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Elena-Gabriela Ruse #198 def. Anna Zaja #372

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 2021*
Tournament	Hamburg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Anna Zaja

Stat	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Anna Zaja
Aces	3	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	54
First serve points won %	83	61
Second serve points won %	71	29
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	78	46
Return points won %	54	22
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Anna Zaja
Country	ROU	GER
Birth date	Nov 6, 1997	Jun 25, 1991
Age	23	30
Height	172	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	198	372
Ranking points (entering)	355	140
Elo (entering)	1,645	1,506
Career W-L	61–82	2–6
Career earnings	$3,784,460	$300,489

Pre-match H2H

Elena-Gabriela Ruse 0 – 0 Anna Zaja

Path

Elena-Gabriela Ruse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2021	R32	Jil Teichmann	7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2021	Q2	Isabella Shinikova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2021	Q1	En-Shuo Liang	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Elena-Gabriela Ruse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2021	QF	Danielle Collins	6-4 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Anna Zaja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2021	R32	Viktoriya Tomova	0-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2021	Q2	Katharina Gerlach	7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2021	Q1	Jasmin Jebawy	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data