Maria Sara Popa vs Simona OgescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Maria Sara Popa
#476 · 20 yrs · Left-Handed
7w1 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 | 85% | 35/41 | 89% | 17/19 |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 9/23 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 15/64 | 29% | 10/35 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 14/21 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 77% | 10/13 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 50% | 4/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 95% | 39/41 | 78% | 18/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 85% | 35/41 | 74% | 17/23 |
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
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ogescu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Maria Sara Popa and Simona Ogescu are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 15,398 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
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 | 80% | 8/10 | 69% | 9/13 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 15% | 2/13 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/13 |
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 | 7–1 | 5–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.35 | 2.69 |
| ROI % | +18.3% | -35.2% |
| Units P/L | +1.46u | -3.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | GER |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Popa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Ogescu's 17%).
| Opponent | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Alesia Breaz | W 61 62 | L 16 46 |
| Georgia Andreea Craciun | L | L 36 75 26 |
| Stefania Bojica | W 64 60 | W 76 76 |
| Diana Ioana Simionescu | W 63 75 | L 16 57 |
| Daria Yesypchuk | L | L 64 26 46 |
| Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni | L 75 57 26 | L 64 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Georgia Andreea Craciun
W15 Brasov · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
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
Despina Papamichail
W50 Heraklion · 2nd Round
Oct 7
Sofia Kryvoruchko
W50 Heraklion · 1st Round
Oct 5
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Campulung · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Kristyna Paul
W15 Campulung · 1st Round
Sep 9
Alesia Breaz
W15 Brasov · Semifinals
Sep 5
Karina Elena Gabriela Dumitru
W15 Brasov · Quarterfinals
Sep 4
Joulia Cristiana Cirstea
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Ana Ioana Varsa
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Sep 2
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–64 matches
| Metric | Popa | Ogescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 64% | 54% |
| Sets won | 64% | 57% |
| Games won | 57% | 52% |
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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