Paula Badosa and Elena Gabriela Ruse will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court SIMONNE-MATHIEU. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.46
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
This will be the 3rd time that Paula Badosa and Elena Gabriela Ruse face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Badosa and Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Badosa won 4-6 6-1 7-6(8) in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.
Highlights Paula Badosa vs Elena Gabriela Ruse – U.S. Open 30-August-2024
Paula Badosa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-11 | 12-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 20-13 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-17 | 19-9 | 17-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Naomi Osaka 6-7(1) 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Osaka, Badosa recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-1 6-4). During the match, Badosa scored 109 points vs Osaka’s 89. Badosa was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Badosa recorded 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Paula Badosa was quite effective on serve to win 71% (44/62) of her 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Badosa broke Osaka 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Badosa has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (311-175). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Badosa has an overall 131-72 match record in the last years on clay.
Paula’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Badosa has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Elena Gabriela Ruse
17 - 8win/loss
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LLLWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-12 | 10-5 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 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. 80, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating Mccartney Kessler 7-5 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Kessler (7-5 7-63). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 91 points vs Kessler’s 81. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse blasted 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 52% of her first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (15/45) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Kessler 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Elena’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal Rouen.
Elena has a compiled 17-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Badosa | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 25 |
| Pts | 109-89 | 91-81 |
| Total Points | 198 | 172 |
| Winners | 44 | 35 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Badosa and Gabriela Ruse played 1 match. At the moment, Paula Badosa lost 1 set while Elena Gabriela Ruse hasn’t dropped a set so far. Badosa has played 1 set more than Gabriela Ruse (3 vs 2). Therefore, Badosa played 5 games more than Gabriela Ruse. Paula scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse scored 35 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Badosa | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 49/94 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 35/49 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 15/45 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 33% |
Badosa blasted 4 aces . Gabriela Ruse scored 3 aces . Badosa won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Badosa | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 63% | 55% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Paula broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Paula lost her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded.
| Badosa | |||
| R1 Osaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-89 | 109-89 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 62/101 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 44/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||
| R1 Kessler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 91-81 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/94 | 49/94 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/45 | 15/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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