Maria Sara Popa vs Seone Mendez — Bucharest 125 Qualifying Round 1

Bucharest 125 · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
ROU
Maria Sara Popa
#427WTA
1412ELO
1395Clay ELO
20 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 September 2023
clay
AUS
Seone Mendez
27 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLL
Popa M.
6-2 3-6 6-4
Mendez S.
Popa M.
6362
Mendez S.
2641

Maria Sara Popa defeated Seone Mendez 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the Bucharest 125 qualifying round 1 on clay.

Key context

  • Match story: Maria Sara Popa closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Popa M.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Mendez S.

Mendez S.serving32% hold

wins 43% of points on serve vs Popa M.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Popa M.Mendez S.
1st serve in·Even
68%
72%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
53%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
43%
Service points won·Even
53%
50%
Return points won·Slight edge
47%
37%
Break points saved·Clear edge
51%
39%
Aces / match·Even
0.6
0.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (73 vs 7). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Popa M.Mendez S.
Freshness·
82
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Popa M.: 2 days rest · 1 match, 19 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Q2
Astakhova D.
Seidel E.
6-46-3
Popa M.
Dinu C.
6-45-76-4
Benoit M.
Lamens S.
6-32-66-3
Rosatello C.
Prisacariu A.
6-37-60
Q1
Astakhova D.
Spiteri D.
6-06-736-1
Seidel E.
Vedder E.
6-16-2
Dinu C.
Makarova E.
6-46-1
Popa M.
Mendez S.
6-23-66-4
Benoit M.
Curmi F.
6-26-3
Lamens S.
Stollar F.
6-16-1
Prisacariu A.
Ionescu E.
6-16-3
Rosatello C.
Strakhova V.
6-41-66-4