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Danielle Collins #44 def. Elena-Gabriela Ruse #137

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 25, 2021*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Danielle Collins
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Elena-Gabriela Ruse

Stat	Danielle Collins	Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Aces	5	3
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	59	54
First serve points won %	69	59
Second serve points won %	44	36
Break points saved %	71	69
Break points converted %	31	29
Service points won %	59	49
Return points won %	51	41
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Danielle Collins	Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Dec 13, 1993	Nov 6, 1997
Age	27	23
Height	178	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	44	137
Ranking points (entering)	1,630	604
Elo (entering)	1,834	1,772
Career W-L	169–115	61–82
Career earnings	$10,271,733	$3,784,460

Pre-match H2H

Danielle Collins 0 – 1 Elena-Gabriela Ruse

Path

Danielle Collins's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2021	SF	Shuai Zhang	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2021	QF	Astra Sharma	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2021	R16	Maddison Inglis	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2021	R32	Katharina Gerlach	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Danielle Collins's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2021	SF	Oceane Dodin	6-7(4) 7-6(0) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2021	QF	Lucia Bronzetti	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2021	R16	Jil Teichmann	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2021	R32	Mandy Minella	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 2021	Q2	Camilla Rosatello	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2021	Q1	Jasmin Jebawy	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data