Kristina Mladenovic and Elena Gabriela Ruse will play each other in the 2nd round of Dubai (W100+H) for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on Court 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kristina Mladenovic who should win in 3 sets.
Kristina Mladenovic -> 1.615
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Mladenovic vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
There is no head to head record between Kristina Mladenovic and Elena Gabriela Ruse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 49, Kristina reached the 2nd round after defeating Magdalena Frech 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kristina had a good straight sets win against Frech (6-4 7-5). During the match Mladenovic scored 74 points vs Frech’s 73. Kristina was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mladenovic scored 2 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 62% of her first serves in, winning 55% (27/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Mladenovic broke Frech 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Mladenovic has a a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (302-266). 8-6 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Mladenovic has a 112-134 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The French player has a 9-10 win-loss record in 2020, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
The French player lost in the semifinal to Daria Snigur.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Ranked no. 177, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-2 7-5, Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2 6-4 and Kaja Juvan 6-2 6-76 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Juvan (6-2 6-76 6-1). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 117 points vs Juvan’s 88. Gabriela Ruse was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse made 2 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 67% of her first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Juvan 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
The Romanian has a 16-9 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Gabriela Ruse had to surrender in the 1st round to Vitalia Diatchenko.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mladenovic | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 66 |
| Pts | 74-73 | 254-193 |
| Total Points | 147 | 447 |
| Winners | 27 | 97 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Mladenovic played 1 match while Gabriela Ruse competed in 3 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Mladenovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elena Gabriela Ruse dropped 1 set while Kristina Mladenovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mladenovic has played 5 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (2 vs 7). Therefore, Mladenovic played 44 games less than Gabriela Ruse. Mladenovic scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse bagged 97 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mladenovic | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 131/216 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/49 | 97/131 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 40/85 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 47% |
Mladenovic recorded 2 aces . Gabriela Ruse struck 6 aces (2 per match). Mladenovic won 55% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mladenovic | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 17/36 |
| % Converted | 70% | 47% |
| Conceded | 12 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 14 |
| % Saved | 58% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Kristina broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The French player dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Gabriela Ruse broke her opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mladenovic | |||
| R1 Frech | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-73 | 74-73 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 49/79 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 11/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||||
| Q1 Grammatikopoulou | Q3 Vikhlyantseva | R1 Juvan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-76 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 28 | 66 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 70-55 | 117-88 | 254-193 | |
| Total points | 117 | 125 | 205 | 447 | |
| Winners | 31 | 20 | 46 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 29% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 29/61 | 66/98 | 131/216 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 48% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 20/29 | 46/66 | 97/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 69% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/21 | 16/32 | 17/32 | 40/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 50% | 53% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 | 7/15 | 17/36 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/6 | 7/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 70% | 197% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
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