAlessandra Mazzola and Maria Sara Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Alessandra Mazzola leads 1–0. Across all meetings Mazzola has taken 2 sets to Popa's 0. Their most recent meeting: Alessandra Mazzola won at W35 Tarvisio (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mazzola | Sara Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Alessandra Mazzola | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 78% | 25/32 | 76% | 32/42 |
| Wins a set when losing | 59% | 13/22 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 20/54 | 28% | 18/64 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 45% | 13/29 | 67% | 12/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 73% | 11/15 | 82% | 14/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 71% | 10/14 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 29/34 | 93% | 38/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 25/34 | 78% | 32/41 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Mazzola 1, Sara Popa 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mazzola
⚔️ The Gladiator
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Alessandra Mazzola and Maria Sara Popa are ⚔️ The Gladiator types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 4,574 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 23, 2026
W35 Tarvisio
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Mazzola | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Alessandra Mazzola | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 18% | 3/17 | 53% | 10/19 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 11% | 2/19 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/19 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mazzola | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–9 | 11–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.90 | 1.83 |
| ROI % | -27.0% | +5.8% |
| Units P/L | -4.32u | +0.87u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Mazzola | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 9 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | LUX → POR | AUT → LUX → TUN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mazzola has a higher win rate against shared opponents (71% vs Popa's 57%).
| Opponent | Mazzola | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Oana Georgeta Simion | W 61 61 | W 64 60 |
| Iva Ivanova | W 63 26 63 | W 60 61 |
| Diana Ioana Simionescu | W 62 26 63 | W 63 75 |
| Mathilde Lollia | W 75 63 | W 46 61 61 |
| Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni | W 61 63 | L 75 57 26 |
| Maria Aran Teixido Garcia | L 36 64 26 | L 46 06 |
| Astrid Waernes Garcia | L 36 64 26 | L 46 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Federica Trevisan
W35 Trieste · 1st Round
Aug 24
Teodora Miron
W35 Bistrita · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Iva Ivanova
W35 Bistrita · 1st Round
Aug 18
Dalila Spiteri
Palermo Ladies Open - Palermo · 1st Round
Jul 20
Lucia Bronzetti
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 1st Round
Jul 14
Francesca Gandolfi
Rome 2 WTA
Jul 12
Jule Niemeier
W100 Aschaffenburg · 1st Round
Jul 8
Deborah Chiesa
W35 Tarvisio · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Simona Ogescu
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Rachel Gailis
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Aug 26
Adrienn Nagy
W35 Bistrita · Quarterfinals
Aug 21
Oana Georgeta Simion
W35 Bistrita · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Stefania Bojica
W35 Bistrita · 1st Round
Aug 19
Ida Wobker
W15 Bucharest · Final
Aug 16
Diana Ioana Simionescu
W15 Bucharest · Semifinals
Aug 15
Angelica Raggi
W15 Bucharest · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 54–64 matches
| Metric | Mazzola | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 66% |
| Sets won | 60% | 63% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Mazzola | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Mazzola | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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