Elena Gabriela Ruse and Ena Shibahara will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.73
Ena Shibahara -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Ena Shibahara

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

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

7 - 4win/loss

Hard
7-3
I Hard
0-1
Rank
104
High
51
WLLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-4 7-3 0-0 0-1 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. 104, Elena got to the qualifications after beating Mirjam Bjorklund 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Bjorklund, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 84 points vs Bjorklund’s 80. Gabriela Ruse was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gabriela Ruse recorded 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 60% of her first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. Gabriela Ruse broke Bjorklund 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Gabriela Ruse has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (281-172). 7-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gabriela Ruse has a composed 79-46 match record in the last years on hard.

The Romanian has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Gabriela Ruse's Record

Ena Shibahara

Ena Shibahara

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
1-1
Rank
134
High
132
WLLWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-6 5-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 51-19 42-14 5-3 2-0 2-2 0-0
2023 16-15 12-12 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 16-15 11-8 1-3 4-4 0-0 0-0
2021 5-7 5-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 134, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Zeynep Sonmez 6-3 1-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Shibahara defeated Sonmez (6-3 1-6 6-1). During the match Shibahara scored 72 points vs Sonmez’s 62. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Shibahara bagged 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ena Shibahara lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Shibahara put 69% of her first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Ena broke Sonmez 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Shibahara has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Miami
Shibahara's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Gabriela Ruse
E.Shibahara
2h:00
2h:00
Time on court​
1h:39
1h:39
2h:00
2h:00
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
23
23
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
84
84
Total points​
72
72
84
84
Avg point​
72
72
34
34
Winners
35
35
34
34
Avg Winners​
35
35
40%
40%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
6
6
Avg Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
5
5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
34/50
34/50
1st won total​
35/46
35/46
68%
68%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
12/34
12/34
2nd won total​
10/21
10/21
!
35%
35%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
3/4
3/4
6/8
6/8
Avg BP won
3/4
3/4
!
75%
75%
Won
!
75%
75%
12
12
Conceded
2
2
12
12
Avg Conceded
2
2
6
6
Broken
2
2
!
6
6
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gabriela Ruse Shibahara
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 23
Pts 84-80 72-62
Total Points 164 134
Winners 34 35
%Winners 40% 49%

Both Gabriela Ruse and Shibahara played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Gabriela Ruse dropped 1 set, while Ena Shibahara dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gabriela Ruse and Shibahara have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gabriela Ruse played 4 games more than Shibahara. The Romanian scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Shibahara recorded 35 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gabriela Ruse Shibahara
Aces 6 4
Avg per match 6 4
1st in 50/84 46/67
%1st in 60% 69%
1st pts 34/50 35/46
%1st pts 68% 76%
2nd pts 12/34 10/21
%2nd pts 35% 48%

Gabriela Ruse bagged 6 aces . Shibahara bagged 4 aces . Gabriela Ruse won 68% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Shibahara won 76% 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 Gabriela Ruse Shibahara
Won 6 3
Converted 6/8 3/4
% Converted 75% 75%
Conceded 12 2
Saved 6 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 6 2

Elena broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse lost her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Ena broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ena conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Gabriela Ruse
Q1
Bjorklund
Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 84-80 84-80
Total points 164 164
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 50/84 50/84
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 34/50 34/50
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 12/34 12/34
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 6/12 6
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 6 6
Shibahara
Q1
Sonmez
Total
Score 6-3 1-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 23 23
pts 72-62 72-62
Total points 134 134
Winners 35 35
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 46/67 46/67
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 35/46 35/46
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 10/21 10/21
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

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