Elizara Yaneva vs Giulia Safina PopaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇧🇬Elizara Yaneva
#146 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
TitleElizara Yaneva and Giulia Safina Popa have met 1 time since 2026; Elizara Yaneva leads 1–0. Across all meetings Yaneva has taken 2 sets to Popa's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elizara Yaneva won at W50 Burgas (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Yaneva | Safina Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elizara Yaneva | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 65% | 33/51 | 72% | 21/29 |
| Wins a set when losing | 56% | 14/25 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 42% | 32/76 | 28% | 10/36 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 26/57 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 10/14 | 100% | 4/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 9/20 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 39/49 | 96% | 26/27 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 33/49 | 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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Yaneva 0, Safina Popa 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Yaneva
🪃 Counterpuncher
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 7,862 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 7, 2026
W50 Burgas
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Yaneva | Popa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elizara Yaneva | Giulia Safina Popa | ||
| 1 or more | 64% | 14/22 | 52% | 12/23 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 3/22 | 4% | 1/23 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/22 | 0% | 0/23 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/23 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/23 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/22 | 0% | 0/23 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Yaneva | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–7 | 15–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.41 | 1.50 |
| ROI % | -5.8% | +17.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.28u | +2.97u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Yaneva | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 12 | 12 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ITA → ESP → AUT | 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
Popa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Yaneva's 0%).
| Opponent | Yaneva | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Sonja Zhenikhova | L 46 46 | W 62 63 |
| Irene Burillo | L 26 61 46 | W 64 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sonja Zhenikhova
W50 Burgas · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Giulia Safina Popa
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W50 Plovdiv · Final
Sep 27
Caijsa Wilda Hennemann
W50 Plovdiv · Semifinals
Sep 26
Lidia Encheva
W50 Plovdiv · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Laura Mair
W50 Plovdiv · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Margaux Maquet
W50 Plovdiv · 1st Round
Sep 23
Loes Ebeling Koning
W50 Pazardzhik · Final
Sep 19
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 · 36–76 matches
| Metric | Yaneva | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 67% | 78% |
| Sets won | 63% | 73% |
| Games won | 57% | 60% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Yaneva | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W50 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Yaneva | Popa |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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