Elise Mertens and Elena Gabriela Ruse will face off in the final of the Libema Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.32
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

This will be the 4^th time that Elise Mertens and Elena Gabriela Ruse square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Mertens won 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Monterrey back in 2023.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 25, the Belgian reached the final after defeating Viktoriya Tomova 6-4 6-0, Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-0, Yue Yuan 6-0 6-4 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4.

In the semifinal against Alexandrova, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁷ 6-4).During the match, Mertens scored less points (1) than Alexandrova. In fact, the world no. 25 won 111 points vs Alexandrova’s. That means that Mertens was more focused during the important points. Elise was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mertens scored 7 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 61% of her first serves in, winning 59% (43/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (27/47) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elise has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.

Mertens has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (347-215). 4-0 on grass in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has an aggregate 35-28 record in the last years on grass.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Singapore where she overcame Ann Li in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Belgian has a composed 25-11 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Ranked no. 80, the Romanian reached the final after defeating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-2, Katarzyna Kawa 6-2 6-1, Isis Louise Van Den Broek 6-2 6-1, Carson Branstine 6-4 6-3, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-2 6-4 and Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal against Cocciaretto, Gabriela Ruse recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 103 points vs Cocciaretto’s 95. Elena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Gabriela Ruse made 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 65% of her first serves in, winning 61% (40/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Cocciaretto 4 times after converting 29% of her break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gabriela Ruse started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Rouen and Hertogenbosch.

The Romanian has a composed 23-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Gabriela Ruse has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mertens	Gabriela Ruse
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	9	13
Tot Games	78	109
Pts	298-233	419-305
Total Points	531	724
Winners	103	145
%Winners	35%	35%

Mertens played 4 matches while Gabriela Ruse competed in 6 matches. Gabriela Ruse started her run from the qualifications while Mertens had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elise Mertens dropped 1 set, while Elena Gabriela Ruse lost 1 set. Mertens has played 4 set(s) less than Gabriela Ruse (9 vs 13). Therefore, Mertens played 31 games less than Gabriela Ruse. Mertens scored 103 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse scored 145 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mertens	Gabriela Ruse
Aces	18	20
Avg per match	4.5	3.3
1st in	155/270	209/332
%1st in	57%	63%
1st pts	103/155	145/209
%1st pts	66%	69%
2nd pts	63/115	72/123
%2nd pts	55%	59%

Mertens recorded 18 aces (4.5 per match). Gabriela Ruse made 20 aces (3.3 per match). Mertens won 66% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mertens	Gabriela Ruse
Won	21	30
Converted	21/34	30/60
% Converted	62%	50%
Conceded	35	29
Saved	26	19
% Saved	74%	66%
Times Broken	9	10

Mertens broke her opponents 21 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 30 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 66% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
	R1 Tomova	R2 Sakkari	1/4 Yuan	1/2 Alexandrova	Total
Score	6-4 6-0	6-3 6-0	6-0 6-4	2-6 7-67 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	16	15	16	31	78
pts	57-37	67-42	63-42	111-112	298-233
Total points	94	109	105	223	531
Winners	20	19	21	43	103
%Winners	35%	28%	33%	39%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	5	7	18
Double Faults	1	4	4	10	19
1st in	29/44	27/57	26/49	73/120	155/270
% 1st in	66%	47%	53%	61%	57%
1st pts	20/29	19/27	21/26	43/73	103/155
% 1st pts	69%	70%	81%	59%	66%
2nd pts	8/15	16/30	12/23	27/47	63/115
% 2nd pts	53%	53%	52%	57%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	6	5	4	21
Converted	6/11	6/10	5/6	4/7	21/34
Converted %	55%	60%	83%	57%	62%
Conceded	3	6	5	21	35
Saved	1/3	5/6	4/5	16/21	26
Saved %	33%	83%	80%	76%	68%
Times Broken	2	1	1	5	9

Gabriela Ruse
	Q1 Buzarnescu	Q3 Kawa	R1 Louise Van Den	R2 Branstine	1/4 Andreescu	1/2 Cocciaretto	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-2 6-1	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-3	6-2 6-4	2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	3	13
Tot Games	15	15	15	19	18	27	109
pts	57-33	69-44	57-35	70-55	63-43	103-95	419-305
Total points	90	113	92	125	106	198	724
Winners	21	23	20	21	20	40	145
%Winners	37%	33%	35%	30%	32%	39%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	3	1	3	5	20
Double Faults	2	2	2	3	3	4	16
1st in	25/41	29/43	24/43	37/53	28/50	66/102	209/332
% 1st in	61%	67%	56%	70%	56%	65%	63%
1st pts	21/25	23/29	20/24	21/37	20/28	40/66	145/209
% 1st pts	84%	79%	83%	57%	71%	61%	69%
2nd pts	11/16	9/14	11/19	5/16	15/22	21/36	72/123
% 2nd pts	69%	64%	58%	31%	68%	58%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	8	4	4	30
Converted	4/7	5/11	5/7	8/15	4/6	4/14	30/60
Converted %	57%	45%	71%	53%	67%	29%	50%
Conceded	0	1	3	9	3	13	29
Saved	0/0	1/1	3/3	4/9	2/3	9/13	19
Saved %	–	100%	100%	44%	67%	69%	95%
Times Broken	0	0	0	5	1	4	10

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

• Irina Khromacheva/Fanny StollarKhromacheva/Fanny Stollar – Nicole Melichar/Liudmila SamsonovaMelichar/Liudmila Samsonova (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Ko SuzukiSuzuki (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Elise MertensMertens (0-3) – H2H and prediction