Giulia Safina Popa vs Radka ZelnickovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
Unranked · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
9w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇸🇰Radka Zelnickova
#349 · 23 yrs · Right-Handed
Giulia Safina Popa and Radka Zelnickova have met 1 time since 2026; Radka Zelnickova leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 0 sets to Zelnickova's 2. Their most recent meeting: Radka Zelnickova won at W15 Szentendre (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safina Popa | Zelnickova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Radka Zelnickova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 94% | 17/18 | 72% | 28/39 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 1/7 | 21% | 6/29 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 8% | 2/25 | 25% | 17/68 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 3/4 | 54% | 19/35 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 1/3 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 75% | 3/4 | 44% | 4/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 18/18 | 87% | 34/39 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 94% | 17/18 | 72% | 28/39 |
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 0, Zelnickova 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Zelnickova
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,501 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Radka Zelnickova.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 29, 2026
W15 Szentendre
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Zelnickova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Radka Zelnickova | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 68% | 15/22 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 2/8 | 18% | 4/22 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 5% | 1/22 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/22 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/22 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/22 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Zelnickova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–0 | 13–10 |
| Avg odds | 1.27 | 2.09 |
| ROI % | +27.5% | -0.5% |
| Units P/L | +0.55u | -0.12u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Zelnickova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | SVK → TUN → POR |
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
Federica Sacco
W35 Trieste · 1st Round
Aug 24
Ariana Geerlings
W35 Krakow · Semifinals
Aug 21
Amelia Paszun
W35 Krakow · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Barbara Straszewska
W35 Krakow · 1st Round
Aug 18
Amy Sucha
W35 Bydgoszcz · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Adrienn Nagy
W35 Bydgoszcz · 1st Round
Aug 12
Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen
W15 Bielsko Biala · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Ellie Daniels
W15 Bielsko Biala · 1st Round
Jul 29
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 25–68 matches
| Metric | Popa | Zelnickova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 72% | 57% |
| Sets won | 71% | 55% |
| Games won | 58% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Zelnickova |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Zelnickova |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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