Paula Badosa and Elena Gabriela Ruse will square off in the 3^rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.28
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 3.7

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

This will be the 2^nd time that Paula Badosa and Elena Gabriela Ruse face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Gabriela Ruse won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1^st round in Dubai back in 2022.

Highlights Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Paula Badosa – Dubai 15-February-2022

Paula Badosa

Ranked no. 29, Paula got to the 3^rd round after beating Viktorija Golubic 6-0 6-3 and Taylor Townsend 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Paula had a good straight sets win against Townsend (6-3 7-5). During the match, Badosa scored 81 points vs Townsend’s 66. Paula was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Badosa made 6 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Paula Badosa lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 61% of her first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Badosa broke Townsend 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Paula hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.

Badosa has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (305-175). 17-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Badosa has a compiled 114-69 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Washington where she beat Marie Bouzkova in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.

The Spaniard has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2024, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Ranked no. 122, Gabriela Ruse got to the 3^rd round after beating Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-2, Yexin Ma 6-3 6-3, Alexandra Eala 3-6 6-1 6-3, Julia Grabher 6-2 6-4 and Barbora Krejcikova 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (6-4 7-5). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 77 points vs Krejcikova’s 59. Gabriela Ruse was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse made 8 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 58% of her first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Krejcikova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gabriela Ruse started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

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

The Romanian has an aggregate 30-14 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Badosa	Gabriela Ruse
Match played	2	5
Tot Set	4	11
Tot Games	36	99
Pts	137-103	344-260
Total Points	240	604
Winners	45	121
%Winners	33%	35%

Badosa played 2 matches while Gabriela Ruse competed in 5 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Badosa had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elena Gabriela Ruse lost 1 set while Paula Badosa hasn’t conceded a set so far. Badosa has played 7 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (4 vs 11). Therefore, Badosa played 63 games less than Gabriela Ruse. Badosa scored 45 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse bagged 121 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Badosa	Gabriela Ruse
Aces	10	22
Avg per match	5	4.4
1st in	61/110	161/293
%1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	45/61	121/161
%1st pts	74%	75%
2nd pts	23/49	63/132
%2nd pts	47%	48%

Badosa recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Gabriela Ruse bagged 22 aces (4.4 per match). Badosa won 74% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Badosa	Gabriela Ruse
Won	11	26
Converted	11/20	26/47
% Converted	55%	55%
Conceded	8	26
Saved	4	14
% Saved	50%	54%
Times Broken	4	12

The Spaniard broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 26 times with a 55% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.

Badosa
	R1 Golubic	R2 Townsend	Total
Score	6-0 6-3	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	21	36
pts	56-37	81-66	137-103
Total points	93	147	240
Winners	13	32	45
%Winners	23%	40%	33%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	10
Double Faults	7	8	15
1st in	19/41	42/69	61/110
% 1st in	46%	61%	55%
1st pts	13/19	32/42	45/61
% 1st pts	68%	76%	74%
2nd pts	12/22	11/27	23/49
% 2nd pts	55%	41%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/8	5/12	11/20
Converted %	75%	42%	55%
Conceded	2	6	8
Saved	0/2	4/6	4
Saved %	0%	67%	34%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Gabriela Ruse
	Q1 Ruzic	Q2 Ma	Q3 Eala	R1 Grabher	R2 Krejcikova	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-3 6-3	3-6 6-1 6-3	6-2 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	11
Tot Games	16	18	25	18	22	99
pts	64-38	63-45	82-75	58-43	77-59	344-260
Total points	102	108	157	101	136	604
Winners	18	24	31	20	28	121
%Winners	28%	38%	38%	34%	36%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	5	1	8	22
Double Faults	3	3	8	6	3	23
1st in	24/47	33/49	42/82	26/53	36/62	161/293
% 1st in	51%	67%	51%	49%	58%	55%
1st pts	18/24	24/33	31/42	20/26	28/36	121/161
% 1st pts	75%	73%	74%	77%	78%	75%
2nd pts	16/23	6/16	13/40	15/27	13/26	63/132
% 2nd pts	70%	38%	33%	56%	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	6	7	4	4	26
Converted	5/12	6/10	7/11	4/6	4/8	26/47
Converted %	42%	60%	64%	67%	50%	55%
Conceded	3	4	11	2	6	26
Saved	2/3	1/4	6/11	1/2	4/6	14
Saved %	67%	25%	55%	50%	67%	132%
Times Broken	1	3	5	1	2	12

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Anna BondarBondar (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Sara ErraniErrani – Caroline DolehideDolehide (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Harriet DartDart (7-6¹⁰ 6-1) – See score progression
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Greetje MinnenMinnen (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-7³ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Clara BurelBurel (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Arantxa RusRus (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iva JovicJovic (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Diane ParryParry (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Juan Ignacio GalarzaIgnacio Galarza – Vasile-Alexandru GhileaGhilea (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Simone RoncalliRoncalli (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Brian BencicBencic (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Nino PortalesPortales – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo Grassi MazzuchiPablo Grassi Mazzuchi – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Johan NiklesNikles – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Sara ErraniErrani – Caroline DolehideDolehide (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Anna BondarBondar (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jessika PonchetPonchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara ErraniErrani – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Cori GauffGauff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Elise MertensMertens (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-3) – H2H and prediction