Giulia Safina Popa vs Thea MarcuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
Title2 meetings · sets 4–0
🇷🇴Thea Marcu
Unranked · 17 yrs
Giulia Safina Popa and Thea Marcu have met 2 times since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W15 Bucharest 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 Marcu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Giulia Safina Popa won at W15 Constanta (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safina Popa | Marcu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Thea Marcu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 83% | 10/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 2/7 | 14% | 2/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 15% | 4/26 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 4/4 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 26/27 | 91% | 10/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 91% | 10/11 |
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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Safina Popa 2, Marcu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Marcu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 64% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,239 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 spoiler's strong court coverage.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Sep 24, 2026
W15 Constanta
C Clay · 2nd Round
May 13, 2026
W15 Bucharest
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popa | Marcu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Giulia Safina Popa | Thea Marcu | ||
| 1 or more | 52% | 12/23 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 3 or more | 4% | 1/23 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/23 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.50 | 3.48 |
| ROI % | +17.4% | -68.6% |
| Units P/L | +2.97u | -4.80u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 2 |
| Matches | 12 | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA → FRA → AUT → FRA → AUT | USA → BUL |
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 (75% vs Marcu's 25%).
| Opponent | Popa | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Herazo | W 64 62 | W 63 46 106 |
| Sapfo Sakellaridi | W 75 36 61 | L 16 16 |
| Simona Ogescu | W 64 64 | L 26 16 |
| Sofia Kryvoruchko | L 67 36 | L 26 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
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
Veronica Cervac
W15 Chisinau · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Sophia Ksandinov
W15 Chisinau · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Julia Helbet
W15 Chisinau · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Constanta · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Alla Traysta
W15 Constanta · 1st Round
Sep 22
Sapfo Sakellaridi
W15 Campulung · 1st Round
Sep 8
Alexia Shara Iancu
W15 Campulung · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Ana Maria Chirita
W15 Campulung · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–36 matches
| Metric | Popa | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 78% | 46% |
| Sets won | 73% | 46% |
| Games won | 60% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Marcu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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