Danka Kovinic and Elena Gabriela Ruse will square off in the quarter of Dubai (W100+H) for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Danka Kovinic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Danka Kovinic is the pick to win this match.
Danka Kovinic -> 1.61
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Danka Kovinic vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
There is no head to head record between Danka Kovinic and Elena Gabriela Ruse since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Danka Kovinic
Ranked no. 77, the got to the quarter after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-3 and Lesley Kerkhove 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kovinic had a good straight sets win against Kerkhove (7-65 6-2). During the match Kovinic scored 76 points vs Kerkhove’s 66. Kovinic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovinic recorded 8 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Danka Kovinic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovinic put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Kovinic broke Kerkhove 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Danka hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Kovinic has a a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (304-231). 3-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kovinic has a 85-99 match record in the last years on hard.
Danka has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2020, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
The didn’t play in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Ranked no. 177, Gabriela Ruse got to the quarter after defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-2 7-5, Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2 6-4, Kaja Juvan 6-2 6-76 6-1 and Kristina Mladenovic 2-2 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Romanian defeated Mladenovic (2-2 ret.). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 11 points vs Mladenovic’s 10. Elena was pretty aggressive to blast 6 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Elena Gabriela Ruse conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 60% of her first serves in, win 100% (6/6) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (2/4) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gabriela Ruse has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The Romanian has a 17-9 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Elena had to surrender in the 1st round to Vitalia Diatchenko.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovinic | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 66 |
| Pts | 136-108 | 254-193 |
| Total Points | 244 | 447 |
| Winners | 55 | 97 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Kovinic played 2 matches while Gabriela Ruse competed in 3 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Kovinic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elena Gabriela Ruse dropped 1 set while Danka Kovinic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kovinic has played 3 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (4 vs 7). Therefore, Kovinic played 29 games less than Gabriela Ruse. Danka scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Elena fired 97 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovinic | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 75/133 | 131/216 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/75 | 97/131 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/58 | 40/85 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Kovinic scored 10 aces (5 per match). Gabriela Ruse blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Kovinic won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% 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 | Kovinic | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 17 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 17/36 |
| % Converted | 57% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 14 |
| % Saved | 78% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
The broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The lost her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Gabriela Ruse broke her opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kovinic | ||||
| R1 Cristian |
R2 Kerkhove |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 76-66 | 136-108 | |
| Total points | 102 | 142 | 244 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 45/77 | 75/133 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 32/45 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 15/32 | 29/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | ||||||
| Q1 Grammatikopoulou |
Q3 Vikhlyantseva |
R1 Juvan |
R2 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-76 6-1 | 2-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 70 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 70-55 | 117-88 | 11-10 | 265-203 | |
| Total points | 117 | 125 | 205 | 21 | 468 | |
| Winners | 31 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 29% | 39% | 55% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 29/61 | 66/98 | 6/10 | 137/226 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 48% | 67% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 20/29 | 46/66 | 6/6 | 103/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 69% | 70% | 100% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/21 | 16/32 | 17/32 | 2/4 | 42/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 50% | 53% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 | 7/15 | 0/0 | 17/36 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 47% | NAN% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/6 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 70% | – | 99% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
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