Jia Jing Lu vs Menuha PopoviciPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Jia Jing Lu and Menuha Popovici have met 1 time since 2025; Jia Jing Lu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Lu has taken 2 sets to Popovici's 0. Their most recent meeting: Jia Jing Lu won at W35 Monastir 3 (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Jing Lu | Popovici | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jia Jing Lu | Menuha Popovici | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 24/33 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 9/25 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 18/58 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 32% | 6/19 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 75% | 6/8 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 3/9 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 29/33 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 24/33 | — | |
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 (Jing Lu 1, Popovici 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Lu
💥 Big Hitter
Popovici
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 75% vs 🏃 Pusher across 760 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Jia Jing Lu.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 22, 2025
W35 Monastir 3
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Lu | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.76 | - |
| ROI % | +8.2% | - |
| Units P/L | +1.47u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Lu | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | — |
| Events | 4 | — |
| Matches | 12 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ESP → AUT → CHN → ROU | — |
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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tamara Korpatsch
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 6
Wushuang Zheng
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Zongyu Li
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Alexandra Shubladze
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 2nd Round
Sep 30
Hayu Kinoshita
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round
Sep 28
Tiana Tian Deng
W50 Nanao · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Cheuk Ying Shek
W50 Nanao · 1st Round
Sep 23
Hiromi Abe
W35 Kyoto · Final
Sep 20
Ashley Lahey
W15 Logrono 1 · 2nd Round
Aug 21
Isabelle Cherny
W15 Logrono 1 · 1st Round
Aug 20
Tanisha Kashyap
W15 Monastir 27 · 1st Round
Jul 30
Jia Jing Lu
W35 Monastir 3 · 1st Round
Jul 22
Ankita Raina
W35+H Tauste · Round of 32
Jun 18
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 59–59 matches
| Metric | Lu | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | - |
| Sets won | 56% | - |
| Games won | 53% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Lu | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Lu | Popovici |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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