Giulia Safina Popa vs Sofia KryvoruchkoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇺🇦Sofia Kryvoruchko
Unranked
Giulia Safina Popa and Sofia Kryvoruchko have met 1 time since 2026; Sofia Kryvoruchko leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 0 sets to Kryvoruchko's 2. Their most recent meeting: Sofia Kryvoruchko won at W15 Brasov (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safina Popa | Kryvoruchko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Sofia Kryvoruchko | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 86% | 6/7 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 2/7 | 21% | 3/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 19% | 4/21 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 0% | 0/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 4/4 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 26/27 | 78% | 7/9 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 67% | 6/9 |
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, Kryvoruchko 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Kryvoruchko
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 7,862 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 2, 2026
W15 Brasov
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Kryvoruchko | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Sofia Kryvoruchko | ||
| 1 or more | 52% | 12/23 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 3 or more | 4% | 1/23 | 33% | 1/3 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Kryvoruchko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | 1–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.50 | 4.01 |
| ROI % | +17.4% | +88.0% |
| Units P/L | +2.97u | +3.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Kryvoruchko |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 1 |
| Events | 3 | 1 |
| Matches | 12 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA → FRA → AUT → FRA → AUT | GER |
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 Kryvoruchko's 33%).
| Opponent | Popa | Kryvoruchko |
|---|---|---|
| Simona Ogescu | W 64 64 | L 76 67 57 |
| Alesia Breaz | W 63 61 | L 36 36 |
| Maria Herazo | W 64 62 | W 61 62 |
| Thea Marcu | W 61 62 | W 62 62 |
| Joulia Cristiana Cirstea | W 60 60 | L 36 36 |
| Cristiana Nicoleta Todoni | W 62 63 | L 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elizara Yaneva
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Anna Ozerova
W50 Burgas · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Sonja Zhenikhova
W15 Varna · Final
Oct 4
Julia Hofmann
W50 Burgas · 1st Round Qualifying
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
Simona Ogescu
W50 Heraklion · 1st Round
Oct 5
Serena Paris
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Brasov · 1st Round
Sep 2
Nina Andronicou
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Karina Ioana Filipescu
W15 Brasov · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Alesia Breaz
W35 Bistrita · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 17
Thea Marcu
W35 Bistrita · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Claudia Ogescu
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–36 matches
| Metric | Popa | Kryvoruchko |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 78% | 33% |
| Sets won | 73% | 37% |
| Games won | 60% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Kryvoruchko |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Kryvoruchko |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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