Maria Sara Popa vs Simona OgescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#413 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇷🇴Simona Ogescu
Unranked · 23 yrs
Maria Sara Popa and Simona Ogescu have met 1 time since 2026; Maria Sara Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 2 sets to Ogescu's 1. Their most recent meeting: Maria Sara Popa won at W15 Brasov (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sara Popa | Ogescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Maria Sara Popa | Simona Ogescu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 32/42 | 100% | 13/13 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 8/22 | 60% | 9/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 18/64 | 32% | 9/28 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 12/18 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 82% | 14/17 | 57% | 4/7 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 38/41 | 68% | 13/19 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 32/41 | 68% | 13/19 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sara Popa 0, Ogescu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Ogescu
🪃 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 27, 2026
W15 Brasov
C Clay · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Ogescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Maria Sara Popa | Simona Ogescu | ||
| 1 or more | 53% | 10/19 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 11% | 2/19 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–4 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 1.85 |
| ROI % | +5.8% | -18.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.87u | -1.51u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 9 | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | AUT → LUX → TUN | AUT → 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
Popa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Ogescu's 17%).
| Opponent | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Stefania Bojica | W 64 60 | W 76 76 |
| Diana Ioana Simionescu | W 63 75 | L 16 57 |
| Daria Yesypchuk | L 46 24 | L 64 26 46 |
| Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni | L 75 57 26 | L 64 36 26 |
| Maia Ilinca Burcescu | L 46 46 | L 57 16 |
| Lina Gjorcheska | L 16 46 | L 36 26 |
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
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Martyna Srutwa
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Aug 26
Alexandra Irina Anghel
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round
Aug 12
Georgia Andreea Craciun
W15 Cluj Napoca · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Veronika Kulhava
W15 Cluj Napoca · 1st Round
Jul 22
Lavinia Luciano
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 23
Diana Ioana Simionescu
W15 Bucharest · Quarterfinals
Jun 19
Stefania Bojica
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
Jun 18
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–64 matches
| Metric | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 46% |
| Sets won | 63% | 54% |
| Games won | 56% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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