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Diana Ioana Simionescu vs Maria Sara PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

DI

🇷🇴Diana Ioana Simionescu

#766 · 18 yrs

0–2

2 meetings · sets 0–4

MS

🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa

#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed

Title

Diana Ioana Simionescu and Maria Sara Popa have met 2 times since 2026; Maria Sara Popa leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W15 Focsani in 2026 on clay. On clay courts Popa leads 2–0. Popa has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Simionescu has taken 0 sets to Popa's 4. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sara Popa won at W15 Bucharest (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorIoana SimionescuSara Popa
Wins in straight sets65%76%
Wins a set when losing24%36%
Goes to a deciding set30%28%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite25%67%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog63%82%
Tiebreak sets won75%56%
Wins after taking set 189%93%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 172%78%

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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ioana Simionescu 0, Sara Popa 2).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Simionescu

⚔️ The Gladiator

Physical intensityBalanced gameStrong in deciding setsCompetitive fighter
vs

Popa

⚔️ The Gladiator

Physical intensityBalanced gameStrong in deciding setsCompetitive fighter

Matchup analysis

Both Diana Ioana Simionescu 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

2 career meetings, newest first

Aug 15, 2026

W15 Bucharest

C Clay · Semifinals

36
57
Popa

Jun 5, 2026

W15 Focsani

C Clay · Quarterfinals

36
36
Popa

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeSimionescuPopa
1 or more35%53%
3 or more0%11%
5 or more0%0%
10 or more0%0%
15 or more0%0%
20 or more0%0%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricSimionescuPopa
W-L5–211–4
Avg odds1.991.83
ROI %+30.6%+5.8%
Units P/L+2.14u+0.87u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricSimionescuPopa
Countries23
Events23
Matches69
Distance——
RouteAUT → LUXAUT → 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

Across 9 shared opponents, both Simionescu and Popa posted a 33% win rate.

OpponentSimionescuPopa
Simona Ogescu
W
61
75
W
60
67
61
Maia Ilinca Burcescu
W
61
57
64
L
46
46
Alessandra Mazzola
L
26
62
36
L
67
67
Daria Yesypchuk
L
46
16
L
46
24
Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni
W
64
60
L
75
57
26
Andreea Prisacariu
L
06
36
L
63
57
16
Sara Dols
L
16
46
W
63
63
Sada Nahimana
L
36
26
L
46
06
Daria Lodikova
L
36
36
W
16
75
62

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Simionescu
LWWLWWLL
L

Teodora Miron

W35 Bistrita · Quarterfinals

36
46

Aug 21

W

Carolina Kuhl

W35 Bistrita · 2nd Round

36
62
767

Aug 20

W

Briana Szabo

W35 Bistrita · 1st Round

64
64

Aug 19

L

Maria Sara Popa

W15 Bucharest · Semifinals

36
57

Aug 15

W

Maia Ilinca Burcescu

W15 Bucharest · Quarterfinals

61
57
64

Aug 14

W

Alexia Clara Adascalitei

W15 Bucharest · 1st Round

60
62

Aug 12

L

Nicole Gadient

W15 Cluj Napoca · 1st Round

26
75
26

Jul 22

L

Rositsa Dencheva

W35 Buzau · 2nd Round

57
16

Jul 8

Popa
WWLWWWWW
W

Simona Ogescu

W15 Brasov · 2nd Round

60
617
61

Aug 27

W

Rachel Gailis

W15 Brasov · 1st Round

64
63

Aug 26

L

Adrienn Nagy

W35 Bistrita · Quarterfinals

46
60
46

Aug 21

W

Oana Georgeta Simion

W35 Bistrita · 2nd Round

64
60

Aug 20

W

Stefania Bojica

W35 Bistrita · 1st Round

64
60

Aug 19

W

Ida Wobker

W15 Bucharest · Final

64
64

Aug 16

W

Diana Ioana Simionescu

W15 Bucharest · Semifinals

63
75

Aug 15

W

Angelica Raggi

W15 Bucharest · Quarterfinals

61
61

Aug 14

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ SimionescuPopa ahead↓ Popa

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 38–64 matches

MetricSimionescuPopa
Matches won55%66%
Sets won52%63%
Games won51%56%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageSimionescuPopa
ITF W1502

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceSimionescuPopa
Clay02

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Diana Ioana Simionescu vs Maria Sara Popa FAQ

Maria Sara Popa leads the head-to-head 2–0 over 2 meetings.