Giulia Safina Popa

Giulia Safina Popa (born 9 November 2009) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 35, achieved on 10 February 2025.

Early life Popa was born in Oradea. She grew up in a tennis family, having been named after Dinara Safina, and began playing the sport at the age of six. She is coached by her father, Lucian Popa, and is registered at CSM Oradea.

Junior career In January 2023, Popa finished runner-up at the Petits As. Later that year, she won silver medals in both singles and doubles at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

In September 2024, she and Maia Ilinca Burcescu were runners-up in doubles at the U16 European Junior Championships. Later that year, she represented Romania at the Junior Billie Jean King Cup, where she reached the finals with Burcescu and Ioana-Ștefania Boian.

In January 2025, she won the J300 Mundial Juvenil de Tenis in Salinas, defeating Kali Šupová in the final.

Professional career In July 2025, Popa made her WTA Tour debut after qualifying for the main draw of the Iași Open.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendW15 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceClay (1–1)