Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#57 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 3–4
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
7w3Elena Gabriela Ruse and Shuai Zhang have met 3 times since 2018; Shuai Zhang leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Prague in 2018 on clay. On grass courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Ruse has taken 3 sets to Zhang's 4. 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 | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 20/32 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 6/21 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 18/53 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 43% | 9/21 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 24/27 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 20/27 | 72% | 23/32 |
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: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Gabriela Ruse 1, Zhang 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 404 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Elena Gabriela Ruse.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jun 20, 2026
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg
G Grass · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 16, 2022
Viking Classic - Birmingham
G Grass · 2nd Round
May 3, 2018
Prague
C Clay · Round of 16
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ruse | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 10/10 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 40% | 4/10 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.92 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | -6.9% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | -0.62u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Across 10 shared opponents, both Ruse and Zhang posted a 40% win rate.
| Opponent | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Yulia Putintseva | L | W 64 61 |
| Linda Noskova | L 46 16 | L 75 16 46 |
| Yeon Woo Ku | W 26 76 61 | W 63 62 |
| Eva Lys | W 61 62 | W 64 63 |
| Alexandra Eala | L | L 36 26 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 46 26 | L 36 16 |
| Jelena Ostapenko | L 62 26 36 | W |
| Karolina Muchova | L 46 46 | L 36 26 |
| Emma Navarro | W 64 62 | L 62 67 26 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | W 75 62 | L 16 16 |
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
Leylah Fernandez
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Maria Timofeeva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ann Li
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Aryna Sabalenka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jelena Ostapenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 53–63 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 52% |
| Sets won | 56% | 52% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 1 |
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