Ajla Tomljanovic and Elena Gabriela Ruse will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.79
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

There is no head to head record between Ajla Tomljanovic and Elena Gabriela Ruse since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 39 (career-high), Tomljanovic got to the qualifications after beating Ann Li 6-0 6-4 and Heather Watson 7-5 6-7³ 7-6⁶.

In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Watson (7-5 6-7³ 7-6⁶). During the match, Tomljanovic scored 150 points vs Watson’s 145. Ajla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 68 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomljanovic fired 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 23 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 65% of her first serves in, winning 64% (68/107) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (24/57) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Watson 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ajla started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points she played.

Tomljanovic has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (230-189). 4-3 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Tomljanovic has an overall 131-106 record in the last years on hard.

The Australian has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Ranked no. 61 (career-high), the Romanian reached the qualifications after beating Anastasia Gasanova 6-2 7-5 and Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-3 6-1). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 66 points vs Paolini’s 38. Elena was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse struck 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 60% of her first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Paolini 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points she played.

The Romanian has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomljanovic	Gabriela Ruse
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	54	36
Pts	209-191	144-101
Total Points	400	245
Winners	94	44
%Winners	45%	31%

Both Tomljanovic and Gabriela Ruse played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ajla Tomljanovic conceded 1 set while Elena Gabriela Ruse hasn’t lost a set so far. Tomljanovic has played 1 set more than Gabriela Ruse (5 vs 4). Therefore, Tomljanovic played 18 games more than Gabriela Ruse. Tomljanovic scored 94 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 44 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomljanovic	Gabriela Ruse
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	3.5	3.5
1st in	146/223	63/112
%1st in	65%	56%
1st pts	94/146	44/63
%1st pts	64%	70%
2nd pts	33/77	22/49
%2nd pts	43%	45%

Tomljanovic fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Gabriela Ruse blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tomljanovic won 64% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomljanovic	Gabriela Ruse
Won	11	13
Converted	11/21	13/25
% Converted	52%	52%
Conceded	33	12
Saved	27	6
% Saved	82%	50%
Times Broken	6	6

The Australian broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Tomljanovic
	Q1 Li	Q2 Watson	Total
Score	6-0 6-4	7-5 6-73 7-66
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	38	54
pts	59-46	150-145	209-191
Total points	105	295	400
Winners	26	68	94
%Winners	44%	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	6	7
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	39/59	107/164	146/223
% 1st in	66%	65%	65%
1st pts	26/39	68/107	94/146
% 1st pts	67%	64%	64%
2nd pts	9/20	24/57	33/77
% 2nd pts	45%	42%	43%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/6	6/15	11/21
Converted %	83%	40%	52%
Conceded	5	28	33
Saved	4/5	23/28	27
Saved %	80%	82%	81%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Gabriela Ruse
	Q1 Gasanova	Q2 Paolini	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	16	36
pts	78-63	66-38	144-101
Total points	141	104	245
Winners	24	20	44
%Winners	31%	30%	31%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	8	5	13
1st in	33/62	30/50	63/112
% 1st in	53%	60%	56%
1st pts	24/33	20/30	44/63
% 1st pts	73%	67%	70%
2nd pts	12/29	10/20	22/49
% 2nd pts	41%	50%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	7	13
Converted	6/15	7/10	13/25
Converted %	40%	70%	52%
Conceded	9	3	12
Saved	6/9	0/3	6
Saved %	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Jordan ThompsonThompson (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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