![]() Ruse at the2025 Transylvania Open | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
Born | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (age 27) Bucharest |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $2,352,762 |
Singles | |
Career record | 301–186 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 51 (23 May 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 112 (3 February 2025) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2022,2025) |
French Open | 1R (2022) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2018,2019,2022,2024) |
US Open | 3R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 159–94 |
Career titles | 2 WTA 125 |
Highest ranking | No. 32 (8 May 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 51 (3 February 2025) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2023) |
French Open | SF (2024) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2024) |
US Open | QF (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 2-3 |
Last updated on: 3 February 2025. |
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian professionaltennis player. She has a career-highWTA singles ranking of world No. 51 and a doubles ranking of No. 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively.
She won her maidenWTA Tour singles title at the2021 Hamburg European Open. She has also won six singles and eleven doubles titles on theITF Circuit.
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 beatKatie Swan in the final. Ruse also reached the semifinals of the2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr. On theITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 7, achieved on 18 May 2015.
When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking.
In July 2015, Ruse made herWTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at theBucharest Open in the doubles event, partneringJaqueline Cristian. She also received a wildcard into the qualifying draw in singles at the same tournament and beatAlexandra Cadanțu in the first round. She lost her next match toMaria Sakkari. She reached semifinals at $10k events in Bucharest and Antalya.
In December 2015, Ruse won her first professional singles title at Antalya, beatingEkaterine 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 playerLaura 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 toClaudia Giovine in straight sets, snapping her 14-match winning streak in singles, and in the second one she beatJulia Grabher. At the end of April, Ruse qualified for a $25k event in Chiasso, Switzerland and reached the semifinals, where she lost to fellow qualifierAmanda Carreras.
After taking time off for her high school graduation, Ruse returned to competition in June at the $50k event inEssen, Germany. As the last direct acceptance, Ruse shocked top seedAliaksandra 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 qualifierOlga Sáez Larra.
Ruse qualified for her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the2018 Wimbledon Championships.
She reached her first WTA tournament final at the2019 Bucharest Open, partnering again with Jaqueline Cristian; they were defeated byViktória Kužmová andKristýna Plíšková in the championship match.
She made her WTA 1000 debut at theIndian Wells Open as a qualifier.
Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at theHamburg European Open, defeatingAndrea Petkovic in the final. As a result of this successful run, she climbed 65 positions and entered the top 150 in singles at a new career-high of world No. 133.[1] Following her run in Hamburg, Ruse reached a second consecutive final later that month, at thePalermo Ladies Open; however, she lost it in straight sets toDanielle Collins.[2]
She made herUS Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in the first round toMarkéta Vondroušová.[3] At the same tournament she reached her first Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal partneringMonica Niculescu.
She reached another new career-high of No. 83 in the world on 18 October 2021, and finished the year ranked No. 85.[4]
InDubai, she qualified into the main draw and defeated world No. 5 and third seedPaula Badosa for her first top-10 win.
She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 51, on 23 May 2022.
In doubles at theAustralian Open, she reached the semifinals partneringMarta Kostyuk.She reached the second round at theMonterrey Open as a qualifier, defeating Mérida Open championCamila Giorgi.
