Chiara Fornasieri vs Giulia Safina PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇮🇹Chiara Fornasieri
Unranked · 22 yrs
5w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
Unranked · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
9wChiara Fornasieri and Giulia Safina Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 1–0. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Popa leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Fornasieri 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 | Fornasieri | Safina Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Chiara Fornasieri | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 84% | 16/19 | 94% | 17/18 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 4/15 | 14% | 1/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 21% | 7/34 | 8% | 2/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 72% | 13/18 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 54% | 7/13 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 2/3 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 18/20 | 100% | 18/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 16/20 | 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 (Fornasieri 0, Safina Popa 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Fornasieri
🧱 The Wall
Popa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 60% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Giulia Safina Popa.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 28, 2026
W15 Galati
C Clay · Final
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Fornasieri | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Chiara Fornasieri | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 25% | 2/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Fornasieri | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–5 | 2–0 |
| Avg odds | 1.57 | 1.27 |
| ROI % | -5.5% | +27.5% |
| Units P/L | -0.94u | +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 1 shared opponent, both Fornasieri and Popa posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Fornasieri | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Ilinca Sagmar | W 61 61 | W 76 60 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Oriana Gniewkowska
W15 Bielsko Biala · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Katarzyna Wysoczanska
W15 Bielsko Biala · 1st Round
Jul 29
Rebecca Munk Mortensen
W15 Mogyorod · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Ingrid Vojcinakova
W15 Mogyorod · 1st Round
Jul 1
Alexandra Popa
Galati ITF · Final
Jun 28
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Galati · Final
Jun 28
Sara Victoria Balan
W15 Galati · Semifinals
Jun 27
Sara Victoria Balan
Galati ITF · Semifinals
Jun 27
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 · 25–34 matches
| Metric | Fornasieri | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 72% |
| Sets won | 56% | 71% |
| Games won | 55% | 58% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Fornasieri | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Fornasieri | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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