Elena Gabriela Ruse and Jessika Ponchet will square off in the quarter of the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.42
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.86

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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Jessika Ponchet

There is no head to head record between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Jessika Ponchet since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Ranked no. 90, Elena reached the quarter after beating Elsa Jacquemot 1-6 6-1 6-4 and Camilla Rosatello 6-0 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Rosatello (6-0 6-4). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 64 points vs Rosatello’s 48. Elena was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gabriela Ruse scored 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 63% of her first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Rosatello 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gabriela Ruse has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Gabriela Ruse has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (286-173). 2-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gabriela Ruse has a composed 140-78 record in the last years on clay.

Gabriela Ruse has an aggregate 12-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rouen

Jessika Ponchet

Ranked no. 146, Ponchet got to the quarter after beating Astrid Lew Yan Foon 6-4 4-6 6-3, Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 7-6(1) 6-4, Margaux Rouvroy 6-2 6-4 and Fiona Ferro 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Jessika had a good straight sets win against Ferro (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Ponchet scored 74 points vs Ferro’s 68. Jessika was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Ponchet fired 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessika Ponchet lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ponchet put 62% of her first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Ponchet broke Ferro 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ponchet started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Jessika’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Murska Sobota.

Jessika has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rouen

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gabriela Ruse	Ponchet
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	40	70
Pts	136-118	240-213
Total Points	254	453
Winners	57	82
%Winners	42%	34%

Gabriela Ruse played 2 matches while Ponchet competed in 3 matches. Ponchet started her run from the qualifications while Gabriela Ruse had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Gabriela Ruse surrendered 1 set, while Jessika Ponchet conceded 1 set. Gabriela Ruse has played 2 set(s) less than Ponchet (5 vs 7). Therefore, Gabriela Ruse played 30 games less than Ponchet. The Romanian scored 57 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 82 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gabriela Ruse	Ponchet
Aces	3	13
Avg per match	1.5	4.3
1st in	75/124	111/205
%1st in	60%	54%
1st pts	57/75	82/111
%1st pts	76%	74%
2nd pts	22/49	39/94
%2nd pts	45%	41%

Gabriela Ruse recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ponchet managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Gabriela Ruse won 76% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Ponchet won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gabriela Ruse	Ponchet
Won	8	16
Converted	8/17	16/39
% Converted	47%	41%
Conceded	8	17
Saved	5	6
% Saved	63%	35%
Times Broken	3	11

Gabriela Ruse broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Elena surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Jessika conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 35% of the break points that she conceded.

Gabriela Ruse
	R1 Jacquemot	R2 Rosatello	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 6-4	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	24	16	40
pts	72-70	64-48	136-118
Total points	142	112	254
Winners	33	24	57
%Winners	46%	38%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	41/70	34/54	75/124
% 1st in	59%	63%	60%
1st pts	33/41	24/34	57/75
% 1st pts	80%	71%	76%
2nd pts	13/29	9/20	22/49
% 2nd pts	45%	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/7	5/10	8/17
Converted %	43%	50%	47%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	3/5	2/3	5
Saved %	60%	67%	64%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Ponchet
	Q1 Lew Yan Foon	Q3 Rakotomanga	R1 Rouvroy	R2 Ferro	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3	7-61 6-4	6-2 6-4	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	29	23	18	23	93
pts	97-97	–	69-48	74-68	240-213
Total points	194	0	117	142	453
Winners	31		17	34	82
%Winners	32%	0%	25%	46%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	2	8	13
Double Faults	3		1	2	6
1st in	48/95	/	22/44	41/66	111/205
% 1st in	51%	0%	50%	62%	54%
1st pts	31/48	/	17/22	34/41	82/111
% 1st pts	65%	0%	77%	83%	74%
2nd pts	18/47	/	11/22	10/25	39/94
% 2nd pts	38%	0%	50%	40%	41%
Breaks
Won	7		6	3	16
Converted	7/12	/	6/19	3/8	16/39
Converted %	58%	0%	32%	38%	41%
Conceded	11		3	3	17
Saved	5/11	0/	0/3	1/3	6
Saved %	45%	–	0%	33%	39%
Times Broken	6		3	2	11

Tennis Scores in Rouen

• Irina Khromacheva/Linda NoskovaKhromacheva/Linda Noskova – Bernarda Pera/Elena Gabriela RusePera/Elena Gabriela Ruse (7-6⁵ 3-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Nerman FaticFatic (7-6³ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martins PodzusPodzus – Nik RazborsekRazborsek (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Joao Pedro SorgiPedro Sorgi (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Alen Rogic HadzalicRogic Hadzalic (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jessika PonchetPonchet – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction