H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Paula Badosa vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse H2H: 2-1

Paula Badosa holds a 2–1 lead over Elena-Gabriela Ruse in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Paula Badosa leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Paula Badosa won the 2025 Roland Garros second round 3-6 6-4 6-4.

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Paula Badosa
Spain Age 28 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main-draw meetings
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Romania Age 28 Right-Handed 172 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Paula Badosa #10 3-6 6-4 6-4 Elena-Gabriela Ruse #80 Match data May 29, 2025 R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Paula Badosa #29 4-6 6-1 7-6(8) Elena-Gabriela Ruse #122 Match data Sep 1, 2024* R32 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Elena-Gabriela Ruse #59 6-3 5-7 6-4 Paula Badosa #5 Match data Feb 16, 2022* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships WTA 500 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Paula Badosa #87 #2 5,045 2,039 178 116 60.5% 0 1 0 2 1 4
Elena-Gabriela Ruse #64 #51 1,127 1,879 63 84 42.9% 0 0 0 0 1 1

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Paula Badosa Elena-Gabriela Ruse
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2015 2–3 40.0% #230 1,522 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2016 0–3 0.0% #313 1,477 0 0 2016 0–1 0.0% #266 1,489 0 0
19 2017 0–1 0.0% #246 1,458 0 0 2017 1–1 50.0% #243 1,499 0 0
20 2018 2–2 50.0% #140 1,528 0 0 2018 1–4 20.0% #251 1,515 0 0
21 2019 7–9 43.8% #97 1,601 0 0 2019 2–4 33.3% #185 1,575 0 0
22 2020 7–4 63.6% #70 1,664 0 0 2020 0–1 0.0% #159 1,596 0 0
23 2021 43–17 71.7% #8 1,976 0 2 2021 11–6 64.7% #87 1,733 0 1
24 2022 31–21 59.6% #13 1,835 0 3 2022 9–19 32.1% #117 1,644 0 1
25 2023 17–10 63.0% #64 1,920 0 3 2023 7–8 46.7% #128 1,718 0 1
26 2024 37–18 67.3% #12 2,017 0 4 2024 5–7 41.7% #121 1,712 0 1
27 2025 17–11 60.7% #25 1,936 0 4 2025 13–15 46.4% #88 1,738 0 1
28 2026 15–17 46.9% #87 1,866 0 4 2026 14–18 43.8% #64 1,825 0 1

