23 Facts About Elena-Gabriela Ruse

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse made her WTA 1000 debut at the Indian Wells Open as a qualifier.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse lost to 26th seed Paula Badosa in the third round, after a deciding set tiebreak.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings at world No 93 on 23 September 2024.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated wildcard entrant Elsa Jacquemot, qualifier Camilla Rosatello and lucky loser Jessika Ponchet to reach the semifinals at the Rouen Open, where she lost to top seed and eventual champion Elina Svitolina.