Emma Navarro and Elena Gabriela Ruse will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on BRAD DREWETT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emma Navarro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emma Navarro is the pick to win this match.
Emma Navarro -> 1.38
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

This will be the 2nd time that Emma Navarro and Elena Gabriela Ruse face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Navarro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Navarro won 6-0 6-2 in the semifinal in the Paris back in 2024.

Emma Navarro

Emma Navarro

29 - 23win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
2-1
Clay
6-6
Grass
7-4
Rank
15
High
8
LLWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-25 17-14 6-6 2-1 7-4 0-0
2024 54-24 33-14 14-7 0-0 7-3 0-0
2023 64-24 17-9 37-11 3-1 7-3 0-0
2022 31-18 8-8 23-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-13 6-6 13-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 17, Navarro will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Cocciaretto in the Rubber 1 on the 21st of September.

Navarro has a compiled 29-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Merida where she beat Emiliana Arango in the final 6-0 6-0.

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 232-134 record. She has a positive 85-62 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Beijing
Navarro's Record

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

24 - 16win/loss

Hard
11-9
I Hard
0-1
Clay
7-4
Grass
6-2
Rank
101
High
51
LWLWLWLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-19 12-11 7-4 1-2 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. 98, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, Elena had a good straight sets win against Sramkova (6-2 6-2). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 61 points vs Sramkova’s 44. Gabriela Ruse was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 67% of her first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Sramkova 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Gabriela Ruse’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hertogenbosch.

Gabriela Ruse has an overall 24-16 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Beijing
Gabriela Ruse's Record

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