She qualified for her only Major of the season, in singles at theUS Open.[5] At the same tournament in doubles, she reached the third round with Kostyuk.Ranked No. 188, she reached her first final in more than two years and for the season as a wildcard at theTransylvania Open.[6]
At the2024 French Open, she reached the doubles semifinals for the first time at this Major, partnering again Marta Kostyuk, with wins over ninth seedsLeylah Fernandez andErin Routliffe, and thenMirra Andreeva andVera Zvonareva by walkover.[7]
She reached the semifinals at the WTA 125Ladies Hamburg Open defeating two seeds en-route, eighth seedLaura Pigossi and second seedTamara Korpatsch, and returned to the top 125 in the rankings on 12 August 2024.[8]
Ranked No. 122, she qualified for the main draw at theUS Open defeatingJulia Grabher and then upsetting eighth seedBarbora Krejčíková, her second top 10 win, to reach the third round of a major for the first time in her career.[9][10] She lost to 26th seedPaula Badosa in the third round, after a deciding set tiebreak.[11] She returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings at world No. 93 on 23 September 2024.[citation needed]
AlongsideMonica Niculescu, she won the doubles at theHong Kong 125 Open in October, defeatingNao Hibino andMakoto Ninomiya in the final.[12] PartneringMonica Niculescu, Ruse won the doubles title at theWTA 125 Open Angers Arena Loire, defeatingBelinda Bencic andCeline Naef in the final.[13]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results inWTA Tour,Grand Slam tournaments,Billie Jean King Cup,United Cup,Hopman Cup andOlympic Games are included in win–loss records.[14]
After the2025 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | 2R | Q2 | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | 31% |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | A | A | A | QR[b] | A | A | 1R | 0 / 0 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai /Qatar Open[c] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
China Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% | |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | Career total: 52 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 3 | ||
Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 7–10 | 6–6 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0 / 21 | 16–22 | 42% |
Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 8–2 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1 / 17 | 12–16 | 43% | ||
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 11–6 | 9–19 | 7–8 | 4-2 | 1 / 45 | 31–45 | 41% | |
Year-end ranking[d] | 254 | 265 | 243 | 182 | 177 | 85 | 104 | 125 | 90 | $1,657,396 |
Current through the2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 3R | SF | 0 / 3 | 9–3 | 75% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 0 / 9 | 21–11 | 66% |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | A | A | A | A | QR[b] | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai /Qatar Open[c] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | SF | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% | |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | Career total: 34 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | |||
Overall W–L | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 0–2 | 6–4 | 7–8 | 17–10 | 0 / 34 | 42–33 | 56% | |
Year-end ranking | 575 | 250 | 285 | 200 | 119 | 124 | 99 | 93 | 37 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Hamburg European Open, Germany | WTA 250 | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2021 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | WTA 250 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2023 | Transylvania Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2019 | Bucharest Open, Romania | International[e] | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 2015 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 7–6(3), 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(3), 0–6, 6–1 |
Win | 3–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–1 | Mar 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 4–1 | Apr 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2016 | Open de Touraine, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 6–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Arad, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 6–3 | Mar 2019 | Yokohama Challenger, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2015 | ITF Arad, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2015 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Dec 2015 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(4), 2–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(0), 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(1), 6–1 |
Win | 4–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2016 | Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Aug 2017 | ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 6–3 | Sep 2017 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–1, [10–6] |
Loss | 6–4 | Sep 2017 | Sofia Cup, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Oct 2017 | Open de Touraine, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(3), 3–6 |
Win | 7–5 | Sep 2018 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 7–6 | Sep 2018 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(3), 2–6 |
Loss | 7–7 | Jan 2019 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 7–8 | Feb 2019 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 8–8 | Jan 2020 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8] |
Win | 9–8 | Oct 2020 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–9 | May 2021 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(5), 2–6 |
Win | 10–9 | Jun 2021 | Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 11–9 | Jun 2024 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | Rank | H2H |
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2021 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–1 | ![]() | No. 6 | Chicago Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 3–6, 3–6 | No. 98 | |
2022 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–2 | ![]() | No. 7 | Sydney International, Australia | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 1–6 | No. 82 | |
Win | 1–2 | ![]() | No. 5 | Dubai Championships, UAE | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | No. 59 | |
Loss | 1–3 | ![]() | No. 1 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 2R | 3–6, 0–6 | No. 57 | |
2024 | |||||||||
Loss | 1–4 | ![]() | No. 4 | Wimbledon, UK | Grass | 1R | 3–6, 1–6 | No. 152 | |
Win | 2–4 | ![]() | No. 8 | US Open, USA | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 7–5 | No. 122 |