Elena Gabriela Ruse and Leonie Kung will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 13. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.151
Leonie Kung -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Leonie Kung

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

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

36 - 20win/loss

Hard
12-5
I Hard
4-5
Clay
17-8
Grass
3-2
Rank
121
High
51
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-20 12-5 17-8 4-5 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. 121, the Romanian will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the Limoges where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Blinkova in the 1st round on the 10th of December.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about her overall career, Elena has an overall 301-185 record. She has a positive 75-46 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Australian Open
Gabriela Ruse's Record

Leonie Kung

Leonie Kung

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
221
High
144
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 54-32 19-11 30-16 5-5 0-0 0-0
2023 52-27 15-12 37-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 10-27 7-13 2-11 1-1 0-0 0-2
2021 13-30 5-12 1-10 4-4 2-3 1-1

Ranked no. 221, Leonie will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Canberra where she lost 6-3 3-6 6-4 to Pridankina in the qualifications on the 29th of December.

Kung has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Kung has an overall 275-210 record. She has a positive 117-78 record on hard.

Australian Open
Kung's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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