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Elena-Gabriela Ruse

ROU Age 28 172 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2016–2026

Elena-Gabriela Ruse represents Romania on the WTA Tour and is ranked No. 57, having reached a career high of No. 51. She most recently retired against Yulia Putintseva in the Wuhan Open first qualifying round on October 10, 2026.

Singles ranking

Career singles high

51 (May 23, 2022)

Elo peak

1880 (84th percentile)

Singles record

66–86 (43.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$4,051,650

YTD W-L

17–20

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log → Last 4: 2–2

Elena-Gabriela Ruse's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Yulia Putintseva #82	5-7 1-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2026	Q1 Q	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Linda Noskova #6	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2026	R64	China Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Lilli Tagger #61	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 30, 2026	R128	China Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Anna Bondar #69	4-6 6-1 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 2026	QF	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Yeonwoo Ku #185	2-6 7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 2026	R16	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Barbora Krejcikova	1	3	4	Jun 12, 2026	H2H
Elise Mertens	1	3	4	Jun 11, 2026	H2H
Magdalena Frech	2	2	4	May 24, 2026	H2H
Emma Navarro	1	2	3	Jun 25, 2026	H2H
Elena Rybakina	0	3	3	Apr 24, 2026	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Elena-Gabriela Ruse singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2021	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hamburg Open
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Elena-Gabriela Ruse career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2016	18	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	560	266
2017	19	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	265	243
2018	20	Qualifying Q	6	3	9	66.7%	—	—
2018	20	WTA	1	4	5	20.0%	239	251
2019	21	Qualifying Q	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—
2019	21	WTA	2	4	6	33.3%	251	185
2020	22	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
2020	22	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	182	159
2021	23	Qualifying Q	8	2	10	80.0%	—	—
2021	23	WTA	11	6	17	64.7%	159	87
2022	24	Qualifying Q	6	1	7	85.7%	—	—
2022	24	WTA	9	19	28	32.1%	87	117
2023	25	Qualifying Q	14	3	17	82.4%	—	—
2023	25	WTA	7	8	15	46.7%	116	128
2024	26	Qualifying Q	13	1	14	92.9%	—	—
2024	26	WTA	5	7	12	41.7%	134	121
2025	27	Qualifying Q	11	3	14	78.6%	—	—
2025	27	WTA	13	15	28	46.4%	125	88
2026	28	Qualifying Q	9	2	11	81.8%	—	—
2026	28	WTA	17	20	37	46.0%	79	57
Career		—	66	86	152	43.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elena-Gabriela Ruse career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2016	18	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2017	19	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2018	20	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	6	3	9	66.7%
2018	20	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2019	21	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	6	2	8	75.0%
2019	21	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2020	22	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
2020	22	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2021	23	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	4	0	4	100.0%	—	—	—	—	8	2	10	80.0%
2021	23	WTA	2	4	6	33.3%	9	2	11	81.8%	—	—	—	—	11	6	17	64.7%
2022	24	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	—	—	—	—	6	1	7	85.7%
2022	24	WTA	7	10	17	41.2%	1	6	7	14.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	9	19	28	32.1%
2023	25	Qualifying Q	9	2	11	81.8%	4	0	4	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	14	3	17	82.4%
2023	25	WTA	6	6	12	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	7	8	15	46.7%
2024	26	Qualifying Q	8	0	8	100.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	13	1	14	92.9%
2024	26	WTA	2	4	6	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
2025	27	Qualifying Q	7	2	9	77.8%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	0	2	100.0%	11	3	14	78.6%
2025	27	WTA	4	10	14	28.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	13	15	28	46.4%
2026	28	Qualifying Q	6	1	7	85.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	9	2	11	81.8%
2026	28	WTA	8	12	20	40.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	3	8	62.5%	17	20	37	45.9%
Career	—	—	29	47	76	38.2%	25	26	51	49.0%	12	13	25	48.0%	66	86	152	43.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Elena-Gabriela Ruse career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2016	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2017	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
2018	20	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
2019	21	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2020	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2021	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	6	1	7	85.7%	11	6	17	64.7%
2022	24	1	2	3	33.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	9	19	28	32.1%
2023	25	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	8	15	46.7%
2024	26	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
2025	27	0	3	3	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	5	5	10	50.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	12	15	27	44.4%
2026	28	1	5	6	16.7%	5	6	11	45.5%	10	8	18	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	17	20	37	45.9%
Career		3	12	15	20.0%	6	28	34	17.6%	33	31	64	51.6%	23	15	38	60.5%	65	86	151	43.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 151/152 (99.3%) of Elena-Gabriela Ruse's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Elena-Gabriela Ruse performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2016	18	1/1	0.0	4.0	59.3%	58.3%	48.5%	50.0%	16.7%	54.3%	32.7%
2017	19	2/2	0.5	3.0	67.1%	67.2%	52.5%	60.0%	40.3%	62.4%	45.5%
2018	20	5/5	2.0	6.4	59.0%	61.7%	40.7%	51.0%	31.7%	52.9%	40.6%
2019	21	6/6	3.2	7.2	57.4%	64.9%	40.0%	55.8%	47.3%	53.9%	42.8%
2020	22	1/1	2.0	12.0	50.6%	67.5%	20.5%	40.0%	44.4%	44.3%	49.3%
2021	23	16/17	2.1	4.2	52.6%	61.1%	44.3%	56.9%	41.0%	53.2%	47.9%
2022	24	28/28	2.7	6.4	54.3%	59.8%	39.8%	47.1%	52.0%	50.3%	43.6%
2023	25	15/15	2.1	3.7	60.1%	62.8%	45.1%	51.3%	45.3%	55.7%	45.2%
2024	26	12/12	3.1	4.8	56.3%	66.5%	45.0%	48.5%	46.9%	57.1%	43.8%
2025	27	20/28	3.4	5.3	57.1%	63.8%	42.7%	50.7%	44.8%	54.6%	44.2%
2026	28	36/37	3.3	4.5	54.3%	63.6%	43.8%	47.2%	42.8%	54.6%	43.0%
Career		142/152	2.8	5.1	55.8%	62.8%	42.8%	49.9%	44.9%	53.9%	44.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 142/152 (93.4%) of Elena-Gabriela Ruse's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Elena-Gabriela Ruse advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2016	18	1490	98.7	-0.62	-1.13	0.716	45.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.07
2017	19	1500	110.1	+1.92	+0.08	1.209	53.2%	—	—	—	50.0%	+1.00	—	—	—	+0.02
2018	20	1516	104.7	-1.81	-0.97	0.863	46.9%	—	-56	—	35.7%	-1.07	1–3 (25%)	—	—	-0.26
2019	21	1576	112.4	-1.50	-0.43	0.929	48.6%	—	—	+127	40.0%	-0.53	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	98.1	+0.04
2020	22	1596	103.9	-0.65	-1.59	0.886	46.8%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	0–1	—	+0.16
2021	23	1734	130.5	-1.03	+3.03	1.022	50.4%	-61	-36	—	57.1%	+0.17	3–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	106.0	-1.45
2022	24	1645	129.0	-4.15	+1.25	0.878	46.9%	+43	-1	+6	35.8%	-1.05	5–6 (45%)	4–3 (57%)	99.8	-1.74
2023	25	1719	130.0	-0.54	+1.50	1.019	50.3%	+17	-31	—	47.2%	-0.11	3–3 (50%)	2–0	—	+0.07
2024	26	1712	125.1	-0.24	+0.71	1.021	50.3%	+7	+61	—	46.7%	-0.13	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.75
2025	27	1739	136.2	-1.28	+0.87	0.973	49.3%	-39	+49	+93	47.6%	-0.05	4–4 (50%)	2–7 (22%)	96.0	-1.51
2026	28	1806	141.8	-1.54	+0.87	0.946	48.7%	-62	-59	+114	47.0%	-0.28	4–5 (44%)	5–1 (83%)	101.5	-2.92
Career		1880	135.4	-1.69	+1.08	0.955	48.9%	-16	-11	+91	44.7%	-0.36	23–27 (46%)	18–18 (50%)	98.2	-5.57

