Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Emma NavarroPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#57 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 2–6
🇺🇸Emma Navarro
#27 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
5wElena Gabriela Ruse and Emma Navarro have met 4 times since 2024; Emma Navarro leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Trophee Clarins - Paris in 2024 on clay. On hard courts Navarro leads 2–0. Across all meetings Ruse has taken 2 sets to Navarro's 6. Their most recent meeting: Elena Gabriela Ruse won at Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Gabriela Ruse | Navarro | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Emma Navarro | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 20/32 | 56% | 14/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 6/21 | 50% | 10/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 18/53 | 47% | 21/45 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 43% | 9/21 | 37% | 10/27 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 71% | 12/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 24/27 | 86% | 19/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 20/27 | 64% | 14/22 |
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: 4 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Gabriela Ruse 1, Navarro 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Navarro
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elena Gabriela Ruse and Emma Navarro 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
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 25, 2026
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg
G Grass · Quarterfinals
Feb 16, 2026
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 27, 2025
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · 2nd Round
May 18, 2024
Trophee Clarins - Paris
C Clay · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ruse | Navarro | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Emma Navarro | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 10/10 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 40% | 4/10 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 70% | 7/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 20% | 2/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ruse | Navarro |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 6–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.92 | 2.41 |
| ROI % | -6.9% | +21.7% |
| Units P/L | -0.62u | +2.17u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ruse | Navarro |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Navarro has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Ruse's 30%).
| Opponent | Ruse | Navarro |
|---|---|---|
| Yulia Putintseva | L | W 61 64 |
| Anna Bondar | L 46 61 26 | W 67 63 62 |
| Eva Lys | W 61 62 | W 76 63 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 36 26 | L 63 46 36 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | W 75 62 | W 64 62 |
| Karolina Muchova | L 46 46 | W 63 75 |
| Caty Mcnally | L 57 36 | W 36 62 63 |
| Magda Linette | W 60 63 | L 63 36 36 |
| Sofia Kenin | L 46 64 36 | W 60 75 |
| Paula Badosa | L 62 26 57 | W 46 63 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Anna Kalinskaya
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Karolina Muchova
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Caty Mcnally
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Lois Boisson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Jessica Pegula
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anhelina Kalinina
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Alina Korneeva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 45–53 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Navarro |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 56% |
| Sets won | 56% | 54% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ruse | Navarro |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ruse | Navarro |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
Share this matchup
Copy the link to paste in Discord or group chats.