Paula Badosa vs Elena Gabriela Ruse — US Open Round of 32

US Open · WTA · Round of 32
Paula Badosa
ESP
Paula Badosa
#141WTA
1780ELO
1748Hard ELO
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 August 2024
hard
Elena Gabriela Ruse
ROU
Elena Gabriela Ruse
#71WTA
1850ELO
1754Hard ELO
28 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLWW
Badosa P.
4-6 6-1 7-6
Ruse E.
Badosa P.
467102
Ruse E.
61681

Paula Badosa defeated Elena Gabriela Ruse 4-6 6-1 7-6 in the US Open round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Gabriela Ruse came in ranked #71, defending last year's round of 128. Paula Badosa extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-05-26Roland GarrosR64clayPaula Badosa3-6 6-4 6-4
2022-02-14DubaiR32hardElena Gabriela Ruse6-3 5-7 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Badosa P.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Ruse E.

Ruse E.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Badosa P.

Even serve battle

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

Badosa P.Ruse E.
21
Serve
0
19
Return
32

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

Statistics

This season
Badosa P.Ruse E.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
59%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.6
3.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.5
4.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (104 vs 117). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Badosa P.Ruse E.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
93
66
Break points saved·Clear edge
95
72
Break points won·Even
94
98
Deciding sets·Even
95
97
Tiebreaks·Dominant
94
5

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

Freshness

Recent load
Badosa P.Ruse E.
Freshness·Dominant
64
97

Badosa P.: 1 day rest · 4 matches, 74 games (7d) · Ruse E.: 11 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
28°CClear
Wind 2 km/hHumidity 57%

