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Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Ruse at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 26)
Bucharest
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,660,071
Singles
Career record267–168 (61.4%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 51 (23 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 139 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2018, 2019, 2022)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record143–88 (61.9%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 32 (8 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 40 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2023)
French OpenQF (2022)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US OpenQF (2021)
Last updated on: 23 January 2024.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 51 in singles and 32 in doubles. She won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg European Open. She has also won six singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Junior career

2012–2015

Ruse won two junior singles titles and eight junior doubles titles. The biggest title of her junior career was the Grade-1 Canadian Open Junior Championships, where she beat Katie Swan in the final. Ruse also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 7, achieved on 18 May 2015.

Professional career

2015–2016: Rise up the rankings, WTA Tour debut

When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking.

In July 2015, Ruse made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Jaqueline Cristian. She also received a wildcard into the qualifying draw in singles at the same tournament and beat Alexandra Cadanțu in the first round. She lost her next match to Maria Sakkari. She reached semifinals at $10k events in Bucharest and Antalya.

In December 2015, Ruse won her first professional singles title at Antalya, beating Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final. She finished 2015 with a year-end ranking of No. 642 in singles and No. 575 in doubles.

In January 2016, she qualified for the $25k event in Sunrise, beating former top-30 player Laura Robson along the way, and reached the quarterfinals. After that event, she won ten singles matches and eight doubles matches in a row and won two singles and two doubles titles at $10k events in Antalya. In March, Ruse reached two straight finals at $10k events in Hammamet, Tunisia. She lost the first one to Claudia Giovine in straight sets, snapping her 14-match winning streak in singles, and in the second one she beat Julia Grabher. At the end of April, Ruse qualified for a $25k event in Chiasso, Switzerland and reached the semifinals, where she lost to fellow qualifier Amanda Carreras.

After taking time off for her high school graduation, Ruse returned to competition in June at the $50k event in Essen, Germany. As the last direct acceptance, Ruse shocked top seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets for her first win over a top-100 player. Due to rain delays in Essen, she had to play her second-round match the same day and lost in straight sets to qualifier Olga Sáez Larra.

2018–2019: Grand Slam singles debut at Wimbledon, first WTA doubles final

Ruse qualified for her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

She reached her first WTA tournament final at the 2019 Bucharest Open, partnering again with Jaqueline Cristian; they were defeated by Viktória Kužmová and Kristýna Plíšková in the championship match.

2021: Maiden WTA Tour title, WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts, first major doubles quarterfinal at US Open

She made her WTA 1000 debut at the Indian Wells Open as a qualifier.

Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the Hamburg European Open, defeating Andrea Petkovic in the final. As a result of this successful run, she climbed 65 positions and entered the top 150 in singles at a new career-high of world No. 133.[1] Following her run in Hamburg, Ruse reached a second consecutive final later that month, at the Palermo Ladies Open; however, she lost it in straight sets to Danielle Collins.[2]

She made her US Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in the first round to Markéta Vondroušová.[3] At the same tournament she reached her first Major doubles quarterfinal partnering Monica Niculescu.

She reached another new career-high of No. 83 in the world on 18 October 2021, and finished the year ranked No. 85.[4]

2022: Major debuts at Australian & French Opens, top-10 win & career-high singles ranking

In Dubai she qualified into the main draw and defeated world No. 5 and third seed Paula Badosa for her first top-10 win.

She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 51, on 23 May 2022.

2023: Australian Open doubles semifinalist, WTA final in more then two years

In doubles at the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals partnering Marta Kostyuk. She reached the second round at the Monterrey Open as a qualifier, defeating Mérida Open champion Camila Giorgi.

She qualified for her first and only Major of the season, in singles at the US Open.[5] At the same tournament in doubles, she reached the third round with Kostyuk. Ranked No. 188, she reached her first final in more than two years and for the season as a wildcard at the 2023 Transylvania Open.[6]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q3 A 2R Q2 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A Q3 Q2 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R NH Q1 1R Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A A Q1 Q3 A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–1 0 / 8 2–8 20%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A A QR[b] A A 0 / 0 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A NH 1R 1R Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A A A A NH A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A A NH A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Canadian Open A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Career statistics
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 1 4 4 1 7 19 8 Career total: 45
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Career total: 3
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–4 7–10 6–6 0 / 21 16–22 42%
Clay win–loss 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 8–2 1–6 1–2 1 / 17 12–16 43%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–4 0–2 11–6 9–19 7–8 1 / 45 31–45 41%
Year-end ranking[d] 254 265 243 182 177 85 104 $1,657,396

