ITF W35 · Round of 32 · W35 Heraklion
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Burcescu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 5,778 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Maia Ilinca Burcescu plays Maria Sara Popa.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Burcescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 2–0 |
| Avg odds | - | 9.16 |
| ROI % | - | +816.0% |
| Units P/L | - | +16.32u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Burcescu
0
Popa
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Burcescu and Popa posted a 67% win rate.
| Opponent | Burcescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Andreea Prisacariu | L 26 46 | L 63 57 16 |
| Sara Victoria Balan | W 62 61 | W 64 61 |
| Briana Szabo | W 75 63 | W 63 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Burcescu | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 49.3% | 69.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 61.4% | 58.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 34.1% | 35.3% |
| Aces / Match | 0 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 10 | 6.5 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 40% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 50.5% | 45% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 67.5% | 57.9% |
| BP Converted % | 78.6% | 51.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 51.6% | 50.3% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 67% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Maia Ilinca Burcescu and Maria Sara Popa face off in the Round of 32 at W35 Heraklion on Clay.
Maia Ilinca Burcescu leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Maia Ilinca Burcescu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Fabienne Gettwart (Apr 20).
Maria Sara Popa is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Diana Ioana Simionescu (Jun 5).
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