Giulia Safina Popa vs Irina FetecauPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
Unranked · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
9w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Irina Fetecau
Unranked · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
3Giulia Safina Popa and Irina Fetecau have met 1 time since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 2 sets to Fetecau's 0. 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 | Safina Popa | Fetecau | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Irina Fetecau | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 94% | 17/18 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 1/7 | 15% | 2/13 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 8% | 2/25 | 17% | 3/18 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 3/4 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 1/3 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 3/4 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 18/18 | 83% | 5/6 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 94% | 17/18 | 67% | 4/6 |
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 (Safina Popa 1, Fetecau 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Fetecau
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 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 26, 2026
W15 Galati
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Fetecau | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Irina Fetecau | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 2/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Fetecau |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–0 | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.27 | 3.79 |
| ROI % | +27.5% | -28.3% |
| Units P/L | +0.55u | -2.55u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Fetecau |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | ITA |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
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
Barbora Palicova
W75 Bytom · 1st Round
Aug 26
Kaitlin Quevedo
Axeria Open - Targu Mures · 1st Round
Jul 27
Elina Avanesyan
Iasi WTA
Jul 13
Tatiana Pieri
Iasi WTA
Jul 12
Daria Yesypchuk
W35 Buzau · 1st Round
Jul 7
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Galati · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Alexandra Popa
Galati ITF · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni
W15 Galati · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–25 matches
| Metric | Popa | Fetecau |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 72% | 28% |
| Sets won | 71% | 31% |
| Games won | 58% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Fetecau |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Fetecau |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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