Elena Gabriela Ruse and Sijia Wei will fight against each other in the 1st round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on LOTUS. 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 Elena Gabriela Ruse who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.28
Sijia Wei -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Sijia Wei

There is no head to head record between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Sijia Wei since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

34 - 16win/loss

Hard
11-3
I Hard
3-3
Clay
17-8
Grass
3-2
Rank
129
High
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. 93, the Romanian got to the 1st round after defeating Shuo Feng 6-0 4-6 6-3 and Jia-Jing Lu 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Lu (6-3 6-1). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 61 points vs Lu’s 38. Gabriela Ruse was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gabriela Ruse managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse was very efficient on serve to win 90% (19/21) of her 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gabriela Ruse broke Lu 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gabriela Ruse started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Gabriela Ruse has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (295-178). 11-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gabriela Ruse has a composed 74-44 match record in the last years on hard.

The Romanian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Paris and the Hamburg.

The Romanian has an overall 34-16 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Elena has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Gabriela Ruse's Record

Sijia Wei

Sijia Wei

36 - 15win/loss

Hard
34-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-1
Grass
1-2
Rank
132
High
132
LWLWLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-20 37-17 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 42-22 29-18 6-3 7-1 0-0 0-0
2022 78-28 78-28 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 140 (career-high), Wei will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Hua Hin where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Gao in the 1st round on the 17th of September.

Sijia has an overall 36-15 win-loss record in 2024, 34-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W50 Kashiwa where she overcame Ya-Hsuan Lee in the final 6-1 7-5 and the W35 Tianjin where she beat Hina Inoue in the final 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 and the W75 Lexington where she overcame Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the final 7-5 6-4.

In terms of her career, Sijia has an overall 157-67 record. She has a positive 142-60 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Beijing
Wei's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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