World No. 466 Maria Sara Popa is 21 and plays left-handed. Career best: No. 395 in the world. No clear favourite surface: Hard 2-1, Clay 22-13. Too many free points go away on serve: 5.5 double faults a match, and the first delivery wins only 63.5%. A real threat on return: 226.2% of break points are converted. 277.2% of service games held: breaking this serve is hard.

In form: 4 of the last 5 finished matches won. We have forecast this player's matches most often at ITF Women W15 Bucharest: 4 of them. Open any of these matches for BananaCore's pick, a predicted scoreline and the serve and return figures behind them. Latest tournament on record: ITF Women W15 Brasov.

Serving and returning

1st serves in

51.9%

Won on 1st serve

74.1%

Won on 2nd serve

36%

Aces per match

1.2

Double faults per match

6.7

Break points saved

20%

Return games won

675%

Points won on return

51.6%

Service points won

696.2%

All points won

98.5%

Career Past 12 months

Titles

Finals

Semi-final runs

Tournaments played

Results by tournament 2 titles

ITF W15 Antalya 18 Women ITF Winner ITF W15 Bucharest 3 Women ITF Winner ITF W15 Focsani Women ITF Semi-Finals ITF W35+H Nice Women ITF Semi-Finals

ITF W50 Slobozia Women ITF Semi-Finals

ITF W15 Antalya 17 Women ITF Quarter-Finals ITF W15 Bucharest Women ITF Quarter-Finals ITF W35 Bistrita Women ITF Quarter-Finals

ITF W75 Bucharest 2 Women ITF Quarter-Finals

ITF W15 Antalya 16 Women ITF Round of 16 ITF W15 Antalya 4 Women ITF Round of 16 ITF W35 Antalya 2 Women ITF Round of 16

ITF W75 Bucharest 3 Women ITF Round of 16

ITF W75 Kursumlijska Banja Women ITF Round of 16 Antalya 3, Turkiye WTA 125 Round of 32 Istanbul, Turkiye WTA 125 Round of 32 ITF W35 Antalya Women ITF Round of 32

ITF W35 Heraklion 2 Women ITF Round of 32

ITF W35 Istanbul Women ITF Round of 32

ITF W35 Tarvisio Women ITF Round of 32 ITF W75 Kosice Women ITF Round of 32 Contrexeville, France WTA 125 Qualifying Targu Mures, Romania WTA 125 Qualifying Iasi WTA Qualifying ITF W100 Wiesbaden Women ITF Qualifying ITF W75 Chiasso Women ITF Qualifying

Sorted by best result, not by date

Year by year

2026

2026in progress

1–2

W–L

Matches

1–1

Tiebreaks

3.7

Aces per match

Double faults per match

1st serves in 56.2%

Won on 1st serve 69.7%

Won on 2nd serve 38.8%

Break points converted 56.3%

Break points saved 66.7%

2025

0–1

W–L

Matches

—

Tiebreaks

Aces per match

Double faults per match

1st serves in 77.6%

Won on 1st serve 55.3%

Won on 2nd serve 18.2%

Break points converted 0%

Break points saved 60%

2024

1–4

W–L

Matches

—

Tiebreaks

0.4

Aces per match

2.2

Double faults per match

1st serves in 74.5%

Won on 1st serve 57.1%

Won on 2nd serve 40.5%

Break points converted 37.5%

Break points saved 53.3%

2023

1–1

W–L

Matches

1–0

Tiebreaks

Aces per match

Double faults per match

1st serves in 60.3%

Won on 1st serve 57%

Won on 2nd serve 34.6%

Break points converted 40%

Break points saved 44.4%

Official singles figures for this season, as published by the tour. Don't expect the wins and losses to match our Predictions tab: that record covers only the matches we forecast. A dash marks a figure with no data yet.

Common questions

How often do our calls on Maria Sara Popa come true?

30 of our 38 graded predictions on Maria Sara Popa's matches were right, 78.9%. The latest 20 are listed below, each pick next to its result.