Xiyu Wang and Elena Gabriela Ruse will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Transylvania Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Xiyu Wang who should win in 3 sets.
Xiyu Wang -> 1.65
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Xiyu Wang vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
There is no head to head record between Xiyu Wang and Elena Gabriela Ruse since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Xiyu Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-18 | 17-11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-30 | 18-19 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 17-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 15-10 | 23-11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 8-7 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 59, Wang reached the 2nd round after beating Jaqueline Cristian 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Xiyu had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-3 6-3). During the match, Wang scored 68 points vs Cristian’s 46. Xiyu was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wang recorded 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Xiyu Wang was very effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of her 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Xiyu broke Cristian 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Wang has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of her matches (157-101). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Wang has an aggregate1-3 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Xiyu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W100 Palm Harbor,the W60 Charlottesville,the W100 Charleston and the Valencia.
Wang has an overall 39-23 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-19 | 12-11 | 7-4 | 6-2 | 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. 104, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Harmony Tan 6-75 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Tan, Gabriela Ruse recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 6-3). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 106 points vs Tan’s 93. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 66% of her first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Tan 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Gabriela Ruse has a compiled 17-20 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wang | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 |
| Pts | 68-46 | 106-93 |
| Total Points | 114 | 199 |
| Winners | 27 | 43 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Wang and Gabriela Ruse played 1 match. At the moment, Elena Gabriela Ruse conceded 1 set while Xiyu Wang hasn’t lost a set so far. Wang has played 1 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (2 vs 3). Therefore, Wang played 12 games less than Gabriela Ruse. The Chinese scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse blasted 43 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wang | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 65/98 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 43/65 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 61% |
Wang bagged 6 aces . Gabriela Ruse scored 1 ace . Wang won 84% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wang | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Chinese broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Wang pretty effective on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Wang | |||
| R1 Cristian | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 68-46 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||
| R1 Tan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 106-93 | 106-93 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/98 | 65/98 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 43/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Cluj
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- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Andrea BassoBasso (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Jaroslav PospisilPospisil (2-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor GalovicGalovic – Walter TrusendiTrusendi (7-69 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Orlando LuzLuz – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Lorenzo FrigerioFrigerio (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Filippo BaldiBaldi (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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