Anne Schaefer vs Giulia Safina PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇩🇪Anne Schaefer
Unranked · 39 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
TitleAnne Schaefer and Giulia Safina Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Schaefer has taken 0 sets to Popa's 2. Their most recent meeting: Giulia Safina Popa won at W15 Constanta (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Schaefer | Safina Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anne Schaefer | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 6/8 | 72% | 21/29 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 2/4 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 4/12 | 28% | 10/36 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 56% | 5/9 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 1/2 | 100% | 4/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 7/7 | 96% | 26/27 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 6/7 | 78% | 21/27 |
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 (Schaefer 0, Safina Popa 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Schaefer
⚔️ The Gladiator
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Anne Schaefer and Giulia Safina Popa are ⚔️ The Gladiator types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 4,502 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 26, 2026
W15 Constanta
C Clay · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Schaefer | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anne Schaefer | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 40% | 4/10 | 52% | 12/23 |
| 3 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 4% | 1/23 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/23 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/23 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/23 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/23 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Schaefer | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–3 | 15–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.59 | 1.50 |
| ROI % | -2.9% | +17.4% |
| Units P/L | -0.26u | +2.97u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Schaefer | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 3 |
| Events | 1 | 3 |
| Matches | 4 | 12 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA | USA → FRA → AUT → FRA → AUT |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Schaefer and Popa posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Schaefer | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca Elena Barbulescu | W 64 61 | W 76 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Constanta · Semifinals
Sep 26
Maia Ilinca Burcescu
W15 Constanta · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Bianca Elena Barbulescu
W15 Constanta · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Ana Ioana Varsa
W15 Constanta · 1st Round
Sep 22
Eva Marie Voracek
W15 Viserba di Rimini · Semifinals
Sep 12
Elza Tomase
W15 Viserba di Rimini · Quarterfinals
Sep 12
Daniela Vismane
W15 Viserba di Rimini · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Masha Lazarenko
W15 Viserba di Rimini · 1st Round
Sep 8
Elizara Yaneva
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Anna Ozerova
W50 Burgas · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Julia Hofmann
W50 Burgas · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Sonja Zhenikhova
W15 Varna · Final
Oct 4
Sapfo Sakellaridi
W15 Varna · Semifinals
Oct 3
Oana Georgeta Simion
W15 Varna · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Beatris Spasova
W15 Varna · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Iulia Maria Buculei
W15 Varna · 1st Round
Sep 29
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 12–36 matches
| Metric | Schaefer | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 67% | 78% |
| Sets won | 64% | 73% |
| Games won | 57% | 60% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Schaefer | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Schaefer | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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