Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Elise MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#63 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 3–6
🇧🇪Elise Mertens
#24 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Elena Gabriela Ruse and Elise Mertens have met 4 times since 2022; Elise Mertens leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at French Open - Paris in 2022 on clay. On grass courts they are level 1–1. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Mertens leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Ruse has taken 3 sets to Mertens's 6. Their most recent meeting: Elena Gabriela Ruse won at Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Gabriela Ruse | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Elise Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 17/23 | 72% | 21/29 |
| Wins a set when losing | 28% | 5/18 | 35% | 7/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 11/41 | 31% | 15/49 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 7/14 | 58% | 19/33 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 7/14 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 4/8 | 57% | 4/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 85% | 23/27 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 17/22 | 78% | 21/27 |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Gabriela Ruse 1, Mertens 2).
Style Matchup
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 5,096 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 11, 2026
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch
G Grass · 2nd Round
Jun 15, 2025
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch
G Grass · Final
Mar 2, 2023
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 22, 2022
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ruse | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Elise Mertens | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 12/12 | 100% | 14/14 |
| 3 or more | 67% | 8/12 | 64% | 9/14 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 4/12 | 43% | 6/14 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 7% | 1/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–2 | 9–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.70 | 1.84 |
| ROI % | +16.3% | +12.4% |
| Units P/L | +1.30u | +1.73u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 7 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 1,715 mi · 2,760 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | CAN → POL → AUT |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Mertens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Ruse's 33%).
| Opponent | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Noskova | W 61 63 | L 36 57 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 64 36 57 | W 76 61 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 46 46 | L 61 36 06 |
| Emma Navarro | W 64 62 | W 62 62 |
| Barbora Krejcikova | L 16 26 | W 57 61 75 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 46 16 | L 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Magda Linette
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Anastasia Potapova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Peyton Stearns
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Kaitlin Quevedo
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Caty Mcnally
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Karolina Muchova
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · Semifinals
Jun 26
Emma Navarro
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Anna Kalinskaya
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Diane Parry
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Final
Aug 30
Nikola Bartunkova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Semifinals
Aug 29
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Panna Udvardy
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Diane Parry
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Anna Bondar
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Linda Noskova
Wimbledon - London · Quarterfinals
Jul 8
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–49 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 59% |
| Sets won | 55% | 58% |
| Games won | 52% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ruse | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 1 |
Share this matchup
Copy the link to paste in Discord or group chats.