Anastasia Safta vs Giulia Safina PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Anastasia Safta
Unranked · 21 yrs
6w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
Unranked · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
9wAnastasia Safta and Giulia Safina Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Safta has taken 0 sets to Popa's 2. Their most recent meeting: Giulia Safina Popa won at W15 Galati (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safta | Safina Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Safta | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 90% | 9/10 | 94% | 17/18 |
| Wins a set when losing | 18% | 2/11 | 14% | 1/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 14% | 3/21 | 8% | 2/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 3/4 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 5/9 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 25% | 1/4 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 10/11 | 100% | 18/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 82% | 9/11 | 94% | 17/18 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Safta 0, Safina Popa 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Safta
⚔️ The Gladiator
Popa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 7,723 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 27, 2026
W15 Galati
C Clay · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Safta | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Safta | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 40% | 4/10 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 25% | 2/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Safta | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–3 | 2–0 |
| Avg odds | 2.58 | 1.27 |
| ROI % | +51.8% | +27.5% |
| Units P/L | +4.14u | +0.55u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Safta and Popa posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Safta | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Alesia Breaz | L 76 57 210 | L 36 46 |
| Krystyna Pochtovyk | W 63 62 | W 61 60 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sara Victoria Balan
W15 Cluj Napoca · 1st Round
Jul 22
Alesia Breaz
Buzau ITF
Jul 6
Ana Cristiana Mocanu
Buzau ITF
Jul 5
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Galati · Semifinals
Jun 27
Alexandra Popa
Galati ITF · Semifinals
Jun 27
Lavinia Luciano
W15 Galati · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Diana Ioana Simionescu
W15 Galati · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Noemi La Cagnina
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 24
Chiara Fornasieri
W15 Galati · Final
Jun 28
Anastasia Safta
W15 Galati · Semifinals
Jun 27
Irina Fetecau
W15 Galati · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Ioana Stefania Boian
W15 Galati · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Sofia Maria Barbulescu
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 24
Alesia Breaz
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
Jun 18
Melinda Biro
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round
Jun 17
Radka Zelnickova
W15 Szentendre · Quarterfinals
May 29
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–25 matches
| Metric | Safta | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 72% |
| Sets won | 49% | 71% |
| Games won | 50% | 58% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Safta | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Safta | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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