Polina Kudermetova and Elena Gabriela Ruse will play each other in the 1st round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 7. 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 Polina Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Polina Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Polina Kudermetova -> 1.727
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Polina Kudermetova vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

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

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova

13 - 7win/loss

Hard
13-6
I Hard
0-1
Rank
56
High
56
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-7 13-6 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 53-35 28-13 21-14 4-6 0-1 0-1
2023 33-26 5-5 13-13 10-5 3-2 2-1
2022 54-19 30-14 8-3 16-2 0-0 0-0
2021 21-13 3-2 9-7 9-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 56 (career-high), the Russian will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Kartal in the 3rd round on the 10th of March.

The Russian has an aggregate 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kudermetova’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Brisbane.

Talking about her overall career, Kudermetova has an overall 193-108 record. She has a positive 86-43 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Polina has never competed in this tournament before.

Miami
Kudermetova's Record

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

8 - 4win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
0-1
Rank
102
High
51
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-4 8-3 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. 102, Gabriela Ruse got to the 1st round after beating Mirjam Bjorklund 2-6 6-4 6-3 and Ena Shibahara 4-6 6-1 7-5.

In the qualifications against Shibahara, Elena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 97 points vs Shibahara’s 84. Gabriela Ruse was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse recorded 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 64% of her first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Gabriela Ruse broke Shibahara 8 times after converting 53% of her break points (8/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Gabriela Ruse has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Miami
Gabriela Ruse's Record

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