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Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 51 in singles and 84 in doubles. She won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg European Open. She has also won six singles titles 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 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 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 main draw at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
She reached her first WTA tournament final at the 2019 Bucharest Open, partnering again with Jaqueline Cristian, where they were defeated by Viktória Kužmová and Kristýna Plíšková in the championship match.
2021: Maiden WTA title, top 100 debut
Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 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.[1] Following her run in Hamburg, Ruse reached a second consecutive final later that month, at the Palermo Open; she lost in straight sets to Danielle Collins.[2] She made her US Open debut towards the end of the year as a qualifier, but lost in the first round to Markéta Vondroušová.[3] She reached a new career high of No. 83 in the world on October 18, 2021, and finished the year ranked No. 85. [4]
Performance timeline
Key
| W |
F |
SF |
QF |
R# |
RR |
Q# |
A |
P |
Z# |
PO |
G |
F-S |
SF-B |
NMS |
NH |
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[5]
Singles
Current through the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| WTA 1000 (0–0) |
| WTA 500 (0–0) |
| WTA 250 (1–1) |
|
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam |
| WTA 1000 |
| WTA 500 |
| WTA 250 (0–1) |
|
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)
| Legend |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 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(7–3), 6–2 |
| Win |
2–0 |
Feb 2016 |
ITF Antalya, Turkey |
10,000 |
Clay |
 Josephine Boualem |
7–6(7–3), 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 |
ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France |
50,000[lower-alpha 3] |
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 |
ITF 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 |
| $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(4–7), 2–6 |
| Win |
2–2 |
Feb 2016 |
ITF Antalya, Turkey |
10,000 |
Clay |
 Petia Arshinkova |
 Eleni Daniilidou
 Arina Folts |
7–6(7–0), 6–4 |
| Win |
3–2 |
Feb 2016 |
ITF Antalya, Turkey |
10,000 |
Clay |
Dasha Ivanova |
 Adrijana Lekaj
Viktoriya Tomova |
7–6(7–1), 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 |
ITF Essen, 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 |
ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France |
25,000 |
Hard (i) |
Jaqueline Cristian |
 Sarah Beth Grey
Samantha Murray |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Win |
7–5 |
Sep 2018 |
ITF Montreux, 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(3–7), 2–6 |
| Loss |
7–7 |
Jan 2019 |
ITF 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 |
ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France |
60,000 |
Hard (i) |
Jaqueline Cristian |
 Raluca Șerban
Ekaterine Gorgodze |
7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [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(5–7), 2–6 |
| Win |
10–9 |
Jun 2021 |
ITF Nottingham, UK |
100,000 |
Grass |
Monica Niculescu |
 Priscilla Hon
Storm Sanders |
7–5, 7–5 |
Top 10 wins
| Season |
2022 |
Total |
| Wins |
1 |
1 |
Notes
References
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