Elena Gabriela Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse
Full name Elena Gabriela Ruse
Country (sports)  Romania
Residence Bucharest, Romania
Born (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997
Bucharest, Romania
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $12,650
Singles
Career record 45–22
Career titles 4 ITF, 0 WTA
Highest ranking No. 327 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking No. 327 (6 June 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Junior 3R (2014)
Wimbledon Junior SF (2014)
US Open Junior 1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 30–15
Career titles 4 ITF, 0 WTA
Highest ranking No. 345 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking No. 345 (6 June 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior QF (2014)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2014)
US Open Junior 1R (2014)
Last updated on: 29 June 2015.

Elena Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997 in Bucharest) is a Romanian tennis player.

Ruse has a career high WTA singles ranking of 370 and doubles ranking of 374, both achieved on 11 April 2016. Ruse had a career high ITF juniors ranking of 7 achieved on 18 May 2015. She made the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event.

Ruse made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 BRD Bucharest Open in the doubles event partnering Jaqueline Cristian.

2012–2015: Junior career

Ruse won two junior singles titles and eight junior doubles titles. The biggest title of her junior career was the Grade 1 Canadian Open Junior Championships, where she beat Katie Swan in the final. Ruse also reached the semifinals of Junior Wimbledon in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr.

2015–2016: Rise up the professional ranks

When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking. In July 2015, she received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the 2015 BRD Bucharest Open and beat Alexandra Cadantu in the first round. She lost her next match to Maria Sakkari. She reached semifinals at $10,000 ITF events in Bucharest and Antalya and finished 2015 with a year-end ranking of 642 in singles and 575 in doubles.

In November 2015, Ruse won her first professional singles title at a $10,000 event in Antalya, beating Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final. In January 2016, Ruse qualified for the $25,000 ITF event in Sunrise, beating former top-30 player Laura Robson along the way, and reached the quarterfinals. After that event, she won 10 singles matches and 8 doubles matches in a row and won two singles and two doubles titles at $10,000 events in Antalya. In March, Ruse reached two straight finals at $10,000 events in Hammamet, Tunisia. She 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. At the end of April, Ruse qualified for a $25,000 event in Chiasso, Switzerland and reached the semifinals, where she lost to fellow qualifier Amanda Carreras.

After taking time off for her high school graduation, Ruse returned to competition in June at a $50,000 ITF event in Essen, Germany. As the last direct acceptance, Ruse shocked top seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets for her first win over a top-100 player. Due to rain delays in Essen, Ruse had to play her second round match the same day and lost in straight sets to Spanish qualifier Olga Saez Larra. She is currently ranked 327 in singles and 345 in doubles.

ITF finals (8–5)

Singles (4–2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 13 December 2015 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner 21 February 2016 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay France Josephine Boualem 7–6(7–3), 0–6, 6–1
Winner 28 February 2016 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Runner–up 27 March 2016 10,000 Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Italy Claudia Giovine 4–6, 0–6
Winner 3 April 2016 10,000 Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Austria Julia Grabher 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up 23 October 2016 50,000 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Belgium Maryna Zanevska 3–6, 3–6

Doubles (4–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 14 August 2015 10,000 Arad, Romania Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian Romania Andreea Ghițescu
Slovakia Katarína Strešnáková		 6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 22 August 2015 10,000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Romania Diana Buzean
Romania Cristina Dinu		 0–6, 2–6
Runner–up 12 December 2015 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay Denmark Julie Noe Ukraine Alona Fomina
Germany Christina Shakovets		 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner 20 February 2016 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay Bulgaria Petia Arshinkova Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Uzbekistan Arina Folts		 7–6(7–0), 6–4
Winner 27 February 2016 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay United States Dasha Ivanova Croatia Adrijana Lekaj
Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova		 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Winner 3 April 2016 10,000 Hammamet. Tunisia Clay Germany Katharina Hobgarski Egypt Ola Abou Zekry
India Snehadevi Reddy		 6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 6 June 2016 50,000 Essen, Germany Clay Belgium Elyne Boeykens Spain Laura Pous Tió
Germany Anne Schäfer		 2–6, 3–6

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