Anna Zaja vs Elena Gabriela RusePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇩🇪Anna Zaja
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
275w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#57 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Anna Zaja and Elena Gabriela Ruse have met 1 time since 2021; Elena Gabriela Ruse leads 1–0. Across all meetings Zaja has taken 0 sets to Ruse's 2. Their most recent meeting: Elena Gabriela Ruse won at European Open - Hamburg (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zaja | Gabriela Ruse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anna Zaja | Elena Gabriela Ruse | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 63% | 20/32 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 29% | 6/21 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 34% | 18/53 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 43% | 9/21 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 57% | 8/14 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 45% | 5/11 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 89% | 24/27 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 74% | 20/27 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zaja 0, Gabriela Ruse 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zaja
🤖 Servebot
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 8, 2021
European Open - Hamburg
C Clay · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zaja | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 5–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.92 |
| ROI % | - | -6.9% |
| Units P/L | - | -0.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zaja | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| Distance | — | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | — | POR → ROU → CZE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elena Gabriela Ruse
European Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 8
Viktoriya Tomova
European Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 7
Ann Li
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 21
Katerina Siniakova
Nurnberg · Round of 32
May 23
Ekaterina Alexandrova
US Open · Round of 128
Aug 29
Kiki Bertens
Gstaad · Round of 16
Jul 20
Patricia Maria Tig
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 19
Yaroslava Shvedova
Nurnberg · Round of 32
May 24
Yulia Putintseva
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Linda Noskova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Lilli Tagger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Anna Bondar
Korea Open - Seoul · Quarterfinals
Sep 26
Yeon Woo Ku
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Eva Lys
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Alexandra Eala
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 53–53 matches
| Metric | Zaja | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 60% |
| Sets won | - | 56% |
| Games won | - | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zaja | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zaja | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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