Karla Popovic vs Lavinia LucianoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇭🇷Karla Popovic
#706 · 30 yrs
5w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇮🇹Lavinia Luciano
Unranked · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
Karla Popovic and Lavinia Luciano have met 1 time since 2026; Karla Popovic leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popovic has taken 2 sets to Luciano's 0. Their most recent meeting: Karla Popovic won at W15 Monastir (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Popovic | Luciano | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Karla Popovic | Lavinia Luciano | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 88% | 29/33 | 63% | 15/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 18% | 3/17 | 17% | 5/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 14% | 7/50 | 26% | 14/54 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 66% | 19/29 | 39% | 7/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 42% | 5/12 | 23% | 6/26 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 29% | 2/7 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 97% | 30/31 | 91% | 20/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 94% | 29/31 | 68% | 15/22 |
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 (Popovic 1, Luciano 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popovic
⚔️ The Gladiator
Luciano
🛡️ 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 Karla Popovic.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 28, 2026
W15 Monastir
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popovic | Luciano | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Karla Popovic | Lavinia Luciano | ||
| 1 or more | 67% | 2/3 | 42% | 5/12 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/12 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popovic | Luciano |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.72 | 2.15 |
| ROI % | -25.6% | +12.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.28u | +1.58u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popovic | Luciano |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 7 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | TUN → UKR → MNE |
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
Popovic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Luciano's 25%).
| Opponent | Popovic | Luciano |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Oliver Sanchez | L | L 36 16 |
| Adithya Karunaratne | L 16 26 | L 16 06 |
| Matilde Mariani | W 64 64 | W 64 62 |
| Alba Rey Garcia | W 36 62 75 | L 36 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Riko Kikawada
W15 Monastir · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Francesca Dell'Edera
W15 Monastir · 1st Round
Sep 9
Mao Mushika
W35 Roehampton · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 2
Adithya Karunaratne
W35 Aldershot · 1st Round
Jul 29
Jaquelyn Ogunwale
W35 Aldershot · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 27
Christina Bednarczyk
W35 Aldershot · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 26
Alice Gillan
W50 Nottingham · 1st Round
Jul 14
Leilany Ipunesso
W50 Hurghada · 1st Round
Jun 9
Nicole Andrea Molaro
W35 Santa Margherita di Pula · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Ginevra Parentini Vallega Montebruno
W35 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Ellie Daniels
W15 Monastir · 1st Round
Sep 23
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
W15 Monastir · Semifinals
Sep 19
Florentine Dekkers
W15 Monastir · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Irem Kurt
W15 Monastir · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Warona Mdlulwa
W15 Monastir · 1st Round
Sep 16
Georgia Andreea Craciun
W15 Brasov · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 50–54 matches
| Metric | Popovic | Luciano |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 44% |
| Sets won | 64% | 43% |
| Games won | 57% | 47% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popovic | Luciano |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popovic | Luciano |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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