Megan Mae Root vs Tina ManescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- W35 Reims
- Level
- ITF W35
- Round
- 3rd Round Qualifying
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 29 · 4:00 AM ET
Book odds
Megan Mae Root and Tina Manescu meet in the 3rd Round Qualifying of W35 Reims on hard court Tuesday. Neither player has faced the other before. Root arrives with back-to-back wins, while Manescu claimed victory in her most recent outing after both players competed within the last day.
Root has won three of her last five matches; Manescu has won the same proportion over the same span. Over a longer sample on hard courts, both sit at 33%, though Manescu's form across ten matches runs to 50%. The pair faced a common opponent recently, with Root defeating the player and Manescu falling to them.
Manescu operates as a counterpuncher, building points off her opponent's aggression rather than imposing her own rhythm early. Root's baseline game remains uncharted in these pages. On hard courts, both players have struggled to maintain consistency. The match will turn on whether Root can control the point construction or whether Manescu can absorb pressure and turn defense into openings.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Mae Root | Manescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Megan Mae Root | Tina Manescu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 0% | 0/2 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 1/7 | 24% | 4/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 3/9 | 22% | 7/32 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 70% | 7/10 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 2/3 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 67% | 2/3 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 86% | 12/14 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 86% | 12/14 |
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.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Root and Manescu have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Root | Manescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Megan Mae Root | Tina Manescu | ||
| 1 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 25% | 1/4 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 25% | 1/4 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 25% | 1/4 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/4 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Root | Manescu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–0 | 5–7 |
| Avg odds | 4.19 | 3.47 |
| ROI % | +319.0% | -1.3% |
| Units P/L | +6.38u | -0.16u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Root | Manescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 2 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POR | POR |
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
Root has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Manescu's 0%).
| Opponent | Root | Manescu |
|---|---|---|
| Leire Kniese Jauregui | W 67 62 105 | L 26 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Summer Yardley
W35 Reims · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Judith Hernandez Miranda
W35 Reims · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 27
Celia Cervino Ruiz
W15 Torello · 1st Round
Aug 25
Daria Shubina
W15 Logrono · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 18
Leire Kniese Jauregui
W15 Logrono · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Alina Nesmianovych
W15 Reichstett · 1st Round Qualifying
May 3
Selena Janicijevic
W35 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round
Apr 29
Emma Lene
W35 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round
Apr 22
Manoly Rengeard
W35 Reims · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Valentina Steiner
W35 Erwitte · 1st Round
Aug 19
Sophie Greiner
W35 Erwitte · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 17
Julia Hofmann
W35 Erwitte · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Mayuka Aikawa
W50 Hamburg · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Irene Burillo
W75 Leipzig · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Irene Burillo
W75 Leipzig · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Laura Mair
W75 Leipzig · 1st Round
Aug 4
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 9–32 matches
| Metric | Root | Manescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 22% | 47% |
| Sets won | 24% | 48% |
| Games won | 34% | 48% |