Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse
#57 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 1–2
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Elena Gabriela Ruse and Sofia Kenin have met 1 time since 2026; Sofia Kenin leads 1–0. Across all meetings Ruse has taken 1 sets to Kenin's 2. Their most recent meeting: Sofia Kenin won at Brisbane International - Brisbane (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Gabriela Ruse | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 20/32 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 6/21 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 18/53 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 43% | 9/21 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 24/27 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 20/27 | 40% | 6/15 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Gabriela Ruse 0, Kenin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ruse
💥 Big Hitter
Kenin
🎯 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
1 career meeting, newest first
Jan 4, 2026
Brisbane International - Brisbane
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ruse | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Gabriela Ruse | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 10/10 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 40% | 4/10 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ruse | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.92 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | -6.9% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | -0.62u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ruse | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 6 | 3 |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | 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
Ruse has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Kenin's 20%).
| Opponent | Ruse | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Eva Lys | W 61 62 | W 16 63 63 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 36 26 | L 36 16 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 60 75 | L 36 36 |
| Emma Navarro | W 64 62 | L 06 57 |
| Katerina Siniakova | W 36 63 62 | L 61 46 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
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–53 matches
| Metric | Ruse | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 27% |
| Sets won | 56% | 35% |
| Games won | 53% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ruse | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ruse | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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