Dayana Yastremska vs Elena Gabriela RusePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇦Dayana Yastremska
#103 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 2–6
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#57 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Dayana Yastremska and Elena Gabriela Ruse have met 3 times since 2021; Elena Gabriela Ruse leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at European Open - Hamburg in 2021 on clay. On clay courts Ruse leads 2–0. Ruse has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Yastremska has taken 2 sets to Ruse's 6. Their most recent meeting: Elena Gabriela Ruse won at Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Yastremska | Gabriela Ruse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Dayana Yastremska | Elena Gabriela Ruse | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 14/19 | 63% | 20/32 |
| Wins a set when losing | 43% | 10/23 | 29% | 6/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 36% | 15/42 | 34% | 18/53 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 7/21 | 43% | 9/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 65% | 13/20 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 71% | 12/17 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 18/23 | 89% | 24/27 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 61% | 14/23 | 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. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Yastremska 0, Gabriela Ruse 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Yastremska
💥 Big Hitter
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Dayana Yastremska and Elena Gabriela Ruse are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,594 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Apr 8, 2026
Upper Austria Ladies Linz - Linz
C Clay · 2nd Round
Jan 18, 2026
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 10, 2021
European Open - Hamburg
C Clay · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Yastremska | Ruse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Dayana Yastremska | Elena Gabriela Ruse | ||
| 1 or more | 67% | 4/6 | 100% | 10/10 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 3/6 | 40% | 4/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Yastremska | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 5–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.17 | 1.92 |
| ROI % | -14.7% | -6.9% |
| Units P/L | -0.88u | -0.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Yastremska | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 3 |
| Events | 1 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 6 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | ROU | 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Yastremska has a higher win rate against shared opponents (30% vs Ruse's 20%).
| Opponent | Yastremska | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Sinja Kraus | L 16 46 | L 67 26 |
| Caty Mcnally | W 63 64 | L 57 36 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 75 26 36 | L 36 26 |
| Alexandra Eala | L 57 64 57 | L |
| Shuai Zhang | W 63 62 | W 75 64 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | L 64 46 57 | L 57 26 |
| Barbora Krejcikova | W 63 63 | L 16 26 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | L 46 46 | L 62 26 36 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 46 76 36 | L 64 36 57 |
| Katerina Siniakova | L 06 16 | W 36 63 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Maja Chwalinska
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Caty Mcnally
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Lucrezia Stefanini
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Janice Tjen
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 25
Tatjana Maria
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Aoi Ito
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 42–53 matches
| Metric | Yastremska | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 45% | 60% |
| Sets won | 48% | 56% |
| Games won | 48% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Yastremska | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Yastremska | Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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