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Paula Badosa Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 2015 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2016 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2016 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 2017 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2017 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
20 2018 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2018 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
21 2019 2 4 6 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2019 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
22 2020 1 2 3 33.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2020 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
23 2021 23 12 35 65.7% 17 3 20 85.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2021 2 4 6 33.3% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — —
24 2022 20 14 34 58.8% 8 5 13 61.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 2022 7 10 17 41.2% 1 6 7 14.3% 1 3 4 25.0%
25 2023 5 5 10 50.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 2023 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
26 2024 26 11 37 70.3% 6 5 11 54.5% 5 2 7 71.4% 2024 2 4 6 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2025 13 7 20 65.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 2025 4 10 14 28.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7%
28 2026 5 8 13 38.5% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% 2026 5 10 15 33.3% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 3 8 62.5%
Career — 97 67 164 59.1% 63 33 96 65.6% 18 16 34 52.9% — 26 45 71 36.6% 25 26 51 49.0% 12 13 25 48.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 274/300 of Paula Badosa's and 137/147 of Elena-Gabriela Ruse's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Paula Badosa Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2015 4/5 2.3 4.0 70.5% 63.4% 41.3% 56.3% 64.7% 57.1% 40.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2016 3/3 0.7 3.3 62.0% 60.2% 52.4% 52.4% 43.8% 57.0% 31.7% 2016 1/1 0.0 4.0 59.3% 58.3% 48.5% 50.0% 16.7% 54.3% 32.7%
19 2017 1/1 1.0 8.0 49.3% 55.9% 37.1% 53.8% 80.0% 46.4% 43.3% 2017 2/2 0.5 3.0 67.1% 67.2% 52.5% 60.0% 40.3% 62.4% 45.5%
20 2018 4/4 2.3 5.5 55.9% 60.1% 42.2% 51.1% 52.7% 52.4% 37.2% 2018 5/5 2.0 6.4 59.0% 61.7% 40.7% 51.0% 31.7% 52.9% 40.6%
21 2019 16/16 3.8 3.5 57.7% 68.3% 45.9% 53.9% 37.6% 58.1% 37.8% 2019 6/6 3.2 7.2 57.4% 64.9% 40.0% 55.8% 47.3% 53.9% 42.8%
22 2020 11/11 3.5 3.5 65.7% 65.8% 45.1% 48.4% 51.4% 58.6% 47.5% 2020 1/1 2.0 12.0 50.6% 67.5% 20.5% 40.0% 44.4% 44.3% 49.3%
23 2021 56/60 3.9 5.4 64.6% 69.8% 45.0% 56.2% 48.7% 61.0% 45.2% 2021 16/17 2.1 4.2 52.6% 61.1% 44.3% 56.9% 41.0% 53.2% 47.9%
24 2022 51/52 3.8 3.9 62.4% 66.1% 47.1% 52.7% 46.2% 59.2% 44.4% 2022 28/28 2.7 6.4 54.3% 59.8% 39.8% 47.1% 52.0% 50.3% 43.6%
25 2023 26/27 4.0 4.3 56.9% 69.6% 49.2% 58.1% 47.2% 60.6% 45.3% 2023 15/15 2.1 3.7 60.1% 62.8% 45.1% 51.3% 45.3% 55.7% 45.2%
26 2024 55/57 4.8 5.7 56.6% 71.2% 46.9% 63.8% 52.2% 60.3% 45.1% 2024 12/12 3.1 4.8 56.3% 66.5% 45.0% 48.5% 46.9% 57.1% 43.8%
27 2025 17/31 4.9 4.8 61.5% 72.0% 47.1% 57.6% 50.0% 62.7% 42.3% 2025 20/28 3.4 5.3 57.1% 63.8% 42.7% 50.7% 44.8% 54.6% 44.2%
28 2026 30/33 3.9 6.9 56.0% 67.4% 40.6% 50.3% 38.8% 55.6% 42.9% 2026 31/32 3.5 4.4 54.5% 63.6% 43.5% 46.2% 41.9% 54.5% 41.7%
Career — 274/300 4.0 5.0 60.2% 68.6% 45.8% 56.1% 47.6% 59.5% 43.9% — 137/147 2.8 5.1 55.9% 62.8% 42.8% 49.8% 44.8% 53.8% 43.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Paula Badosa Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 2015 1523 117.6 -0.54 -1.81 0.940 48.0% +27 — — 50.0% +0.38 — — — -0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2016 1477 96.2 -0.29 -3.37 0.738 45.4% — — — 0.0% -2.75 — — — +0.43 2016 1490 98.7 -0.62 -1.13 0.716 45.6% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — -0.07
19 2017 1458 100.2 +0.14 -0.68 0.808 45.0% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.01 2017 1500 110.1 +1.92 +0.08 1.209 53.2% — — — 50.0% +1.00 — — — +0.02
20 2018 1529 108.0 -1.53 -3.44 0.782 45.8% — +71 — 50.0% +0.63 2–0 0–1 — +0.11 2018 1516 104.7 -1.81 -0.97 0.863 46.9% — -56 — 35.7% -1.07 1–3 (25%) — — -0.26
21 2019 1601 111.9 +0.53 -2.84 0.902 48.2% -128 +67 +50 44.1% -0.59 1–1 2–2 (50%) — +0.03 2019 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
22 2020 1665 124.1 +1.36 +1.56 1.149 53.2% -156 +111 — 56.0% +0.92 3–0 (100%) — — +0.96 2020 1596 103.9 -0.65 -1.59 0.886 46.8% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — 0–1 — +0.16
23 2021 1976 151.5 +4.20 +2.86 1.159 52.9% -104 +26 -291 66.2% +1.16 16–6 (73%) 12–8 (60%) 111.9 -0.18 2021 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
24 2022 1836 154.6 +2.76 +2.01 1.087 51.9% +1 +145 -104 60.9% +0.69 9–5 (64%) 14–4 (78%) 106.3 +0.32 2022 1645 129.0 -4.15 +1.25 0.878 46.9% +43 -2 +6 35.8% -1.05 5–6 (45%) 4–3 (57%) 99.8 -1.74
25 2023 1921 154.7 +3.30 +2.60 1.150 52.7% -57 +106 — 65.5% +1.26 4–4 (50%) 5–4 (56%) 98.3 -0.83 2023 1719 130.0 -0.54 +1.50 1.019 50.3% +17 -31 — 47.2% -0.11 3–3 (50%) 2–0 — +0.07
26 2024 2018 157.3 +3.81 +3.36 1.137 53.0% -7 -46 -166 65.6% +1.12 14–8 (64%) 4–3 (57%) 103.4 -0.98 2024 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
27 2025 1937 147.3 +3.99 +0.17 1.134 52.7% +54 +1 -93 60.9% +0.62 6–5 (55%) 7–5 (58%) 99.3 +0.71 2025 1739 136.2 -1.30 +0.87 0.973 49.3% -39 +49 +93 47.6% -0.05 4–4 (50%) 2–7 (22%) 96.0 -1.51
28 2026 1866 140.6 -0.44 +0.06 0.965 49.3% +29 +105 -63 49.3% -0.15 4–6 (40%) 4–6 (40%) 92.7 -1.33 2026 1826 140.2 -1.37 -0.09 0.917 48.1% -76 -77 +97 45.1% -0.45 3–4 (43%) 4–1 (80%) 101.3 -2.57
Career — 2040 151.8 +2.70 +1.68 1.083 51.8% -25 +69 -115 60.1% +0.73 59–35 (63%) 48–33 (59%) 108.3 -0.33 — 1880 134.9 -1.66 +0.87 0.948 48.8% -15 -15 +85 44.2% -0.40 22–26 (46%) 17–18 (49%) 97.9 -5.52

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.