Iva Ivanova vs Maria Sara PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇬Iva Ivanova
#673 · 19 yrs
31 meeting · sets 0–2
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
TitleIva Ivanova and Maria Sara Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Maria Sara Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Ivanova has taken 0 sets to Popa's 2. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sara Popa won at W35 Nice (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ivanova | Sara Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Iva Ivanova | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 54% | 13/24 | 76% | 32/42 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 6/18 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 17/42 | 28% | 18/64 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 45% | 9/20 | 67% | 12/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 55% | 11/20 | 82% | 14/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 3/7 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 16/19 | 93% | 38/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 13/19 | 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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ivanova 0, Sara Popa 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ivanova
⚔️ The Gladiator
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Iva Ivanova 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
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 12, 2026
W35 Nice
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ivanova | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Iva Ivanova | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 22% | 2/9 | 53% | 10/19 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 11% | 2/19 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/19 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/19 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ivanova | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | 11–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 1.83 |
| ROI % | -15.6% | +5.8% |
| Units P/L | -1.40u | +0.87u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ivanova | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 3 |
| Events | 1 | 3 |
| Matches | 1 | 9 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | LUX | 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Ivanova and Popa posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Ivanova | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandra Mazzola | L 36 62 36 | L 67 67 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alessandra Mazzola
W35 Bistrita · 1st Round
Aug 18
Carolina Kuhl
W35 Buzau · 1st Round
Jul 6
Lisa Zaar
W35 Aix-les-Bains · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Ines Leon
W35 Aix-les-Bains · 1st Round
Jun 30
Martha Matoula
W50 Haskovo · 2nd Round
Jun 18
Madelief Hageman
W50 Haskovo · 1st Round
Jun 16
Maria Sara Popa
W35 Nice · Quarterfinals
Jun 12
Julia Stusek
W35 Nice · 2nd Round
Jun 11
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 · 42–64 matches
| Metric | Ivanova | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 66% |
| Sets won | 53% | 63% |
| Games won | 51% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ivanova | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ivanova | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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