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Elena-Gabriela Ruse Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2018	20	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2019	21	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2021	23	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2022	24	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
2023	25	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2024	26	—	Q2	R128	R32	7–3 (70%)
2025	27	R64	R64	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
2026	28	R32	R128	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
W-L		6–3 (67%)	2–4 (33%)	2–6 (25%)	5–6 (45%)	15–19 (44%)

WTA 1000

Elena-Gabriela Ruse WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	CAN	WUH	W-L Win %
2021	23	—	Q2	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2022	24	—	—	—	—	R128	—	R64	R32	—	—	3–3 (50%)
2023	25	—	—	—	—	Q2	R128	—	R64	—	—	6–3 (67%)
2024	26	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2025	27	R64	R128	R64	Q1	—	Q1	R32	R64	R128	—	10–8 (56%)
2026	28	R64	R64	—	R64	R128	R64	R64	R64	R64	Q1	8–10 (44%)
W-L		4–3 (57%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	3–3 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	9–5 (64%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	32–27 (54%)

WTA 500

Elena-Gabriela Ruse WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	DOH	DUB	EAS	KOR	ABU	BAD	CHA	CHI	LIN	SYD	W-L Win %
2021	23	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2022	24	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	7–4 (64%)
2023	25	—	—	Q3	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2024	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2026	28	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	SF	—	12–4 (75%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	28–13 (68%)

WTA 250

Elena-Gabriela Ruse WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BUC	HAM	LIB	MEL	KOR	BIR	BUD	TEN	CLU	TRA	CLU	HUA	IAȘ	IST	LUX	MON	MON	MOS	NOT	JAP	PAL	POR	PRA	ROU	STR	TAL	TRA	W-L Win %
2016	18	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2017	19	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2018	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	Q2	—	—	Q1	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
2019	21	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q3	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–5 (62%)
2020	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	—	R32	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2021	23	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R32	13–3 (81%)
2022	24	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	Q1	R16	3–9 (25%)
2023	25	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–5 (69%)
2024	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	7–3 (70%)
2025	27	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	10–6 (62%)
2026	28	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
W-L		5–2 (71%)	1–4 (20%)	7–1 (88%)	8–2 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	68–45 (60%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Current rank

Career high

Career-high date

May 23, 2022

First Top 100

Sep 20, 2021

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Elena-Gabriela Ruse ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2015	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	917	807	670	682	651	560
2016	18	558	455	421	370	335	318	340	324	338	254	253	266
2017	19	267	287	296	321	300	305	283	220	214	262	243	—
2018	20	232	222	221	220	209	197	199	256	237	250	253	251
2019	21	254	256	237	204	219	177	179	177	179	179	185	185
2020	22	183	168	176	—	—	—	—	169	179	176	177	159
2021	23	160	164	163	175	175	198	105	108	98	85	85	87
2022	24	61	58	57	57	51	54	104	101	96	98	103	117
2023	25	144	160	145	158	157	161	167	167	185	127	127	128
2024	26	146	156	170	143	150	152	142	122	93	125	128	121
2025	27	113	101	89	85	80	58	58	70	98	100	101	88
2026	28	79	72	83	71	77	71	75	64	62	57	—	—

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Yafan Wang (active player)	CHN	#47	1,802	162	72	90	44.4%	$3,751,062	1	2014–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Zeynep Sonmez (active player)	TUR	#48	1,814	83	39	44	47.0%	$2,390,924	1	2023–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Oceane Dodin (active player)	FRA	#46	1,704	130	50	80	38.5%	$2,991,856	1	2015–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Antonia Ruzic (active player)	CRO	#50	1,801	54	23	31	42.6%	$1,659,727	0	2024–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Tamara Korpatsch (active player)	GER	#46	1,742	126	51	75	40.5%	$2,949,453	2	2017–2026	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Elena-Gabriela Ruse?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse is 28 years old, born on November 6, 1997.
Which country does Elena-Gabriela Ruse represent?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse represents Romania in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Elena-Gabriela Ruse?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse is 172 cm / 5'8".
Does Elena-Gabriela Ruse use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Elena-Gabriela Ruse left-handed or right-handed?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Elena-Gabriela Ruse won?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elena-Gabriela Ruse won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elena-Gabriela Ruse's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Elena-Gabriela Ruse won?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Hamburg in 2021.
What is Elena-Gabriela Ruse's highest WTA ranking?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 51, first achieved on May 23, 2022.
What is Elena-Gabriela Ruse's career win-loss record?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse has a career WTA singles record of 66 wins and 86 losses (43.4%).
How much career prize money has Elena-Gabriela Ruse earned?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse has earned at least $4,051,650 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Elena-Gabriela Ruse's career appear in TennisDB?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2016 through 2026.
On which surface does Elena-Gabriela Ruse have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elena-Gabriela Ruse's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 49.0% (25–26).
Who has Elena-Gabriela Ruse faced most often?: Elena-Gabriela Ruse's most frequent opponent is Barbora Krejcikova, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.