Elena Gabriela Ruse and Emina Bektas will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.43
Emina Bektas -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Emina Bektas
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Gabriela Ruse and Emina Bektas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bektas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bektas won 6-3 6-0 in the qualifications in the Vancouver back in 2018.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 125, Elena got to the qualifications after beating Leonie Kung 6-1 6-1 and Anna-Lena Friedsam 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Friedsam, Elena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 86 points vs Friedsam’s 83. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gabriela Ruse recorded 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 53% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Gabriela Ruse broke Friedsam 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elena started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Gabriela Ruse has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (276-168). 2-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Gabriela Ruse has an overall 74-43 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Romanian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Emina Bektas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 190, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Arianne Hartono 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Maria Timofeeva 7-6(5) 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Timofeeva (7-65 3-6 7-5). During the match Bektas scored 106 points vs Timofeeva’s 102. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Bektas made 4 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Emina Bektas lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bektas put 77% of her first serves in, winning 70% (55/79) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (7/24) on the 2nd serve. Bektas broke Timofeeva 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bektas started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Bektas has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gabriela Ruse | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 58 |
| Pts | 139-105 | 188-167 |
| Total Points | 244 | 355 |
| Winners | 44 | 90 |
| %Winners | 32% | 48% |
Both Gabriela Ruse and Bektas played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Gabriela Ruse dropped 1 set, while Emina Bektas dropped 2 sets. Gabriela Ruse has played 1 set(s) less than Bektas (5 vs 6). Therefore, Gabriela Ruse played 16 games less than Bektas. Gabriela Ruse scored 44 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Bektas made 90 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gabriela Ruse | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 61/115 | 125/169 |
| %1st in | 53% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 90/125 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 29/54 | 14/44 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 32% |
Gabriela Ruse recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Bektas fired 10 aces (5 per match). Gabriela Ruse won 72% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gabriela Ruse | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 52% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 17% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
Elena broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Romanian lost her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded. Emina broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gabriela Ruse | ||||
| Q1 Kung |
Q2 Friedsam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 | 42 | |
| pts | 53-22 | 86-83 | 139-105 | |
| Total points | 75 | 169 | 244 | |
| Winners | 14 | 30 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 19/35 | 42/80 | 61/115 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 14/19 | 30/42 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 17/38 | 29/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 45% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/13 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 38% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 20% | 10% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Bektas | ||||
| Q1 Hartono |
Q2 Timofeeva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 7-65 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 34 | 58 | |
| pts | 82-65 | 106-102 | 188-167 | |
| Total points | 147 | 208 | 355 | |
| Winners | 35 | 55 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 79/103 | 125/169 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 77% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 55/79 | 90/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 7/24 | 14/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 29% | 32% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 5/14 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 5/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 50% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
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