Elena Gabriela Ruse and Katarzyna Kawa will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Libema Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.32
Katarzyna Kawa -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Katarzyna Kawa
This will be the 3rd time that Elena Gabriela Ruse and Katarzyna Kawa face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Kawa won 3-6 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 1st round in the Antalya back in 2024.
Elena Gabriela Ruse
18 - 9win/loss
88
51
WWWWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-19 | 12-11 | 7-4 | 6-2 | 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, Elena got to the qualifications after defeating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gabriela Ruse had a good straight sets win against Buzarnescu (6-1 6-2). During the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 57 points vs Buzarnescu’s 33. Gabriela Ruse was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gabriela Ruse scored 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse was quite effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elena broke Buzarnescu 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Gabriela Ruse has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (292-177). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gabriela Ruse has an overall 21-14 match record in the last years on grass.
Elena’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Rouen.
Elena has an overall 18-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Katarzyna Kawa
20 - 12win/loss
139
112
LLWLWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-29 | 7-12 | 21-12 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-25 | 3-9 | 17-11 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-29 | 3-5 | 29-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 7-10 | 4-6 | 9-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-26 | 7-11 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, Katarzyna reached the qualifications after defeating Sofia Shapatava 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kawa had a good straight sets win against Shapatava (7-64 6-3). During the match Kawa scored 91 points vs Shapatava’s 80. Kawa was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kawa blasted 4 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Katarzyna Kawa lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kawa put 45% of her first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (21/54) on the 2nd serve. Kawa broke Shapatava 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
The Pole’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Bogota.
Kawa has a composed 20-12 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gabriela Ruse | Kawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 57-33 | 91-80 |
| Total Points | 90 | 171 |
| Winners | 21 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Gabriela Ruse and Kawa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gabriela Ruse and Kawa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gabriela Ruse played 7 games less than Kawa. Gabriela Ruse scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole fired 32 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gabriela Ruse | Kawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 45/99 |
| %1st in | 61% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 32/45 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 21/54 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 39% |
Gabriela Ruse struck 4 aces . Kawa recorded 4 aces . Gabriela Ruse won 84% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Kawa won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gabriela Ruse | Kawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 57% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Elena broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse pretty solid on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kawa broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kawa conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gabriela Ruse | |||
| Q1 Buzarnescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 57-33 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kawa | |||
| Q1 Shapatava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 91-80 | 91-80 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 45/99 | 45/99 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/54 | 21/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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