Caroline Garcia and Elena Gabriela Ruse will fight against each other in the quarter of the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Caroline Garcia who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Caroline Garcia is the pick to win this match.
Caroline Garcia -> 1.5
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.6

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Prediction and head to head Caroline Garcia vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

This will be the 2^nd time that Caroline Garcia and Elena Gabriela Ruse face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Garcia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Garcia won 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1 in the quarter in Nottingham back in 2019.

Caroline Garcia

Ranked no. 23, Garcia got to the quarter after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1 3-6 7-5 and Anna Schmiedlova 6-1 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Anna Schmiedlova (6-1 6-0). During the match, Garcia scored 51 points vs Anna Schmiedlova’s 23. Caroline was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Garcia fired 8 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Caroline Garcia conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 69% of her first serves in, win 100% (20/20) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Garcia broke Anna Schmiedlova 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Caroline has conceded 1 set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.

Garcia has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (322-218). 2-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Garcia has an overall 77-50 record in the last years on clay.

Garcia’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Australia.

Caroline has an overall 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rouen

Garcia has never competed in this tournament before.

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Ranked no. 162, the Romanian reached the quarter after beating Nuria Brancaccio 7-6⁵ 6-4, Martyna Kubka 6-4 6-0, Nao Hibino 6-2 6-1 and Clara Burel 6-0 2-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Romanian defeated Burel (6-0 2-6 6-3). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 82 points vs Burel’s 70. Gabriela Ruse was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse bagged 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 60% of her first serves in, winning 61% (28/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Burel 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Romanian has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Garcia	Gabriela Ruse
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	41	77
Pts	141-103	288-227
Total Points	244	515
Winners	58	98
%Winners	41%	34%

Garcia played 2 matches while Gabriela Ruse competed in 4 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Garcia had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Caroline Garcia conceded 1 set, while Elena Gabriela Ruse lost 1 set. Garcia has played 4 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (5 vs 9). Therefore, Garcia played 36 games less than Gabriela Ruse. The French player scored 58 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse scored 98 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Garcia	Gabriela Ruse
Aces	19	17
Avg per match	9.5	4.3
1st in	69/110	147/258
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	58/69	98/147
%1st pts	84%	67%
2nd pts	20/41	54/111
%2nd pts	49%	49%

Garcia blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Gabriela Ruse managed to score 17 aces (4.3 per match). Garcia won 84% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Garcia	Gabriela Ruse
Won	10	22
Converted	10/18	22/43
% Converted	56%	51%
Conceded	4	22
Saved	2	12
% Saved	50%	55%
Times Broken	2	10

The French player broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Garcia dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Gabriela Ruse broke her opponents 22 times with a 51% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.

Garcia
	R1 Cocciaretto	R2 Anna Schmiedlova	Total
Score	6-1 3-6 7-5	6-1 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	13	41
pts	90-80	51-23	141-103
Total points	170	74	244
Winners	38	20	58
%Winners	42%	39%	41%
SERVE
Aces	11	8	19
Double Faults	5	0	5
1st in	49/81	20/29	69/110
% 1st in	60%	69%	63%
1st pts	38/49	20/20	58/69
% 1st pts	78%	100%	84%
2nd pts	16/32	4/9	20/41
% 2nd pts	50%	44%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/7	6/11	10/18
Converted %	57%	55%	56%
Conceded	4	0	4
Saved	2/4	0/0	2
Saved %	50%	–	25%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Gabriela Ruse
	Q1 Brancaccio	Q3 Kubka	R1 Hibino	R2 Burel	Total
Score	7-65 6-4	6-4 6-0	6-2 6-1	6-0 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	23	16	15	23	77
pts	87-79	61-43	58-35	82-70	288-227
Total points	166	104	93	152	515
Winners	27	17	26	28	98
%Winners	31%	28%	45%	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	5	3	17
Double Faults	5	3	3	3	14
1st in	42/82	27/47	32/52	46/77	147/258
% 1st in	51%	57%	62%	60%	57%
1st pts	27/42	17/27	26/32	28/46	98/147
% 1st pts	64%	63%	81%	61%	67%
2nd pts	18/40	14/20	8/20	14/31	54/111
% 2nd pts	45%	70%	40%	45%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5	5	7	22
Converted	5/11	5/8	5/10	7/14	22/43
Converted %	45%	63%	50%	50%	51%
Conceded	8	1	3	10	22
Saved	4/8	0/1	2/3	6/10	12
Saved %	50%	0%	67%	60%	89%
Times Broken	4	1	1	4	10

Tennis Scores in Rouen

• Maverick BanesBanes – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ryota TanumaTanuma – Anthony Jackie TangJackie Tang (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shintaro ImaiImai – Issei OkamuraOkamura (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicholas S. HuS. Hu – Aaron AddisonAddison (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Arantxa RusRus – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sloane StephensStephens – Yue YuanYuan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-1) – H2H and prediction