Elena Gabriela Ruse and Arina Rodionova will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.162
Arina Rodionova -> 5.5

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Arina Rodionova

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Gabriela Ruse and Arina Rodionova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gabriela Ruse won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in London back in 2018.

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
101
High
51
LWLWLWLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-19 12-11 7-4 1-2 6-2 0-0
2024 36-20 12-5 17-8 4-5 3-2 0-0
2023 31-20 18-10 6-6 5-2 2-2 0-0
2022 17-23 13-10 2-7 1-3 1-3 0-0
2021 31-16 9-5 20-8 1-1 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 87, Gabriela Ruse will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Napoca where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Halep in the 1st round on the 27th of October.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about her overall career, Gabriela Ruse has an overall 217-122 record. She has a positive 32-21 record on hard.

Previously in Melbourne

Elena has never competed in this tournament before.

Melbourne
Gabriela Ruse's Record

Arina Rodionova

Arina Rodionova

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
208
High
97
LLWWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-26 19-14 7-9 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 29-32 18-21 0-2 3-3 2-4 6-2
2023 78-27 40-16 4-4 22-3 8-3 4-1
2022 18-12 12-6 2-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 17-24 4-13 2-5 2-3 9-3 0-0

Ranked no. 152, the Australian will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in the W80+H Les Franqueses Del Valles where she lost 6-4 6-3 to In-Albon in the semifinal on the 30th of October.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of her career, The Australian has an overall 387-370 record. She has a positive 232-211 record on hard.

Previously in Melbourne

Rodionova has never competed in this tournament before.

Melbourne
Rodionova's Record

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

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