Danielle Rose Collins and Elena Gabriela Ruse will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PIETRANGELI. 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 Danielle Rose Collins who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Danielle Rose Collins is the pick to win this match.
Danielle Rose Collins -> 1.46
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.71

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Prediction and head to head Danielle Rose Collins vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

This will be the 3rd time that Danielle Rose Collins and Elena Gabriela Ruse fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Collins and Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Collins won 6-4 6-2 in the final in Palermo back in 2021.

Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs Elena Gabriela Ruse – Palermo 25-July-2021

Danielle Rose Collins

Danielle Rose Collins

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
Rank
46
High
7
LWWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-7 5-4 6-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 42-17 20-10 19-5 0-1 3-1 0-0
2023 22-18 19-15 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-0
2022 21-12 17-6 3-4 1-1 0-1 0-0
2021 40-15 23-10 11-3 5-1 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 35, Danielle will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Charleston where she lost 1-6 6-3 6-0 to Pegula in the quarter on the 4th of April.

The American has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 262-151 record. She has a positive 70-34 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See her history.

Rome
Collins's Record

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

16 - 8win/loss

Hard
10-4
I Hard
0-1
Clay
6-3
Rank
85
High
51
LWWWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-8 10-4 6-3 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. 88, Gabriela Ruse got to the 2nd round after defeating Solana Sierra 6-2 7-5, Laura Siegemund 7-5 6-2 and Polina Kudermetova 6-7(10) 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round against Kudermetova, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-710 6-4 6-2). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 119 points vs Kudermetova’s 112. Gabriela Ruse was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse blasted 7 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 55% of her first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (24/56) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Kudermetova 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Gabriela Ruse’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Rouen.

Elena has a composed 16-7 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. See her history

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Rome
Gabriela Ruse's Record

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  • Ondrej KrstevKrstevJacob GrillsGrills (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Vaclav SafranekSafranekPatrik RiklRikl (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Dan AddedAddedDominik RecekRecek (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Colin SinclairSinclairLucas GerchGerch (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jan SatralSatralTadeas ParoulekParoulek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Evan FurnessFurnessPetr NouzaNouza (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Julian LenzLenzOndrej StylerStyler (6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings

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