🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#77 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 1–6
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#21 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Elena Gabriela Ruse and Elise Mertens have met 4 times since 2022; Elise Mertens leads 3–1. Their most recent meeting: Elena Gabriela Ruse won at Hertogenbosch (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Mertens
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elena Gabriela Ruse and Elise Mertens are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit — across 6,908 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
4 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ruse | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Elise Mertens | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 71% | 5/7 | 86% | 6/7 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 3/7 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–2 | 9–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.20 | 2.44 |
| ROI % | +72.2% | +55.6% |
| Units P/L | +6.50u | +8.34u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (20% vs Ruse's 0%).
| Opponent | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Mirra Andreeva | L 46 16 | L 36 36 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 64 36 57 | L 16 36 |
| Emma Navarro | L 46 57 | W 62 62 |
| Daria Kasatkina | L 57 16 | L 46 06 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 06 36 | L 61 67 26 |
Last five matches per player
Taylor Townsend
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 21
Shuai Zhang
Bad Homburg WTA ·
Jun 20
Barbora Krejcikova
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 12
Elise Mertens
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 11
Tamara Korpatsch
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 9
Jelena Ostapenko
Rome · Round of 64
May 5
Elena Rybakina
Madrid · Round of 64
Apr 21
Antonia Ruzic
Madrid · Round of 128
Apr 21
Nikola Bartunkova
Berlin ·
Jun 17
Laura Samsonova
Berlin ·
Jun 15
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 11
Bianca Andreescu
Hertogenbosch ·
Jun 8
Maja Chwalinska
French Open ·
May 28
Tatjana Maria
French Open ·
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Tatjana Maria
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 31–42 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 42% | 57% |
| Sets won | 43% | 59% |
| Games won | 48% | 55% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 1 |
