ITF W50 · Round of 32 · W50 Bistrita
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Szabo
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 5,902 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Maria Sara Popa plays Briana Szabo.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Szabo |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 4.80 | 2.17 |
| ROI % | +322.2% | +57.0% |
| Units P/L | +19.33u | +1.14u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Popa
0
Szabo
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Popa and Szabo posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Popa | Szabo |
|---|---|---|
| Sapfo Sakellaridi | W 76 67 62 | W 63 60 |
| Maia Ilinca Burcescu | L 46 46 | L 57 36 |
| Lidia Encheva | L 46 76 57 | L 36 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Popa | Szabo |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.1% | 67.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 65.8% | 59.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 41.5% | 47.9% |
| Aces / Match | 1.4 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 6.7 | 2.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 50.8% | 48.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 41.6% | 42.9% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 57.7% | 51.3% |
| BP Converted % | 47.1% | 58.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.3% | 51.3% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 72% | 56% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Maria Sara Popa and Briana Szabo face off in the Round of 32 at W50 Bistrita on Clay.
Maria Sara Popa leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Maria Sara Popa is 5-0 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Irene Ivanova (Jun 12).
Briana Szabo is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Rositsa Dencheva (Jun 9).
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