Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Elena-Gabriela Ruse is a Romanian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 182 in singles and 179 in doubles, both achieved in July 2018. 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.
Tennis career
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 $10k event in Antalya, beating Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final. In January 2016, Ruse qualified for the $25k 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 $10k 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 $25k 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 $50k 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 Sáez Larra.
Performance timeline
Singles
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2019 Bucharest Open – Doubles| | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay |  Jaqueline Cristian |  Viktória Kužmová  Kristýna Plíšková | 4–6, 6–7 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2015 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay |  Ekaterine Gorgodze | 1–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay |  Josephine Boualem | 7–6, 0–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay |  Nina Potočnik | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Mar 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 10,000 | Clay |  Claudia Giovine | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–1 | Apr 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 10,000 | Clay |  Julia Grabher | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2016 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | 50,000 | Hard |  Maryna Zanevska | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Chiara Scholl | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Arad, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Nina Potočnik | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Mar 2019 | ITF Yokohama, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Greet Minnen | 4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2015 | ITF Arad, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Jaqueline Cristian | Andreea Ghițescu Katarína Strešnáková | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2015 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion | Diana Buzean Cristina Dinu | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Dec 2015 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay |  Julie Noe |  Alona Fomina  Christina Shakovets | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay |  Petia Arshinkova |  Eleni Daniilidou  Arina Folts | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Dasha Ivanova |  Adrijana Lekaj Viktoriya Tomova | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF Hammamet. Tunisia | 10,000 | Clay | Katharina Hobgarski |  Ola Abou Zekry  Snehadevi Reddy | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2016 | ITF Essen, Germany | 50,000 | Clay | Elyne Boeykens |  Laura Pous Tió Anne Schäfer | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Aug 2017 | ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay |  Eva Wacanno | Martina Di Giuseppe Anna-Giulia Remondina | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2017 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay |  Anastasiya Komardina |  Dea Herdželaš Oana Georgeta Simion | 3–6, 6–1, |
| Loss | 6–4 | Sep 2017 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Jaqueline Adina Cristian Anastasiya Komardina | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 6–5 | Oct 2017 | ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France | 25,000 | Hard | Jaqueline Cristian |  Sarah Beth Grey Samantha Murray | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–5 | Sep 2018 | ITF Montreux, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Andreea Mitu |  Laura Pigossi Maryna Zanevska | 4–6, 6–3, |
| Loss | 7–6 | Sep 2018 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Jaqueline Cristian | Cristina Dinu  Aymet Uzcategui | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Jan 2019 | ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard | Andreea Mitu |  Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Feb 2019 | ITF Grenoble, France | 25,000 | Hard | Andreea Mitu | Estelle Cascino Elixane Lechemia | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–8 | Jan 2020 | ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard | Jaqueline Cristian |  Raluca Serban Ekaterine Gorgodze | 7–6, 6–7, |