Elena Gabriela Ruse and Alexandra Eala will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 4. 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 -> 1.55
Alexandra Eala -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Alexandra Eala

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

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Ranked no. 123, Elena got to the qualifications after beating Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-2 and Yexin Ma 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Ma (6-3 6-3). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 63 points vs Ma’s 45. Gabriela Ruse was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gabriela Ruse recorded 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 67% of her first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Ma 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.

Gabriela Ruse has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (288-176). 4-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gabriela Ruse has an aggregate 67-42 record in the last years on hard.

Gabriela Ruse’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Paris and the Hamburg.

Elena has a composed 27-14 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Alexandra Eala

Ranked no. 148, the Filipino reached the qualifications after defeating Maddison Inglis 6-3 2-6 6-1 and Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 7-5 7-5.

In the qualifications, Alexandra had a good straight sets win against Parrizas-Diaz (7-5 7-5). During the match Eala scored 84 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 72. The Filipino was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Eala struck 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexandra Eala lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Eala put 74% of her first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexandra broke Parrizas-Diaz 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the Gasteiz where she beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva in the final 6-4 6-4.

Alexandra has an overall 32-22 win-loss record in 2024, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Eala has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gabriela Ruse	Eala
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	34	48
Pts	127-83	176-146
Total Points	210	322
Winners	42	63
%Winners	33%	36%

Both Gabriela Ruse and Eala played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexandra Eala surrendered 1 set while Elena Gabriela Ruse hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gabriela Ruse has played 1 set(s) less than Eala (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gabriela Ruse played 14 games less than Eala. Elena scored 42 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandra managed to score 63 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gabriela Ruse	Eala
Aces	8	4
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	57/96	96/145
%1st in	59%	66%
1st pts	42/57	63/96
%1st pts	74%	66%
2nd pts	22/39	25/49
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Gabriela Ruse fired 8 aces (4 per match). Eala bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Gabriela Ruse won 74% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Eala won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gabriela Ruse	Eala
Won	11	11
Converted	11/22	11/27
% Converted	50%	41%
Conceded	7	8
Saved	3	1
% Saved	43%	13%
Times Broken	4	7

Gabriela Ruse broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Elena lost her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Filipino broke her opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Eala conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 13% of the break points that she conceded.

Gabriela Ruse
	Q1 Ruzic	Q2 Ma	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	18	34
pts	64-38	63-45	127-83
Total points	102	108	210
Winners	18	24	42
%Winners	28%	38%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	24/47	33/49	57/96
% 1st in	51%	67%	59%
1st pts	18/24	24/33	42/57
% 1st pts	75%	73%	74%
2nd pts	16/23	6/16	22/39
% 2nd pts	70%	38%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/12	6/10	11/22
Converted %	42%	60%	50%
Conceded	3	4	7
Saved	2/3	1/4	3
Saved %	67%	25%	46%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Eala
	Q1 Inglis	Q2 Parrizas-Diaz	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 6-1	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	24	24	48
pts	92-74	84-72	176-146
Total points	166	156	322
Winners	31	32	63
%Winners	34%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	45/76	51/69	96/145
% 1st in	59%	74%	66%
1st pts	31/45	32/51	63/96
% 1st pts	69%	63%	66%
2nd pts	14/31	11/18	25/49
% 2nd pts	45%	61%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/12	5/15	11/27
Converted %	50%	33%	41%
Conceded	4	4	8
Saved	0/4	1/4	1
Saved %	0%	25%	13%
Times Broken	4	3	7

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