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R SF 0 / 2 4–2 67%
French Open A A A A A A A QF 3R 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 0%
US Open A A A A A A QF 1R 3R 0 / 3 5–3 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–4 9–4 0 / 9 15–9 63%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A A A QR[b] A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH 2R A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A A SF 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Italian Open A A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Career statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 10 8 Career total: 32
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall W–L 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 8–4 0–2 6–4 7–8 12–7 0 / 32 37–30 55%
Year-end ranking 575 250 285 200 119 124 99 93

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Hamburg European Open, Germany WTA 250 Clay Germany Andrea Petkovic 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2021 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay United States Danielle Collins 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2023 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Germany Tamara Korpatsch 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 Bucharest Open, Romania International[e] Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000[f] Clay Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 1–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay France Josephine Boualem 7–6(3), 0–6, 6–1
Win 3–0 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Italy Claudia Giovine 4–6, 0–6
Win 4–1 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Oct 2016 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 50,000[g] Hard (i) Belgium Maryna Zanevska 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–2 Aug 2017 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay United States Chiara Scholl 6–1, 6–2
Win 6–2 Aug 2017 ITF Arad, Romania 15,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 6–4, 6–1
Loss 6–3 Mar 2019 ITF Yokohama, Japan 25,000 Hard Belgium Greet Minnen 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (3–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (7–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian Romania Andreea Ghițescu
Slovakia Katarína Strešnáková 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 2015 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Romania Diana Buzean
Romania Cristina Dinu 		0–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Dec 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Denmark Julie Noe Ukraine Alona Fomina
Germany Christina Shakovets 		6–7(4), 2–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Petia Arshinkova Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Uzbekistan Arina Folts 		7–6(0), 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay United States Dasha Ivanova Croatia Adrijana Lekaj
Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 		7–6(1), 6–1
Win 4–2 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Germany Katharina Hobgarski Egypt Ola Abou Zekry
India Snehadevi Reddy 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Jun 2016 ITF Essen, Germany 50,000 Clay Belgium Elyne Boeykens Spain Laura Pous Tió
Germany Anne Schäfer 		2–6, 3–6
Win 5–3 Aug 2017 ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 25,000 Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Italy Martina Di Giuseppe
Italy Anna-Giulia Remondina 		6–3, 6–1
Win 6–3 Sep 2017 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay Russia Anastasiya Komardina Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Romania Oana Georgeta Simion 		3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss 6–4 Sep 2017 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Romania Jaqueline Adina Cristian
Russia Anastasiya Komardina 		3–6, 0–6
Loss 6–5 Oct 2017 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 25,000 Hard (i) Romania Jaqueline Cristian United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Samantha Murray 		6–7(3), 3–6
Win 7–5 Sep 2018 ITF Montreux, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Romania Andreea Mitu Brazil Laura Pigossi
Belgium Maryna Zanevska 		4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 7–6 Sep 2018 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian Romania Cristina Dinu
Venezuela Aymet Uzcategui 		6–7(3), 2–6
Loss 7–7 Jan 2019 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) Romania Andreea Mitu Sweden Cornelia Lister
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Feb 2019 ITF Grenoble, France 25,000 Hard (i) Romania Andreea Mitu France Estelle Cascino
France Elixane Lechemia 		2–6, 2–6
Win 8–8 Jan 2020 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) Romania Jaqueline Cristian Cyprus Raluca Șerban
Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 		7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win 9–8 Oct 2020 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Romania Jaqueline Cristian United Kingdom Maia Lumsden
Turkey Melis Sezer 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–9 May 2021 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 25,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Xenia Knoll Hungary Anna Bondár
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann 		6–7(5), 2–6
Win 10–9 Jun 2021 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Romania Monica Niculescu Australia Priscilla Hon
Australia Storm Sanders 		7–5, 7–5

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2021
Loss 0–1 Ukraine Elina Svitolina No. 6 Chicago Open, United States Hard 3R 3–6, 3–6 No. 98
2022
Loss 0–2 Estonia Anett Kontaveit No. 7 Sydney International, Australia Hard 2R 3–6, 1–6 No. 82
Win 1–2 Spain Paula Badosa No. 5 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard 1R 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 No. 59
Loss 1–3 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 Italian Open, Italy Clay 2R 3–6, 0–6 No. 57

Notes

  1. ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ a b Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ 2015: WTA Ranking-642.
  5. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  6. ^ The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017.
  7. ^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Mertens back to doubles No.1, Muguruza returns to Top 10 following Wimbledon". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Top seed Collins defeats Ruse in Palermo to capture first WTA title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ "US Open Women's Singles Draw".
  4. ^ "Elena-Gabriela Ruse | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ Meet the 2023 US Open Qualifiers usopen.org
  6. ^ "Korpatsch triumphs in Cluj-Napoca for first career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Elena-Gabriela Ruse [ROU] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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