Maria Sara Popa
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| Born | July 29, 2005 Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Occupation | Tennis Player |
Maria Sara Popa (born 29 July 2005)[1] is a Romanian tennis player. She reached No. 1 in the Tennis Europe U14 Rankings[2][3], in May 2019 and has a career high of No. 9 in the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Rankings[4], achieved in April 2022.
Popa, who began playing at the age of 4, now has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 761.[5]
She played her first ITF Women's singles final[6] in May 2023 and is amongst the world's Top 25 players under 18[7], ranked in the WTA.
The Romanian (mainstream) mass media wrote about her in the last years, with articles appearing on Adevărul [8][9][10][11], HotNews [12], Orange Sport[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and others.
Maria is set to make her WTA Tour debut later this year, in one of the tournaments from her maiden country.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Loss | 0-1 | May 2023 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay |  Template:Interlanguage link
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3-6, 2-6 |
ITF junior finals
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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Oradea, Romania | G4 | Clay | Template:Country data ROU Cara Maria Meșter | 4–6, 7–6(7-0), 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | G3 | Clay |  Template:Interlanguage link
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6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2020 | ITF Constanța, Romania | G5 | Clay | Template:Country data ROU Template:Interlanguage link | Template:Country data ROU Template:Interlanguage link Template:Country data ROU Floriana Popovici |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Oradea, Romania | G4 | Clay | Template:Country data ROU Template:Interlanguage link | Template:Country data ROU Template:Interlanguage link Template:Country data ROU Cara Maria Meșter |
0–6, 1–6 |
Tennis Europe summary
Popa won five out of the nine singles finals she played on this circuit and two out of the eight she played in doubles.[20] The last title she won in May 2019 was also the title which helped her achieve the No. 1 position in the U14 age category.[3]
Overall Singles record: 124-46 (72.9%)
Overall Doubles record: 47-27 (63.5%)
References
- ↑ "Popa's birth date". from Les Petits As.
- ↑ "Tennis Europe - Popa's U14 Ranking". at www.tenniseurope.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Romanian pair closes in on ranking top spots". by www.tenniseurope.org (published 26 May 2019). n.d.
- ↑ "ITF Women's World Tennis Tour - Popa's Ranking". at www.itftennis.com.
- ↑ "WTA Official Profile of Maria Sara Popa". at www.wtatennis.com.
- ↑ "W15 Antalya tournament Draw (ITF Women's World Tennis Tour)". at www.itftennis.com. 2023-05-14.
- ↑ "WTA Open Era Rankings - Top 25 Players U18". at www.openerarankings.com.
- ↑ "Maria Popa, youngest Romanian in 6 years with an ITF W15 final". by www.adevarul.ro (in română) (published 2023-05-16). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Sara Popa (16), a finalist in a Pro tennis tournament". by www.adevarul.ro (in română) (published 2022-05-23). n.d.
- ↑ "Promising end of the season for tennis player Maria Sara Popa, with solid results". by www.adevarul.ro (in română) (published 2021-12-19). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Popa won the 8th edition of (Tennis Europe U14) Dr. Oetker Junior Trophy". by www.adevarul.ro (in română) (published 2019-05-27). n.d.
- ↑ "Tomorrow's generation. Episode 4: Maria Sara Popa". by www.hotnews.ro (in română) (published 2019-09-02). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Sara Popa, one of the juniors with impressive results". by www.orangesport.ro (in română) (published 2020-12-03). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Popa, youngest Romanian with three ITF W25 consecutive matches won, since 2008". by www.ziare.com (in română) (published 2023-02-23). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Popa, youngest Romanian with an ITF W15 semifinal in Europe, since 2016". by www.ziare.com (in română) (published 2022-10-30). n.d.
- ↑ "Who will be the next Simona Halep? Here are two players' names who we sholud follow". by www.ziare.com (in română) (published 2021-10-30). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Sara Popa was close to her best win, against former WTA No. 56". by www.cancan.ro/sport (in română) (published 2022-09-16). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Popa achieved a WTA Ranking and is the 6th youngest in the world with one, for now". by www.cancan.ro/sport (in română) (published 2021-08-02). n.d.
- ↑ "Maria Sara Popa won the biggest title of her (junior) career". www.cancan.ro/sport (in română) (published 2021-01-23). n.d.
- ↑ "Tennis Europe - Popa's titles and finals". at www.tenniseurope.org.
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