Alexia Shara Iancu vs Melissa BoydenPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Alexia Shara Iancu
Unranked · 19 yrs
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇳🇱Melissa Boyden
Unranked · 22 yrs · Right-Handed
5Alexia Shara Iancu and Melissa Boyden have met 1 time since 2026; Alexia Shara Iancu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Iancu has taken 2 sets to Boyden's 0. Their most recent meeting: Alexia Shara Iancu won at W15 Brasov (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shara Iancu | Boyden | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Alexia Shara Iancu | Melissa Boyden | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 10/16 | 78% | 7/9 |
| Wins a set when losing | 6% | 1/17 | 24% | 4/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 21% | 7/33 | 23% | 6/26 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 25% | 1/4 | 50% | 4/8 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 40% | 2/5 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/2 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 10/10 | 73% | 8/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 100% | 10/10 | 64% | 7/11 |
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 (Shara Iancu 1, Boyden 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Iancu
🏃 Pusher
Boyden
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🛡️ The Spoiler archetype wins about 73% vs 🏃 Pusher across 960 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Melissa Boyden.
The Spoiler players often use strong court coverage and strong retrieval to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 1, 2026
W15 Brasov
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Iancu | Boyden | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Alexia Shara Iancu | Melissa Boyden | ||
| 1 or more | 25% | 3/12 | 40% | 2/5 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Iancu | Boyden |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–4 | 0–4 |
| Avg odds | 3.95 | 1.76 |
| ROI % | +26.8% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +2.14u | -4.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Iancu | Boyden |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 4 | 2 |
| Matches | 7 | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA → FRA → AUT → USA | USA → BUL |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Iancu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Boyden's 0%).
| Opponent | Iancu | Boyden |
|---|---|---|
| Ilinca Dalina Amariei | L 26 64 26 | L 06 06 |
| Bianca Elena Barbulescu | L 16 46 | L |
| Eva Ioana Cercel | W 62 64 | L 63 16 510 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Gabriela Vilar
W50 Stara Zagora · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Ilinca Dalina Amariei
W50 Burgas · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Darya Velikova
W15 Varna · 1st Round
Sep 29
Lisa Peer
W15 Varna · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Amber Maatman
W15 Varna · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 27
Aleksandra Djokic
W15 Constanta · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 22
Eva Ioana Cercel
W15 Constanta · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 21
Mia Sara Ribnikar
W15 Constanta · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Maria Mikhailova
W15 Chisinau · 1st Round
Oct 7
Bianca Elena Barbulescu
W15 Constanta · 1st Round
Sep 23
Alexia Shara Iancu
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Sep 1
Ilinca Dalina Amariei
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Aug 25
Saoirse Breen
W15 Savitaipale · 1st Round
Jul 29
Sveva Sveva Fumagalli
W15 Cluj Napoca · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 21
Lea Fojcik
W15 Cluj Napoca · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Victoria Bosio
W35 Buzau · 2nd Round
Jul 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–33 matches
| Metric | Iancu | Boyden |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 35% |
| Sets won | 45% | 38% |
| Games won | 50% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Iancu | Boyden |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Iancu | Boyden |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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