Chi Fan Liu vs Maria Sara PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇹🇼Chi Fan Liu
Unranked · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
7w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
TitleChi Fan Liu and Maria Sara Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Chi Fan Liu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Liu has taken 2 sets to Popa's 0. Their most recent meeting: Chi Fan Liu won at Iasi WTA (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Fan Liu | Sara Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Chi Fan Liu | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 3/4 | 76% | 32/42 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 2/4 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 3/8 | 28% | 18/64 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 2/3 | 67% | 12/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 1/2 | 82% | 14/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 2/2 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 93% | 38/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Fan Liu 1, Sara Popa 0).
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 12, 2026
Iasi WTA
C Clay
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Liu | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Chi Fan Liu | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 53% | 10/19 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 11% | 2/19 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/19 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Liu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 11–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.74 | 1.83 |
| ROI % | +33.2% | +5.8% |
| Units P/L | +1.66u | +0.87u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Liu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 9 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yulia Putintseva
Iasi WTA · Round of 32
Jul 14
Ipek Oz
Iasi WTA
Jul 13
Maria Sara Popa
Iasi WTA
Jul 12
Sinja Kraus
Bastad WTA · Round of 32
Jul 7
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon · Round of 32
Jul 3
Zeynep Sonmez
Wimbledon · Round of 64
Jul 1
Hanne Vandewinkel
Wimbledon · Round of 128
Jun 29
Maria Sakkari
French Open · Round of 64
May 28
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 · 8–64 matches
| Metric | Liu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 66% |
| Sets won | 53% | 63% |
| Games won | 49% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Liu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Liu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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