Maria Sara Popa
Maria Sara Popa is a Romanian tennis player. She reached No. 1 in the Tennis Europe U14 rankings, in May 2019 and has a career high of No. 9 in the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour rankings, achieved in April 2022.
Popa, who began playing at the age of 4, has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association of 395. She is one of only six women who played three ITF singles finals in 2023, at such a young age, winning one of them and is among the world's youngest 20 players in WTA's Top 600.
Of all the players from her country, Popa holds the record of being the youngest Romanian with an ITF Women's singles final in the last six years and the only one to have reached No. 1 in the Tennis Europe U14 rankings since 2013. She is coached by her father, Ioan Raul Popa.
The best result she's had in big tournaments so far was in a WTA 125 held in her hometown. She was awarded a wild card in the qualifying draw of the 2023 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, based on her results from the local ITFs. She won three matches, before losing to Sara Errani in the round of 16.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2023 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Doubles: 1 (title)
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