Sinja Kraus vs Elena Gabriela Ruse — Rome Qualifying Round 2

Rome · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
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Sinja Kraus
#92WTA
1725ELO
1687Clay ELO
24 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
clay
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Elena Gabriela Ruse
#88WTA
1786ELO
1723Clay ELO
28 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sinja Kraus defeated Elena Gabriela Ruse 7-6 6-2 in the Rome qualifying round 2 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Gabriela Ruse came in ranked #88, but Sinja Kraus had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 4 on clay.

Key context

  • Match story: Sinja Kraus closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–2.
Kraus S.
7762
Ruse E.
632–

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

Recent form
Kraus S.Ruse E.
60%1st serve in+4%56%
62%1st serve points won+4%66%
44%2nd serve points won+3%47%
55%Service points won+3%58%
47%Return points won+4%43%
57%Break points saved+7%50%
1.2Aces / match+2.94.1
3.7Double faults / match+1.55.2

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Galfi D.
Grabher J.
7-626-4
Masarova R.
Teichmann J.
1-66-16-1
Kraus S.
Ruse E.
7-636-2
Potapova A.
Bartunkova N.
4-66-46-2
Korneeva A.
Tagger L.
6-36-3
Townsend T.
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
6-26-3
Korpatsch T.
Sherif M.
3-67-57-65
Kalinina A.
Volynets K.
6-26-3
Urgesi F.
Erjavec V.
6-46-1
Jeanjean L.
Tomljanovic A.
7-655-76-3
Waltert S.
Yuan Y.
6-21-67-5
Basiletti N.
Snigur D.
6-36-786-4
Q1
Korneeva A.
Seidel E.
7-613-66-2
Masarova R.
Uchijima M.
6-36-2
Teichmann J.
Vandewinkel H.
6-46-3
Tagger L.
Lamens S.
7-56-2
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Sun L.
6-47-62
Townsend T.
Sramkova R.
3-67-56-2
Korpatsch T.
Ricci B.
3-66-16-2
Urgesi F.
Zarazua R.
6-42-66-3
Snigur D.
De Stefano S.
6-26-3
Basiletti N.
Arango E.
6-46-3
Jeanjean L.
Parry D.
6-17-60
Tomljanovic A.
Lombardini M.
7-56-1
Grabher J.
Sasnovich A.
4-66-26-4
Galfi D.
Parks A.
6-46-1
Volynets K.
Semenistaja D.
6-26-0
Sherif M.
Blinkova A.
6-16-2
Erjavec V.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-32-3
Kalinina A.
Osorio C.
6-37-5
Waltert S.
Pedone G.
6-27-64
Yuan Y.
Birrell K.
6-36-2
Potapova A.
Begu I.
6-17-5
Bartunkova N.
Krueger A.
6-26-2
Ruse E.
Dodin O.
6-16-3
Kraus S.
Salkova D.
6-26-2