Dayana Yastremska and Elena Gabriela Ruse will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Gabriela Ruse who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Gabriela Ruse is the pick to win this match.
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 1.88
Dayana Yastremska -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Dayana Yastremska vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
This will be the 5th time that Dayana Yastremska and Elena Gabriela Ruse face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gabriela Ruse won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2026.
Highlights Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Dayana Yastremska – Australian Open 18-January-2026
Dayana Yastremska
8 - 10win/loss
110
21
LLLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16-20 | 6-12 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-22 | 12-13 | 8-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-22 | 12-12 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 19-13 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 7-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Dayana got to the 2nd round after beating Ann Li 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Dayana defeated Li (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Yastremska scored 101 points vs Li’s 89. Yastremska was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yastremska was unable to score even 1 ace and she committed only 4 double faults. Dayana Yastremska lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Yastremska put 69% of her first serves in, winning 66% (49/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Yastremska broke Li 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Yastremska has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (250-188). 2-1 on clay in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Yastremska has a compiled 71-44 match record in the last years on clay.
Yastremska has a compiled 8-10 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Elena Gabriela Ruse
10 - 8win/loss
66
51
WLLWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-20 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 87, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Katie Boulter 7-6(3) 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Elena had a good straight sets win against Boulter (7-63 7-62). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 91 points vs Boulter’s 86. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 55% of her first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Boulter 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
The Romanian has a composed 10-8 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yastremska | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 26 |
| Pts | 101-89 | 91-86 |
| Total Points | 190 | 177 |
| Winners | 49 | 33 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Yastremska and Gabriela Ruse played 1 match. At the moment, Dayana Yastremska dropped 1 set while Elena Gabriela Ruse hasn’t conceded a set so far. Yastremska has played 1 set more than Gabriela Ruse (3 vs 2). Therefore, Yastremska played 5 games more than Gabriela Ruse. Yastremska scored 49 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian scored 33 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yastremska | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6 |
| 1st in | 74/107 | 49/89 |
| %1st in | 69% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 49/74 | 33/49 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 48% |
Yastremska didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gabriela Ruse managed to score 6 aces . Yastremska won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yastremska | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 63% | 57% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 64% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Yastremska broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Yastremska | |||
| R1 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-89 | 101-89 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 74/107 | 74/107 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 49/74 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||
| R1 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-86 | 91-86 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/89 | 49/89 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Linz
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Sinja KrausKraus (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Lilli TaggerTagger – Paula BadosaBadosa (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Jaqueline CristianCristian (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lilli TaggerTagger – Paula BadosaBadosa (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ann LiLi (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Tatjana MariaMaria (1-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Alycia ParksParks (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Ulrikke Eikeri/Quinn GleasonEikeri/Quinn Gleason – Anastasia Potapova/Lilli TaggerPotapova/Lilli Tagger (6-3 6-75 12-10) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Sinja KrausKraus (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ann LiLi (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Jaqueline CristianCristian (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lilli TaggerTagger – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Julia GrabherGrabher – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Shuai ZhangZhang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Donna VekicVekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (4-0) – H2H and prediction
