1. Elena-Gabriela Ruse was born on 6 November 1997 and is a Romanian professional tennis player.
22 Facts About Elena-Gabriela Ruse
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Elena-Gabriela Ruse has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No 51 and a doubles ranking of No 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively.
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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 eleven 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 at the Indian Wells Open 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 Monterrey Open as a qualifier, defeating Merida Open champion Camila Giorgi.
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Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached the semifinals at the WTA 125 Ladies Hamburg Open defeating two seeds en-route, eighth seed Laura Pigossi and second seed Tamara Korpatsch, and returned to the top 125 in the rankings on 12 August 2024.
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Elena-Gabriela Ruse lost to 26th seed Paula Badosa in the third round, after a deciding set tiebreak.
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Elena-Gabriela Ruse returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings at world No 93 on 23 September 2024.