Diana Ioana Simionescu vs Maria Sara PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Diana Ioana Simionescu
#729 · 18 yrs
2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#476 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
7wDiana 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
| Indicator | Ioana Simionescu | Sara Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Diana Ioana Simionescu | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 85% | 35/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 31% | 5/16 | 41% | 9/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 13/45 | 24% | 15/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 43% | 6/14 | 67% | 14/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 5/8 | 77% | 10/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 80% | 4/5 | 50% | 7/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 24/27 | 95% | 39/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 85% | 35/41 |
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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ioana Simionescu 0, Sara Popa 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Simionescu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Popa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Diana Ioana Simionescu and Maria Sara Popa are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 15,398 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
Jun 5, 2026
W15 Focsani
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Simionescu | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Diana Ioana Simionescu | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 36% | 5/14 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Simionescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–3 | 7–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.70 | 1.35 |
| ROI % | +10.4% | +18.3% |
| Units P/L | +1.15u | +1.46u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Simionescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ESP → AUT | — |
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
Popa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Simionescu's 29%).
| Opponent | Simionescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Iva Ivanova | L 64 36 16 | W 60 61 |
| Simona Ogescu | W 61 75 | W 60 67 61 |
| Alessandra Mazzola | L 26 62 36 | L 67 67 |
| Daria Yesypchuk | L 46 16 | L |
| 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 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Iva Ivanova
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 6
Nicole Gadient
W50 Burgas · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Ralitsa Alexandrova
W50 Burgas · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Dunja Maric
W50 Plovdiv · 1st Round
Sep 23
Mayuka Aikawa
W50 Plovdiv · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 21
Melis Rasim
W50 Plovdiv · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Anna Lena Ebster
W15 Campulung · 1st Round
Sep 8
Teodora Miron
W35 Bistrita · Quarterfinals
Aug 21
Georgia Andreea Craciun
W15 Brasov · Quarterfinals
Aug 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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 46–63 matches
| Metric | Simionescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 65% | 65% |
| Sets won | 62% | 65% |
| Games won | 55% | 58% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Simionescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Simionescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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