🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#77 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 1–4
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#61 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
Elena Gabriela Ruse and Shuai Zhang have met 3 times since 2018; Shuai Zhang leads 2–1. Their most recent meeting: Elena Gabriela Ruse won at Bad Homburg WTA (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Elena Gabriela Ruse and Shuai Zhang are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit — across 7,344 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
3 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ruse | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 78% | 7/9 |
| 3 or more | 71% | 5/7 | 33% | 3/9 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 3/7 | 22% | 2/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/9 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–2 | 6–12 |
| Avg odds | 2.34 | 2.77 |
| ROI % | +80.9% | -37.9% |
| Units P/L | +6.47u | -6.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Ruse has a higher win rate against shared opponents (25% vs Zhang's 0%).
| Opponent | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Navarro | L 46 57 | L 62 67 26 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 64 36 57 | L 36 57 |
| Dayana Yastremska | W 46 64 64 | L 36 26 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | L 06 36 | L 16 16 |
Last five matches per player
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
Antonia Ruzic
Madrid · Round of 128
Apr 21
Elena Rybakina
Madrid · Round of 64
Apr 21
Katie Boulter
Linz · Round of 32
Apr 6
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 31–47 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 42% | 60% |
| Sets won | 43% | 57% |
| Games won | 48% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 1 |
