Maria Sara Popa vs Simona CucuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Simona Cucu
Unranked
10wMaria Sara Popa and Simona Cucu have met 1 time since 2026; Maria Sara Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 2 sets to Cucu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sara Popa won at W15 Focsani (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sara Popa | Cucu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sara Popa | Simona Cucu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 32/42 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 8/22 | 0% | 0/4 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 18/64 | 0% | 0/6 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 12/18 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 82% | 14/17 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 38/41 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 32/41 | 100% | 2/2 |
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 (Sara Popa 1, Cucu 0).
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 5, 2026
W15 Focsani
C Clay · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Cucu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–4 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 6.66 |
| ROI % | +5.8% | -1.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.87u | -0.02u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Cucu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 9 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | 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 Popa and Cucu posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Popa | Cucu |
|---|---|---|
| Sara Victoria Balan | W 64 61 | W 61 64 |
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
Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 23
Maria Sara Popa
W15 Focsani · 2nd Round
Jun 5
Melissa Boyden
W15 Focsani · 1st Round
Jun 4
Francesca Gandolfi
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
May 14
Sara Victoria Balan
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round
May 13
Alessia Marinescu
W15 Campulung 1 · 1st Round
Sep 23
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–64 matches
| Metric | Popa | Cucu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 33% |
| Sets won | 63% | 33% |
| Games won | 56% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Cucu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Cucu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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