Maria Sara Popa vs Oana Georgeta SimionPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Oana Georgeta Simion
#573 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Maria Sara Popa and Oana Georgeta Simion have met 1 time since 2026; Maria Sara Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 2 sets to Simion's 0. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sara Popa won at W35 Bistrita (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sara Popa | Georgeta Simion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sara Popa | Oana Georgeta Simion | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 32/42 | 69% | 11/16 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 8/22 | 10% | 2/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 18/64 | 19% | 7/36 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 12/18 | 38% | 3/8 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 82% | 14/17 | 38% | 3/8 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | 33% | 2/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 38/41 | 88% | 14/16 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 32/41 | 69% | 11/16 |
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 (Sara Popa 1, Georgeta Simion 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Simion
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 7,723 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 20, 2026
W35 Bistrita
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Simion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Maria Sara Popa | Oana Georgeta Simion | ||
| 1 or more | 53% | 10/19 | 36% | 4/11 |
| 3 or more | 11% | 2/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Simion |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–4 | 4–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 1.70 |
| ROI % | +5.8% | -6.4% |
| Units P/L | +0.87u | -0.32u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Simion |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 9 | 5 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | AUT → LUX → TUN | AUT → LUX |
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
Popa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Simion's 29%).
| Opponent | Popa | Simion |
|---|---|---|
| Angelica Raggi | W 61 61 | W 63 64 |
| Ida Wobker | W 64 64 | L 57 46 |
| Yaroslava Bartashevich | W 61 76 | L 67 26 |
| Britt Du Pree | W 76 62 | L 46 06 |
| Alessandra Mazzola | L 67 67 | L 16 16 |
| Andreea Prisacariu | L 63 57 16 | W 63 75 |
| Sada Nahimana | L 46 06 | L 26 57 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Maria Sara Popa
W35 Bistrita · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Angelica Raggi
W35 Bistrita · 1st Round
Aug 19
Ida Wobker
W15 Bucharest · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Maria Oliver Sanchez
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Sandra Ciobica
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round
Aug 12
Dayeon Back
W50 Horb · 1st Round
Jul 22
Yaroslava Bartashevich
W35 Torino · 1st Round
Jul 14
Ilinca Dalina Amariei
W50 Haskovo · 1st Round
Jun 17
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–64 matches
| Metric | Popa | Simion |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 44% |
| Sets won | 63% | 43% |
| Games won | 56% | 48% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Simion |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Simion |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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