Giulia Safina Popa vs Sapfo SakellaridiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇬🇷Sapfo Sakellaridi
#448 · 23 yrs
3Giulia Safina Popa and Sapfo Sakellaridi have met 1 time since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 2 sets to Sakellaridi'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 | Sakellaridi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Sapfo Sakellaridi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 83% | 49/59 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 2/7 | 18% | 9/50 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 17% | 19/109 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 71% | 34/48 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 4/4 | 33% | 17/51 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 41% | 7/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 26/27 | 96% | 55/57 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 86% | 49/57 |
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 (Safina Popa 0, Sakellaridi 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Sakellaridi
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,929 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sapfo Sakellaridi.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 3, 2026
W15 Varna
C Clay · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Sakellaridi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Sapfo Sakellaridi | ||
| 1 or more | 52% | 12/23 | 81% | 17/21 |
| 3 or more | 4% | 1/23 | 52% | 11/21 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 19% | 4/21 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/21 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/21 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/21 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Sakellaridi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | 8–13 |
| Avg odds | 1.50 | 2.60 |
| ROI % | +17.4% | -44.5% |
| Units P/L | +2.97u | -9.35u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Sakellaridi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 4 |
| Events | 3 | 5 |
| Matches | 12 | 9 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA → FRA → AUT → FRA → AUT | ITA → ESP → FRA → AUT → ESP |
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 Sakellaridi's 80%).
| Opponent | Popa | Sakellaridi |
|---|---|---|
| Valeria Garnevska | W 61 57 61 | W 75 62 |
| Alesia Breaz | W 63 61 | W 57 63 62 |
| Maria Herazo | W 64 62 | L 67 36 |
| Thea Marcu | W 61 62 | W 61 61 |
| Bianca Elena Barbulescu | W 76 61 | W 61 62 |
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
Cristina Diaz Adrover
Mallorca Women's Championships - Mallorca · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Sarah Van Emst
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 6
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Varna · Semifinals
Oct 3
Valeria Garnevska
W15 Varna · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Carolina Gasparini
W15 Varna · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Maria Malina Rosca
W15 Varna · 1st Round
Sep 29
Lidia Encheva
W50 Plovdiv · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Nellie Taraba Wallberg
W50 Plovdiv · 1st Round
Sep 22
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–110 matches
| Metric | Popa | Sakellaridi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 78% | 55% |
| Sets won | 73% | 54% |
| Games won | 60% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Sakellaridi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Sakellaridi |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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