Draw

Final
Sabalenka A.
Pegula J.
7-57-5
Semi-finals
Sabalenka A.
Navarro E.
6-37-62
Pegula J.
Muchova K.
1-66-46-2
Quarter-finals
Pegula J.
Swiatek I.
6-26-4
Sabalenka A.
Zheng Q.
6-16-2
Navarro E.
Badosa P.
6-27-5
Muchova K.
Haddad Maia B.
6-16-4
R16
Pegula J.
Shnaider D.
6-46-2
Swiatek I.
Samsonova L.
6-46-1
Haddad Maia B.
Wozniacki C.
6-23-66-3
Muchova K.
Paolini J.
6-36-3
Navarro E.
Gauff C.
6-34-66-3
Sabalenka A.
Mertens E.
6-26-4
Zheng Q.
Vekic D.
7-624-66-2
Badosa P.
Wang Y.
6-16-2
R32
Wang Y.
Azarenka V.
6-43-66-1
Gauff C.
Svitolina E.
3-66-36-3
Navarro E.
Kostyuk M.
6-44-66-3
Shnaider D.
Errani S.
6-26-2
Haddad Maia B.
Kalinskaya A.
6-36-1
Muchova K.
Potapova A.
6-46-2
Paolini J.
Putintseva Y.
6-36-4
Badosa P.
Ruse E.
4-66-17-68
Swiatek I.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-46-2
Mertens E.
Keys M.
6-757-56-4
Vekic D.
Stearns P.
7-56-4
Zheng Q.
Niemeier J.
6-26-1
Pegula J.
Bouzas Maneiro J.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.
Ponchet J.
6-36-2
Sabalenka A.
Alexandrova E.
2-66-16-2
Samsonova L.
Krueger A.
6-16-1
R64
Ponchet J.
Rybakina E.
W/O
Paolini J.
Pliskova K.
RET
Samsonova L.
Bouzkova M.
3-67-616-3
Swiatek I.
Shibahara E.
6-06-1
Mertens E.
Tomljanovic A.
6-36-2
Kostyuk M.
Dart H.
7-6106-1
Navarro E.
Rus A.
6-16-1
Putintseva Y.
Wang X.
6-17-64
Krueger A.
Andreeva M.
6-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Cocciaretto E.
5-76-16-2
Muchova K.
Osaka N.
6-37-65
Potapova A.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-4
Shnaider D.
Tauson C.
6-46-4
Badosa P.
Townsend T.
6-37-5
Gauff C.
Maria T.
6-46-0
Ruse E.
Krejcikova B.
6-47-5
Azarenka V.
Burel C.
6-16-4
Niemeier J.
Uchijima M.
6-46-0
Errani S.
Dolehide C.
7-57-5
Zheng Q.
Andreeva E.
6-736-16-2
Svitolina E.
Kalinina A.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Zarazua R.
6-36-3
Stearns P.
Kasatkina D.
6-17-63
Sabalenka A.
Bronzetti L.
6-36-1
Vekic D.
Minnen G.
7-56-1
Pegula J.
Kenin S.
7-646-3
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Boulter K.
7-57-5
Alexandrova E.
Jovic I.
4-66-47-5
Wang Y.
Parry D.
6-06-4
Haddad Maia B.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-26-1
Kalinskaya A.
Bondar A.
6-26-4
Keys M.
Joint M.
6-46-0
R128
Stearns P.
Tsurenko L.
6-17-5
Minnen G.
Frech M.
7-57-5
Vekic D.
Birrell K.
6-46-4
Bronzetti L.
Sun L.
6-3
Kasatkina D.
Cristian J.
6-26-4
Keys M.
Siniakova K.
6-46-1
Sabalenka A.
Hon P.
6-36-3
Lepchenko V.
Fruhvirtova B.
2-1
Parry D.
Wang X.
7-627-65
Wang Y.
Sakkari M.
6-2
Uchijima M.
Korpatsch T.
3-66-36-4
Dolehide C.
Collins D.
1-67-56-4
Sorribes Tormo S.
Noel A.
6-16-3
Samsonova L.
Wang Q.
6-27-5
Rus A.
Bogdan A.
6-47-65
Niemeier J.
Yastremska D.
6-46-736-4
Tauson C.
Schmiedlova A.
1-67-656-2
Shnaider D.
Podoroska N.
6-06-1
Boulter K.
Sasnovich A.
5-76-26-1
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Martic P.
6-36-0
Haddad Maia B.
Avanesyan E.
4-66-06-2
Badosa P.
Golubic V.
6-06-3
Kalinskaya A.
Davis L.
6-26-2
Navarro E.
Blinkova A.
6-16-1
Dart H.
Paquet C.
6-16-2
Bondar A.
Pera B.
6-33-66-3
Swiatek I.
Rakhimova K.
6-47-66
Wang X.
Rodionova A.
3-66-46-1
Pliskova K.
Sherif M.
6-30-67-5
Paolini J.
Andreescu B.
6-756-26-4
Krejcikova B.
Bassols Ribera M.
7-636-2
Ruse E.
Grabher J.
6-26-4
Tomljanovic A.
Li A.
6-46-4
Joint M.
Siegemund L.
6-47-5
Azarenka V.
Starodubtseva Y.
3-66-16-1
Jovic I.
Linette M.
6-46-3
Alexandrova E.
Tomova V.
6-746-07-5
Mertens E.
Kudermetova V.
3-66-46-3
Kenin S.
Raducanu E.
6-13-66-4
Putintseva Y.
Noskova L.
7-636-4
Andreeva E.
Yuan Y.
6-37-67
Zheng Q.
Anisimova A.
4-66-46-2
Gauff C.
Gracheva V.
6-26-0
Maria T.
Sierra S.
6-26-3
Kalinina A.
Dodin O.
6-13-66-1
Svitolina E.
Carle M.
3-66-36-4
Shibahara E.
Saville D.
6-34-67-66
Cocciaretto E.
Baindl K.
6-36-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Preston T.
6-26-0
Andreeva M.
Osorio C.
6-27-64
Krueger A.
Zhang S.
0-66-17-5
Bouzkova M.
Lys E.
6-21-67-5
Errani S.
Bucsa C.
3-66-06-4
Pegula J.
Rogers S.
6-46-3
Rybakina E.
Aiava D.
6-17-61
Ponchet J.
Zheng S.
6-46-1
Wozniacki C.
Hibino N.
6-06-1
Zarazua R.
Garcia C.
6-16-4
Osaka N.
Ostapenko J.
6-36-2
Muchova K.
Volynets K.
6-37-5
Potapova A.
Fernandez L.
2-66-47-5
Townsend T.
Trevisan M.
6-27-5
Burel C.
Stephens S.
0-67-57-5
Kostyuk M.
Kessler M.
6-26-3