Giulia Safina Popa vs Angelina Wirges — W15 Bucharest Round of 16

W15 Bucharest · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
ROU
Giulia Safina Popa
#766WTA
16 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2026
hard
GER
Angelina Wirges
#844WTA
24 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLWWL
Popa G.
7-6 5-7 6-2
Wirges A.
Popa G.
77562
Wirges A.
61721

Giulia Safina Popa defeated Angelina Wirges 7-6 5-7 6-2 in the W15 Bucharest round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Giulia Safina Popa came in ranked #766, defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Popa G.serving51% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Wirges A.

Wirges A.serving33% hold

wins 43% of points on serve vs Popa G.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Popa G.Wirges A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
53%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
39%
Service points won·Even
51%
51%
Return points won·Slight edge
54%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
45%
Aces / match·Even
0.6
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
8.4
4.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (5 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dorofeeva Rybas F.
Artemeva V.
6-44-67-5
Semi-finals
Dorofeeva Rybas F.
Raggi A.
6-26-2
Artemeva V.
Todoni C.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Dorofeeva Rybas F.
Barbulescu B.
6-16-3
Artemeva V.
Gandolfi F.
4-66-06-2
Todoni C.
Popa M.
5-77-56-2
Raggi A.
Popa G.
6-25-76-2
R16
Barbulescu B.
Bruno V.
6-06-1
Gandolfi F.
Cucu S.
6-16-2
Raggi A.
Soare A.
6-16-2
Dorofeeva Rybas F.
Di Girolami T.
6-46-2
Popa G.
Wirges A.
7-615-76-2
Todoni C.
Ogescu S.
4-66-36-2
Popa M.
Poling L.
6-07-67
Artemeva V.
Marinescu A.
7-56-2
R32
Artemeva V.
Hoedt M.
6-26-4
Wirges A.
Gadient N.
6-33-67-63
Bruno V.
Ciobica S.
6-36-3
Gandolfi F.
Bertoldo J.
5-76-26-2
Dorofeeva Rybas F.
Safta A.
6-14-66-2
Poling L.
Cirstea J.
4-66-46-2
Ogescu S.
Brune Olsen A.
6-16-2
Raggi A.
Varsa A.
4-66-36-2
Todoni C.
Natal L.
6-23-66-3
Barbulescu B.
Iancu A.
6-16-4
Cucu S.
Balan S.
6-16-4
Popa M.
Sandru I.
6-36-4
Marinescu A.
Anghelus M.
6-16-1
Soare A.
Preda A.
6-36-4
Popa G.
Marcu T.
6-36-1
Di Girolami T.
Pushkareva A.
1-66-40-0