Ankita Raina vs Menuha PopoviciPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Ankita Raina and Menuha Popovici have met 1 time since 2025; Ankita Raina leads 1–0. Across all meetings Raina has taken 2 sets to Popovici's 0. Their most recent meeting: Ankita Raina won at W35+H Tauste (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Raina | Popovici | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ankita Raina | Menuha Popovici | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 86% | 12/14 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 4/16 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 20% | 6/30 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 91% | 10/11 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 29% | 4/14 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 1/3 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 12/12 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 100% | 12/12 | — | |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Raina 1, Popovici 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Raina
🪃 Counterpuncher
Popovici
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 84% vs 🏃 Pusher across 1,548 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Ankita Raina.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 18, 2025
W35+H Tauste
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Raina | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 3.60 | - |
| ROI % | -82.3% | - |
| Units P/L | -4.94u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Raina | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | BUL | — |
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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Emily Appleton
W35 Aldershot · 1st Round
Aug 11
Malaika Rapolu
W35 Dallas · 2nd Round
Jul 16
S E Williams
Dallas 2 ITF · Round of 32
Jul 15
Sophie Williams
W35 Dallas · 1st Round
Jul 15
Victoria Mulville
Cary ITF
Jun 29
Zongyu Li
Wuning 4 ITF
Jun 7
Patcharin Cheapchandej
W50 Wuning · Round of 32
Jun 3
Patcharin Cheapchadej
W50 Wuning · 1st Round
Jun 3
Ashley Lahey
W15 Logrono 1 · 2nd Round
Aug 21
Isabelle Cherny
W15 Logrono 1 · 1st Round
Aug 20
Tanisha Kashyap
W15 Monastir 27 · 1st Round
Jul 30
Jia Jing Lu
W35 Monastir 3 · 1st Round
Jul 22
Ankita Raina
W35+H Tauste · Round of 32
Jun 18
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 30–30 matches
| Metric | Raina | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | - |
| Sets won | 48% | - |
| Games won | 50% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Raina | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Raina | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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