Paula Badosa and Elena Gabriela Ruse will square off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd 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.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 2nd 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 1st round in Dubai back in 2022.
Highlights Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Paula Badosa – Dubai 15-February-2022
Paula Badosa
28 - 15win/loss
12
2
LLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 20-13 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-17 | 19-9 | 17-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Paula got to the 3rd round after beating Viktorija Golubic 6-0 6-3 and Taylor Townsend 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd 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
30 - 14win/loss
128
51
LWLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-18 | 12-5 | 17-8 | 3-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 9-3 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, Gabriela Ruse got to the 3rd 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 2nd 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 2nd 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 | |
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