Elena Ruse

Elena Gabriela Ruse

Full name	Elena Gabriela Ruse
Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Born	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. 369 (18 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 369 (18 April 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. 389 (7 March 2016)
Current ranking	No. 390 (21 March 2015)
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. She is currently ranked 368 in singles and 372 in doubles.

ITF finals (8 titles, 3 runner–up)

Singles (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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)

Outcome	No.	Datexf	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 December 2015	Antalya , Turkey	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	1–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Winner	2.	21 February 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Josephine Boualem	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	28 February 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Nina Potočnik	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Runner–up	1.	27 March 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Claudia Giovine	4–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	3 April 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–4, 6–1

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner–up)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 August 2015	Arad, Romania	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Andreea Ghițescu Katarína Strešnáková	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	1.	22 August 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Diana Buzean Cristina Dinu	0−6, 2−6
Runner–up	2.	12 December 2015	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Julie Noe	Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Winner	2.	20 February 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Petia Arshinkova	Eleni Daniilidou Arina Folts	7–6^(7–0), 6–4
Winner	3.	27 February 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Adrijana Lekaj Viktoriya Tomova	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Winner	4.	3 April 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	Ola Abou Zekry Snehadevi Reddy	6–4, 6–4

External links

• Elena Ruse at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Ruse at the International Tennis Federation