Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#63 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 3–4
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#53 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
4Elena 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 WTA (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 | 74% | 17/23 | 67% | 22/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 28% | 5/18 | 27% | 7/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 11/41 | 31% | 18/59 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 7/14 | 50% | 14/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 7/14 | 45% | 13/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 4/8 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 19/22 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 17/22 | 71% | 22/31 |
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 54% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 330 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 WTA
G Grass
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% | 12/12 | 56% | 5/9 |
| 3 or more | 67% | 8/12 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 4/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/9 |
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 | 6–2 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.70 | 3.16 |
| ROI % | +16.3% | -9.2% |
| Units P/L | +1.30u | -1.19u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 5 |
| 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
Ruse has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Zhang's 0%).
| Opponent | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Anastasia Potapova | L 46 26 | L 36 16 |
| 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 |
| Linda Noskova | W 61 63 | L 75 16 46 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 64 36 57 | L 36 57 |
| Dayana Yastremska | W 46 64 64 | L 36 26 |
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
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
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Karolina Muchova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Bianca Andreescu
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–59 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 56% |
| Sets won | 55% | 54% |
| Games won | 52% | 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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