Ilay Yoruk vs Maria Sara PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇹🇷Ilay Yoruk
#756 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
31 meeting · sets 1–2
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#476 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
7wIlay Yoruk and Maria Sara Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Maria Sara Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Yoruk has taken 1 sets to Popa's 2. 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 | Yoruk | Sara Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ilay Yoruk | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 16/23 | 85% | 35/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 11/31 | 39% | 9/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 18/54 | 23% | 15/64 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 9/15 | 67% | 14/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 53% | 17/32 | 77% | 10/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 36% | 4/11 | 50% | 7/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 19/23 | 95% | 39/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 16/23 | 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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Yoruk 0, Sara Popa 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Yoruk
🪃 Counterpuncher
Popa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Ilay Yoruk 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
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 13, 2026
W15 Bucharest
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Yoruk | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Ilay Yoruk | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 22% | 2/9 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Yoruk | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–4 | 7–1 |
| Avg odds | 5.80 | 1.35 |
| ROI % | +101.8% | +18.3% |
| Units P/L | +8.14u | +1.46u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Yoruk | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 5 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | EST → GER → ESP | — |
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 (75% vs Yoruk's 0%).
| Opponent | Yoruk | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Noma Noha Akugue | L 16 46 | L 46 16 |
| Stefania Bojica | L 67 36 | W 64 60 |
| Sara Victoria Balan | L 57 67 | W 64 61 |
| Sara Victoria Balan | L 57 67 | W 64 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Noma Noha Akugue
Samsun Open - Samsun · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Erika Andreeva
Adana Open - Adana · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 26
Weronika Falkowska
Ankara Open - Ankara · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ksenia Zaytseva
Ankara Open - Ankara · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 21
Sude Ulueren
Ankara Open - Ankara · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Samira De Stefano
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Sandra Samir
ATIK Antalya Open - Antalya · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Maria Sara Popa
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
Aug 13
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 54–64 matches
| Metric | Yoruk | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | 64% |
| Sets won | 45% | 64% |
| Games won | 49% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Yoruk | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Yoruk | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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