Elena Gabriela Ruse and Anna Zaja will play each other in the 2nd round of the European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Gabriela Ruse who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.333
Anna Zaja -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Anna Zaja
There is no head to head record between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Anna Zaja since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Ranked no. 198, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating En Shuo Liang 6-2 6-1, Isabella Shinikova 6-3 6-3 and Jil Teichmann 7-5 7-61.
In the 1st round, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (7-5 7-61). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 90 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 81. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gabriela Ruse wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 7 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 50% of her first serves in, winning 47% (21/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the 2nd serve. Gabriela Ruse broke Belen Teichmann 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).
Gabriela Ruse has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of her matches (201-116). 11-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gabriela Ruse has an overall126-68 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Gabriela Ruse’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W25 Prague.
The Romanian has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2021, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hamburg
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Anna Zaja
Ranked no. 372, Anna reached the 2nd round after beating Jasmin Jebawy 6-2 6-3, Katharina Gerlach 7-5 3-6 6-4 and Viktoriya Tomova 0-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Tomova, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Zaja scored 77 points vs Tomova’s 76. Zaja was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Zaja recorded 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Anna Zaja lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zaja put 66% of her first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Zaja broke Tomova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Anna’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W25 Liepaja.
Anna has an overall 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gabriela Ruse | Zaja |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 75 |
| Pts | 233-185 | 249-237 |
| Total Points | 418 | 486 |
| Winners | 64 | 107 |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% |
Both Gabriela Ruse and Zaja played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Anna Zaja dropped 2 sets while Elena Gabriela Ruse hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gabriela Ruse has played 2 set(s) less than Zaja (6 vs 8). Therefore, Gabriela Ruse played 17 games less than Zaja. Gabriela Ruse scored 64 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 107 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gabriela Ruse | Zaja |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 108/202 | 161/240 |
| %1st in | 53% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 64/108 | 107/161 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 47/94 | 36/79 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 46% |
Gabriela Ruse scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zaja made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Gabriela Ruse won 59% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zaja won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gabriela Ruse | Zaja |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 14 |
| Converted | 20/41 | 14/29 |
| % Converted | 49% | 48% |
| Conceded | 32 | 21 |
| Saved | 21 | 11 |
| % Saved | 66% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 10 |
Elena broke her opponents 20 times with a 49% conversion rate. Elena dropped her serve 11 times and she saved 66% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gabriela Ruse | |||||
| Q1 Shuo Liang |
Q3 Shinikova |
R1 Belen Teichmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 79-60 | 90-81 | 233-185 | |
| Total points | 108 | 139 | 171 | 418 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 21 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 34% | 23% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 24/49 | 39/63 | 45/90 | 108/202 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 62% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 16/24 | 27/39 | 21/45 | 64/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 69% | 47% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/24 | 23/45 | 47/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/16 | 8/12 | 20/41 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 31% | 67% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6/8 | 9/16 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 56% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| Zaja | |||||
| Q1 Jebawy |
Q3 Gerlach |
R1 Tomova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 3-6 6-4 | 0-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 27 | 75 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 102-106 | 77-76 | 249-237 | |
| Total points | 125 | 208 | 153 | 486 | |
| Winners | 27 | 47 | 33 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 70/100 | 52/79 | 161/240 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 70% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 47/70 | 33/52 | 107/161 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 67% | 63% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 15/30 | 11/27 | 36/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 50% | 41% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/13 | 5/8 | 14/29 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 31% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 40% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna ZajaZaja – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Mandy MinellaMinella (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Sara ErraniErrani – Fiona FerroFerro (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Astra SharmaSharma (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Sara ErraniErrani – Fiona FerroFerro (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Sara ErraniErrani (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Kristina KucovaKucova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna ZajaZaja – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-3) – H2H and prediction
