Elena Gabriela Ruse and Emma Raducanu will fight against each other in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Stadium. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.727
Emma Raducanu -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Emma Raducanu

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

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

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Rank
99
High
51
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-18 12-11 7-4 0-1 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. 128, Gabriela Ruse got to the 1st round after defeating Anna Danilina 6-3 6-3 and Jule Niemeier 6-0 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Romanian defeated Niemeier (6-0 3-6 6-3). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 86 points vs Niemeier’s 72. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gabriela Ruse couldn’t to score even 1 ace and she committed only 6 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 62% of her first serves in, winning 59% (30/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Gabriela Ruse broke Niemeier 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.

Gabriela Ruse has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (263-162). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gabriela Ruse has an overall 65-41 match record in the last years on hard.

The Romanian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Auckland
Gabriela Ruse's Record

Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu

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Rank
29
High
10
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-22 17-14 6-4 0-1 5-3 0-0
2024 23-13 9-8 4-2 3-0 7-3 0-0
2023 5-5 5-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 17-19 10-11 6-5 0-1 1-2 0-0
2021 25-9 18-4 0-0 2-2 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 298, Emma will start her run in Auckland after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Ostapenko in the 1st round on the 18th of April.

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

In terms of her career, Emma has an overall 98-49 record. She has a positive 69-26 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.

Auckland
Raducanu's Record

Tennis Scores in Auckland

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