Greetje Minnen and Elena Gabriela Ruse will clash against each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 13. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Gabriela Ruse who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.88
Greetje Minnen -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Greetje Minnen vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

This will be the 3rd time that Greetje Minnen and Elena Gabriela Ruse clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Gabriela Ruse won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in the W60 Zagreb back in 2021.

Greetje Minnen

Greetje Minnen

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
121
High
59
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-19 20-13 4-3 4-1 8-2 0-0
2024 26-32 18-19 2-7 0-2 6-4 0-0
2023 56-20 12-6 13-4 22-6 5-3 4-1
2022 19-21 0-9 2-4 10-4 2-4 5-0
2021 39-27 19-12 7-6 8-7 5-2 0-0

Ranked no. 119, the Belgian reached the qualifications after defeating Katharina Hobgarski 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Minnen had a good straight sets win against Hobgarski (6-4 6-2). During the match, Minnen scored 64 points vs Hobgarski’s 49. Greetje was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Minnen recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 60% of her first serves in, winning 59% (19/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Greetje broke Hobgarski 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Minnen has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (298-157). 12-3 on clay in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Minnen has a compiled 67-43 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W60 Sunderland where she overcame Mona Barthel in the final 6-2 1-6 6-0 and the W40 Porto where she beat Tara Wurth in the final 6-2 6-2.

Minnen has an aggregate 35-9 win-loss record in 2023, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Minnen's Record

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
88
High
51
WWWWWLWLWL
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. 156, Elena reached the qualifications after beating Jaqueline Cristian 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-3 6-4). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 59 points vs Cristian’s 47. Elena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 66% of her first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Elena was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Cristian 6 times.

Gabriela Ruse has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.

French Open
Gabriela Ruse's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Minnen
E.Gabriela Ruse
1h:18
1h:18
Time on court​
1h:13
1h:13
1h:18
1h:18
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
64
64
Total points​
59
59
64
64
Avg point​
59
59
19
19
Winners
23
23
19
19
Avg Winners​
23
23
30%
30%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
19/32
19/32
1st won total​
23/35
23/35
59%
59%
1st won %
66%
66%
12/21
12/21
2nd won total​
7/18
7/18
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
39%
39%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
6/6
6/6
6/8
6/8
Avg BP won
6/6
6/6
!
75%
75%
Won
!
100%
100%
7
7
Conceded
3
3
7
7
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
3
3
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
4
4
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Minnen Gabriela Ruse
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 19
Pts 64-49 59-47
Total Points 113 106
Winners 19 23
%Winners 30% 39%

Both Minnen and Gabriela Ruse played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Minnen and Gabriela Ruse have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Minnen played 1 game less than Gabriela Ruse. Greetje scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 23 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Minnen Gabriela Ruse
Aces 2 1
Avg per match 2 1
1st in 32/53 35/53
%1st in 60% 66%
1st pts 19/32 23/35
%1st pts 59% 66%
2nd pts 12/21 7/18
%2nd pts 57% 39%

Minnen managed to score 2 aces . Gabriela Ruse scored 1 ace . Minnen won 59% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Minnen Gabriela Ruse
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/6
% Converted 75% 100%
Conceded 7 3
Saved 4 0
% Saved 57% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

Greetje broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Minnen
Q1
Hobgarski
Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 64-49 64-49
Total points 113 113
Winners 19 19
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 32/53 32/53
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 19/32 19/32
% 1st pts 59% 59%
2nd pts 12/21 12/21
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 4/7 4
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 3 3
Gabriela Ruse
Q1
Cristian
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 59-47 59-47
Total points 106 106
Winners 23 23
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 35/53 35/53
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 23/35 23/35
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 7/18 7/18
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/6 6/6
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 0/3 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores – French Open

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