Giulia Safina Popa vs Iulia Maria BuculeiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
Title2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇷🇴Iulia Maria Buculei
Unranked
Giulia Safina Popa and Iulia Maria Buculei have met 2 times since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W15 Campulung in 2026 on clay. On clay courts Popa leads 2–0. Popa has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Popa has taken 4 sets to Buculei's 1. Their most recent meeting: Giulia Safina Popa won at W15 Varna (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safina Popa | Maria Buculei | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Iulia Maria Buculei | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 2/7 | 63% | 5/8 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 58% | 7/12 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 4/4 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 26/27 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 100% | 2/2 |
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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Safina Popa 1, Maria Buculei 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Buculei
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 60% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,508 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Giulia Safina Popa.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Sep 29, 2026
W15 Varna
C Clay · 1st Round
Sep 9, 2026
W15 Campulung
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Buculei | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Iulia Maria Buculei | ||
| 1 or more | 52% | 12/23 | 22% | 2/9 |
| 3 or more | 4% | 1/23 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/9 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Buculei |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.50 | 3.86 |
| ROI % | +17.4% | +58.2% |
| Units P/L | +2.97u | +2.91u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Buculei |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 12 | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA → FRA → AUT | USA → FRA |
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 Buculei's 0%).
| Opponent | Popa | Buculei |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca Elena Barbulescu | W 76 61 | L 36 75 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Varna · 1st Round
Sep 29
Linda Sevcikova
W15 Constanta · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Felitsata Dorofeeva Rybas
W15 Constanta · 1st Round
Sep 22
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Campulung · 1st Round
Sep 9
Marta Soriano Santiago
W15 Cap d'Agde · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Sophie Martin
W15 Cap d'Agde · 1st Round
Sep 1
Bianca Elena Barbulescu
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Aug 25
Victoria Pohle
W15 Wanfercee-Baulet · 1st Round
Aug 19
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 12–36 matches
| Metric | Popa | Buculei |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 78% | 33% |
| Sets won | 73% | 42% |
| Games won | 60% | 46% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Buculei |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Buculei |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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