Elena Gabriela Ruse vs Magdalena Frech — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · WTA · Round of 32
Elena Gabriela Ruse
ROU
Elena Gabriela Ruse
#71WTA
1850ELO
1754Hard ELO
28 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 January 2022
hard
Magdalena Frech
POL
Magdalena Frech
#44WTA
1725ELO
1700Hard ELO
$659kYTD
$4.8MCAREER
28 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Ruse E.
6-2 3-6 6-4
Frech M.
Ruse E.
6362
Frech M.
2641

Elena Gabriela Ruse defeated Magdalena Frech 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Magdalena Frech came in ranked #44, leading the head-to-head 2–1. Elena Gabriela Ruse narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-05-24Roland GarrosR128clayMagdalena Frech7.7-6.5 2-1
2025-03-18MiamiR64hardElena Gabriela Ruse6-4 6-4
2020-08-10PragueR32clayMagdalena Frech7-6(8) 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Ruse E.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Frech M.

Frech M.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Ruse E.

Serve advantage — Ruse E.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Ruse E.Frech M.
0
Serve
32
32
Return
47

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Ruse E.Frech M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
57%
Return points won·Even
46%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
3.1
2.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.6
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ruse E.Frech M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
66
55
Break points saved·Even
72
76
Break points won·Dominant
98
71
Deciding sets·Dominant
97
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
5
43

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Ruse E.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry Score
Frech M.
4.2
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 77 days (−1.2)
Form & Matchup
5.3+54 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
4.7Hard Elo 1700
5.8Overall Elo 1850
ELO gap
4.2Overall Elo 1725
5.0
H2H
5.0
4.0
Surface form
4.4
Fatigue & Travel
8.7
Minutes 14d
9.0
Prev. match
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Ruse E.Frech M.
Freshness·Even
98
98

Ruse E.: 12 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Frech M.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Badosa P.[5]
Krejcikova B.[3]
6-34-67-64
Semi-finals
Badosa P.[5]
Kasatkina D.
6-26-2
Krejcikova B.[3]
Kontaveit A.[4]
0-66-47-612
Quarter-finals
Kontaveit A.[4]
Jabeur O.[7]
6-4
Badosa P.[5]
Bencic B.
7-663-66-3
Kasatkina D.
Muguruza G.[2]
6-46-4
Krejcikova B.[3]
Garcia C.
6-06-2
R16
Jabeur O.[7]
Kvitova P.
6-46-4
Garcia C.
Rybakina E.[9]
W/O
Krejcikova B.[3]
Cristian J.
6-17-5
Kontaveit A.[4]
Ruse E.
6-36-1
Badosa P.[5]
Tomljanovic A.
6-36-4
Bencic B.
Dodin O.
2-67-56-3
Muguruza G.[2]
Alexandrova E.
6-17-64
Kasatkina D.
Mertens E.
6-36-4
R32
Cristian J.
Hon P.
7-657-5
Badosa P.[5]
Ostapenko J.
7-616-1
Dodin O.
Olmos G.
6-46-1
Alexandrova E.
Shibahara E.
6-46-4
Rybakina E.[9]
Raducanu E.
6-06-1
Ruse E.
Frech M.
6-23-66-4
Jabeur O.[7]
Sharma A.
6-16-3
Bencic B.
Haddad Maia B.
6-36-2
Garcia C.
Pegula J.
6-47-63
Tomljanovic A.
Schmiedlova A.
6-26-3
Mertens E.
Ferro F.
6-27-65
Kasatkina D.
Kenin S.[8]
6-46-0
Kvitova P.
Rus A.
3-67-647-5
Kontaveit A.[4]
Zhang S.
6-36-3