19 Facts About Elena-Gabriela Ruse

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse was born on 6 November 1997 and is a Romanian tennis player.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse has career-high WTA rankings of 51 in singles and 32 in doubles.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg European Open.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse has won six singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr.

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When Elena-Gabriela Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking.

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In July 2015, Elena-Gabriela Ruse made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Jaqueline Cristian.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse received a wildcard into the qualifying draw in singles at the same tournament and beat Alexandra Cadantu in the first round.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached semifinals at $10k events in Bucharest and Antalya.

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In December 2015, Elena-Gabriela Ruse won her first professional singles title at Antalya, beating Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse finished 2015 with a year-end ranking of No 642 in singles and No 575 in doubles.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse lost the first one to Claudia Giovine in straight sets, snapping her 14-match winning streak in singles, and in the second one she beat Julia Grabher.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached her first WTA tournament final at the 2019 Bucharest Open, partnering again with Jaqueline Cristian; they were defeated by Viktoria Kuzmova and Kristyna Pliskova in the championship match.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the Hamburg European Open, defeating Andrea Petkovic in the final.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse made her US Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in the first round to Marketa Vondrousova.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached another new career-high of No 83 in the world on 18 October 2021, and finished the year ranked No 85.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached a new career-high ranking of No 51 on 23 May 2022.

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached the second round at the 2023 Monterrey Open as a qualifier defeating Merida Open champion Camila Giorgi.