🇨🇿Laura Samson
#171 · 18 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 3–2
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#9999 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
Laura Samson and Maria Sara Popa have met 3 times since 2025; Laura Samson leads 2–1. Their most recent meeting: Laura Samson won at Kursumlijska Banja 3 ITF (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Samson
🪃 Counterpuncher
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 5,877 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
3 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Samson | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Laura Samson | Maria Sara Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 88% | 7/8 | 60% | 6/10 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 2/8 | 20% | 2/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Samson | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–4 | 5–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.80 | 4.40 |
| ROI % | +13.9% | +216.6% |
| Units P/L | +1.67u | +17.33u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Last five matches per player
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–40 matches
| Metric | Samson | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 77% | 53% |
| Sets won | 71% | 55% |
| Games won | 58% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Samson | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W75 | 1 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Samson | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 2 | 1 |
