Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romaniantennis 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 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
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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Romania
Viktória Kužmová 
Kristýna Plíšková
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Josephine Boualem
Nina Potočnik
Claudia Giovine
Julia Grabher
Maryna Zanevska
Chiara Scholl
Julie Noe
Alona Fomina 
Christina Shakovets
Petia Arshinkova
Eleni Daniilidou 
Arina Folts
Adrijana Lekaj 
Ola Abou Zekry 
Snehadevi Reddy
Laura Pous Tió 
Eva Wacanno
Anastasiya Komardina
Dea Herdželaš 
Sarah Beth Grey 
Laura Pigossi 
Aymet Uzcategui
Cornelia Lister 
Raluca Serban 
