Ines Esteves vs Thea MarcuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Ines Esteves and Thea Marcu have met 1 time since 2026; Thea Marcu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Esteves has taken 0 sets to Marcu's 2. Their most recent meeting: Thea Marcu won at W15 Antalya 3 (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Esteves | Marcu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ines Esteves | Thea Marcu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 83% | 10/12 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/7 | 14% | 2/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 0% | 0/7 | 15% | 4/26 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 100% | 1/1 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 17% | 1/6 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 20% | 1/5 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 91% | 10/11 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 91% | 10/11 | |
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 (Esteves 0, Marcu 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Esteves
🏃 Pusher
Marcu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🛡️ The Spoiler archetype wins about 73% vs 🏃 Pusher across 960 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Thea Marcu.
The Spoiler players often use strong court coverage and strong retrieval to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Feb 1, 2026
W15 Antalya 3
C Clay · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Esteves | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 3.48 |
| ROI % | - | -68.6% |
| Units P/L | - | -4.80u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Esteves | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | USA → BUL |
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
Marcu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Esteves's 0%).
| Opponent | Esteves | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Veronika Granichka | L 06 06 | W 63 46 106 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Veronika Granichka
W15 Kayseri · 1st Round Qualifying
May 31
Yekaterina Krupina
W15 Kayseri · 1st Round Qualifying
May 25
Elena Utkina
W15 Kayseri · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 18
Diana Maria Mihail
W15 Monastir · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 26
Alessia Marinescu
W15 Monastir · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 19
Keira Blackbeard
W15 Monastir 8 · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 30
Stella Remander
W15 Antalya 5 · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 1
Jordina Font
W15 Antalya 4 · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 15
Veronica Cervac
W15 Chisinau · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Sophia Ksandinov
W15 Chisinau · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Julia Helbet
W15 Chisinau · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Constanta · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Alla Traysta
W15 Constanta · 1st Round
Sep 22
Sapfo Sakellaridi
W15 Campulung · 1st Round
Sep 8
Alexia Shara Iancu
W15 Campulung · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Ana Maria Chirita
W15 Campulung · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 7–26 matches
| Metric | Esteves | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 46% |
| Sets won | 0% | 46% |
| Games won | 12% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Esteves | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Esteves | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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