Alexia Iulia Marginean vs Elina PopescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Alexia Iulia Marginean
Unranked · 20 yrs
9w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Elina Popescu
Unranked · 19 yrs
3wAlexia Iulia Marginean and Elina Popescu have met 1 time since 2026; Alexia Iulia Marginean leads 1–0. Across all meetings Marginean has taken 2 sets to Popescu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Alexia Iulia Marginean won at W15 Cluj Napoca (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Iulia Marginean | Popescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Alexia Iulia Marginean | Elina Popescu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 3/6 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/4 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 3/10 | 0% | 0/5 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/2 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | — | ||
| Tiebreak sets won | — | — | ||
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 100% | 3/3 | 100% | 1/1 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Iulia Marginean 1, Popescu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Marginean
🛡️ The Spoiler
Popescu
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 🛡️ The Spoiler archetype wins about 73% vs 🏃 Pusher across 960 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Alexia Iulia Marginean.
The Spoiler players often use strong court coverage and strong retrieval to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 20, 2026
W15 Cluj Napoca
C Clay · 2nd Round Qualifying
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Marginean | Popescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | USA |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Patricia Georgiana Goina
W15 Bucharest · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Anastasiya Zaparyniuk
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Milena Ciocan
W15 Cluj Napoca · 1st Round
Jul 22
Simona Cucu
W15 Cluj Napoca · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 21
Elina Popescu
W15 Cluj Napoca · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Ingrid Vojcinakova
W15 Cluj Napoca · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 19
Allegra Korpanec Davies
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 24
Denisa Elena Plesa
W15 Galati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Yeva Galiievska
W15 Constanta · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Junlu Sun
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Alexia Iulia Marginean
W15 Cluj Napoca · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Angelina Maria Irene Pavel
W15 Cluj Napoca · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 19
Alessia Popescu
W15 Grado · 1st Round Qualifying
May 18
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 5–10 matches
| Metric | Marginean | Popescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 20% |
| Sets won | 52% | 20% |
| Games won | 55% | 29% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Marginean | Popescu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Marginean | Popescu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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