Elena Gabriela Ruse and Mirjam Bjorklund will play each other in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Gabriela Ruse who should win in 3 sets.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.73
Mirjam Bjorklund -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Mirjam Bjorklund
There is no head to head record between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Mirjam Bjorklund since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
| 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. 144, the Romanian got to the qualifications after defeating Tereza Martincova 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Martincova, Elena had a free pass after Martincova retired on a 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Gabriela Ruse has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (239-148). 5-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Gabriela Ruse has an overall 50-34 match record in the last years on hard.
Gabriela Ruse has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Gabriela Ruse has never competed in this tournament before.
Mirjam Bjorklund
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-17 | 11-9 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 9-8 | 15-6 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 10-10 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Bjorklund reached the qualifications after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-77 7-5.
In the qualifications, Mirjam defeated Sasnovich (6-3 6-77 7-5). During the match Bjorklund scored 115 points vs Sasnovich’s 105. Mirjam was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Bjorklund fired 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mirjam Bjorklund lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bjorklund put 69% of her first serves in, winning 68% (46/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Sasnovich 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
The Swede has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gabriela Ruse | Bjorklund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 34 |
| Pts | 39-25 | 115-105 |
| Total Points | 64 | 220 |
| Winners | 14 | 46 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Gabriela Ruse and Bjorklund played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mirjam Bjorklund surrendered 1 set while Elena Gabriela Ruse hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Gabriela Ruse and Bjorklund have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gabriela Ruse played 22 games less than Bjorklund. The Romanian scored 14 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mirjam blasted 46 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gabriela Ruse | Bjorklund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 18/36 | 68/99 |
| %1st in | 50% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 46/68 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 14/31 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 45% |
Gabriela Ruse bagged 3 aces . Bjorklund managed to score 3 aces . Gabriela Ruse won 78% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bjorklund won 68% 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 | Gabriela Ruse | Bjorklund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Elena broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Mirjam broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mirjam conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gabriela Ruse | |||
| Q1 Martincova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 39-25 | 39-25 | |
| Total points | 64 | 64 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bjorklund | |||
| Q1 Sasnovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-77 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 115-105 | 115-105 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 68/99 | 68/99 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 46/68 | 46/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Nigina AbduraimovaAbduraimova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (9-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H and prediction