Katerina Siniakova and Elena Gabriela Ruse will clash against each other in the semifinal of Dubai (W100+H) for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katerina Siniakova who should win in 3 sets.
Katerina Siniakova -> 1.53
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Katerina Siniakova vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
There is no head to head record between Katerina Siniakova and Elena Gabriela Ruse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Katerina Siniakova
Ranked no. 64, Katerina reached the semifinal after beating Ankita Raina 1-6 6-2 6-2, Anna Schmiedlova 6-2 6-2 and Heather Watson 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Katerina had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-2 7-5). During the match Siniakova scored 73 points vs Watson’s 60. Siniakova was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Siniakova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Katerina Siniakova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Siniakova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Katerina broke Watson 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Siniakova has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Siniakova has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (276-187). 10-7 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Siniakova has a 98-79 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Siniakova has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Katerina didn’t play in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Ranked no. 177, Elena reached the semifinal after defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-2 7-5, Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2 6-4, Kaja Juvan 6-2 6-76 6-1, Kristina Mladenovic 2-2 ret. and Danka Kovinic 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Elena had a good straight sets win against Kovinic (6-1 6-4). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 63 points vs Kovinic’s 43. Gabriela Ruse was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse scored 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Elena Gabriela Ruse was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Kovinic 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Gabriela Ruse has a 18-9 win-loss record in 2020, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Gabriela Ruse lost in the 1st round to Vitalia Diatchenko.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Siniakova | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 83 |
| Pts | 212-171 | 317-236 |
| Total Points | 383 | 553 |
| Winners | 79 | 118 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Siniakova played 3 matches while Gabriela Ruse competed in 4 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Siniakova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Katerina Siniakova conceded 1 set, while Elena Gabriela Ruse dropper 1 set. Siniakova has played 2 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (7 vs 9). Therefore, Siniakova played 24 games less than Gabriela Ruse. Katerina scored 79 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Elena recorded 118 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Siniakova | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 123/197 | 158/264 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 79/123 | 118/158 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 41/74 | 52/106 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 49% |
Siniakova managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Gabriela Ruse struck 8 aces (2 per match). Siniakova won 64% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Siniakova | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 22 |
| Converted | 15/26 | 22/43 |
| % Converted | 58% | 51% |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 |
| Saved | 16 | 14 |
| % Saved | 73% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
The Czech broke her opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Siniakova lost her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 22 times with a 51% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Siniakova | |||||
| R1 Raina | R2 Anna Schmiedlova | 1/4 Watson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 20 | 59 | |
| pts | 80-72 | 59-39 | 73-60 | 212-171 | |
| Total points | 152 | 98 | 133 | 383 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 32 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 31/46 | 47/77 | 123/197 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/45 | 23/31 | 32/47 | 79/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 74% | 68% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/15 | 13/30 | 41/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 73% | 43% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/4 | 6/8 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||||||
| Q1 Grammatikopoulou | Q3 Vikhlyantseva | R1 Juvan | R2 Mladenovic | 1/4 Kovinic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-76 6-1 | 2-2 ret. | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 87 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 70-55 | 117-88 | 11-10 | 63-43 | 328-246 | |
| Total points | 117 | 125 | 205 | 21 | 106 | 574 | |
| Winners | 31 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 21 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 29% | 39% | 55% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 29/61 | 66/98 | 6/10 | 27/48 | 164/274 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 48% | 67% | 60% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 20/29 | 46/66 | 6/6 | 21/27 | 124/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 69% | 70% | 100% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/21 | 16/32 | 17/32 | 2/4 | 12/21 | 54/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 50% | 53% | 50% | 57% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 | 7/15 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 22/43 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 47% | NAN% | 71% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/6 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 70% | – | 0% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai
- Christian GarinGarin – Joao Pedro SorgiPedro Sorgi (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Polona HercogHercog (3-2) – H2H and prediction