Elena-Gabriela Ruse

Elena-Gabriela Ruse

Ruse at Wimbledon 2019
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	(1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 Bucharest
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Miron Marcel
Prize money	$444,402
Singles
Career record	205–117 (63.7%)
Career titles	1 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 133 (12 July 2021)
Current ranking	No. 133 (12 July 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2020)
French Open	Q3 (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2018, 2019)
US Open	Q3 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	114–66 (63.3%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 109 (12 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 156 (12 July 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior	QF (2014)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2014)
US Open Junior	1R (2014)
Last updated on: 12 July 2021.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of World No. 133 in singles and No. 109 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 2015 BRD 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 Cadantu 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 a $10k event in 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 a $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 first Grand Slam at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

She reached her first WTA final at the 2019 Bucharest Open partnering again with Jaqueline Cristian where they were defeated by Viktoria Kuzmova and Kristyna Pliskova in the championship match.

2021: Maiden WTA title, top 150 debut

Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 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 career-high of World No. 133.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	A	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	Q3	Q2	0–0	–
Wimbledon	1R	1R	NH	Q1	0–2	0%
US Open	Q1	Q3	A		0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0%

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 win)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (0–0) WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) 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	Andrea Petkovic	7–6(8–6), 6–4

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 Premier International (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	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Viktória Kužmová 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 $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	1–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
Win	2–0	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Josephine Boualem	7–6(3), 0–6, 6–1
Win	3–0	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	4–6, 0–6
Win	4–1	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–4, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Oct 2016	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	Aug 2017	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–2	Aug 2017	ITF Arad, Romania	15,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Mar 2019	Keio Challenger Yokohama, Japan	25,000	Hard	Greet Minnen	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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	Jaqueline Cristian	Andreea Ghițescu Katarína Strešnáková	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 2015	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Diana Buzean Cristina Dinu	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Julie Noe	Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets	6–7(4), 2–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Petia Arshinkova	Eleni Daniilidou Arina Folts	7–6(0), 6–4
Win	3–2	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Adrijana Lekaj Viktoriya Tomova	7–6(1), 6–1
Win	4–2	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet. Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	Ola Abou Zekry Snehadevi Reddy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Jun 2016	Bredeney Open, Germany	50,000	Clay	Elyne Boeykens	Laura Pous Tió Anne Schäfer	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2017	ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Martina Di Giuseppe Anna-Giulia Remondina	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–3	Sep 2017	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	Dea Herdželaš Oana Georgeta Simion	3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	6–4	Sep 2017	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Jaqueline Adina Cristian Anastasiya Komardina	3–6, 0–6
Loss	6–5	Oct 2017	Open de Touraine, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Jaqueline Cristian	Sarah Beth Grey Samantha Murray	6–7(3), 3–6
Win	7–5	Sep 2018	Montreux Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Laura Pigossi Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	7–6	Sep 2018	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Cristina Dinu Aymet Uzcategui	6–7(3), 2–6
Loss	7–7	Jan 2019	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	7–8	Feb 2019	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Estelle Cascino Elixane Lechemia	2–6, 2–6
Win	8–8	Jan 2020	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Jaqueline Cristian	Raluca Șerban Ekaterine Gorgodze	7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win	9–8	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Jaqueline Cristian	Maia Lumsden Melis Sezer	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–9	May 2021	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Anna Bondár Kimberley Zimmermann	6–7(5), 2–6
Win	10–9	Jun 2021	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Monica Niculescu	Priscilla Hon Storm Sanders	7–5, 7–5

External links

• Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the International Tennis Federation
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Billie Jean King Cup