Giulia Safina Popa vs Thea Marcu — W15 Constanta Round of 16

W15 ConstantaR16ClayThu 24 Sept · 11:43Final1h 23m

Giulia Safina Popa defeated Thea Marcu 6-1, 6-2 in the Round of 16 at the W15 Constanta clay court tournament. Popa hit one ace and one double fault, while converting 70 percent of her break points and winning seven service breaks. Marcu had no aces and three double faults, converting 67 percent of her break points and winning two service breaks.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Popa G. took it in straight sets.

  • 1st-serve points wonPopa G. 62% · Marcu T. 41%
  • AcesPopa G. 1 · Marcu T. 0
  • Double faultsPopa G. 1 · Marcu T. 3

Turning points

When the match moved
  1. Set 11–0BreakPopa G. · Broke, stayed a break up
  2. Set 16–1SetPopa G. · Broke to take the set
  3. Set 22–2Break backPopa G. · Broke back
  4. Set 24–2BreakPopa G. · Broke, never broken back
  5. Set 26–2SetPopa G. · Broke to take the set
Serve flowPopa G. broken twice · Marcu T. broken 7 times.
  • Hold to love/15
  • Hold to 30
  • Hold to 40 / deuce
  • Broken
  • Result unknown
Popa G.
5/7Marcu T.
1/8
Set 1Set 2

Match momentum

Whole matchPopa G.Marcu T.
EvenPopa G.Marcu T.
Late momentumPopa G.45
8Last 12 points4
15Last 3 games7
6/9Break points2/3

Break of serve

Match statistics

Popa G.Marcu T.
Serve
  • 1Aces0
  • 1Double faults3
  • 62%1st serve points won41%
  • 71% · 5/7Service games held13% · 1/8
Return
  • 70%Break points won67%
  • 7Breaks of serve2

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps
First-serve pointsPopa G. won 62% of points behind the first serve, Marcu T. 41%. Largest performance gap of the match.+21 ptsPopa G.1st-serve pts won62%Marcu T.1st-serve pts won41%

Common opponents

0 shared · last 12 months
No common opponents in the last 12 months. Surface form and ELO carry more weight here.

Head-to-head

2 meetings · Popa G. leads 2–0
20

Clay: Popa G. leads 1–0 · Hard: Popa G. leads 1–0

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match
Popa G.Marcu T.1 638ELO1 4871 632Clay ELO1 4909–1Last 106–416Age17

Match info

  • Started11:43 local
  • Duration1h 23m

Cite this

Giulia Safina Popa beat Thea Marcu 6-1 6-2. Umpiry, "Giulia Safina Popa vs Thea Marcu — W15 Constanta Round of 16", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-09-24/marcu-vs-popa-w15-constanta-r16?utm_source=cite (as of 24 September 2026).