Giulia Safina Popa vs Joulia Cristiana CirsteaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- W15 Constanta
- Level
- ITF W15
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Clay
- Date & time
- September 23 · 1:35 AM ET
Book odds
Giulia Safina Popa and Joulia Cristiana Cirstea meet next at the W15 Constanta on September 23 on clay.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safina Popa | Cristiana Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Joulia Cristiana Cirstea | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 16/21 | 73% | 8/11 |
| Wins a set when losing | 13% | 1/8 | 33% | 3/9 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 21% | 6/29 | 30% | 6/20 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 3/9 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 2/3 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 18/18 | 79% | 11/14 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 89% | 16/18 | 57% | 8/14 |
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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Cirstea
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 61% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,448 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
First career meeting
Popa and Cirstea have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Cirstea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Joulia Cristiana Cirstea | ||
| 1 or more | 43% | 6/14 | 0% | 0/2 |
| 3 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/2 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/2 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/2 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/2 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/2 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.38 | 3.61 |
| ROI % | +22.2% | +60.6% |
| Units P/L | +1.56u | +2.43u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 6 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | CZE → GER | CZE → GER → USA |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Popa and Cirstea posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Popa | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Simona Ogescu | W 64 64 | L 26 36 |
| Sofia Kryvoruchko | L 67 36 | W 63 63 |
| Patricia Georgiana Goina | L | L 16 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Melinda Biro
W15 Campulung · Final
Sep 13
Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni
W15 Campulung · Semifinals
Sep 12
Valeria Garnevska
W15 Campulung · Quarterfinals
Sep 11
Simona Ogescu
W15 Campulung · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Iulia Maria Buculei
W15 Campulung · 1st Round
Sep 9
Sofia Kryvoruchko
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Sep 2
Teodora Miron
W35 Bistrita · 1st Round
Aug 19
Patricia Georgiana Goina
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round
Aug 12
Serena Paris
W15 Constanta · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 22
Ana Maria Chirita
W15 Constanta · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 21
Bianca Nica
W15 Constanta · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Noa Krznaric
W15 Campulung · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Simona Ogescu
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Julia Stamatova
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Sep 2
Patricia Georgiana Goina
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Diana Ioana Simionescu
W35 Buzau · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 6
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 20–29 matches
| Metric | Popa | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 69% | 55% |
| Sets won | 67% | 54% |
| Games won | 57% | 52% |