Ajla Tomljanovic def. Elena Gabriela Ruse — Round of 128, Indian Wells Open 2026

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Indian Wells Open 2026

WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA

Played4 Mar 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 85 going into this drawWon

Ajla Tomljanovic 7 6

🇷🇴ranked WTA number 74 going into this draw

Elena Gabriela Ruse 5 2

🇦🇺A. TomljanovicAjla TomljanovicvE. RuseElena Gabriela Ruse🇷🇴

🇦🇺Ajla Tomljanovic

🇷🇴Elena Gabriela Ruse

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

2

5

Double faults

4

79%

1st serve in

43%

70%

1st serve points won

57%

42%

2nd serve points won

38%

64%

Service points won

46%

2/5

Break points saved

5/11

Return

54%

Return points won

36%

6/11

Break points won

3/5

71

Total points won

50

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchIndian Wells R128won by Tomljanovic
  2. 2026HardMelbourne R64won by Ruse

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

3–7

2–1

Last 30 days

0–2

By surface

10–9

Hard

3–6

By round

2–0

R128

2–0

1–2

R64

1–3

8–1

First match at an event

2–4

1–1

At WTA 1000s

1–2

How their matches go

16

Completed matches

9

38%

Won in straight sets

33%

19%

Won after losing a set

0%

19%

Lost after winning a set

22%

25%

Lost in straight sets

44%

5–1

Tiebreaks

0–1

3–3

Deciding sets

0–2

6/8

Won after winning set 1

3/3

3/8

Won after losing set 1

0/6

Serve and return, last 5 matches

69%

1st serve in

58%

67%

1st serve points won

71%

47%

2nd serve points won

44%

62%

Break points saved

52%

43%

Return points won

40%

41%

Break points won

31%

1.0

Aces a match

2.0

4.8

Double faults a match

4.0

Last 14 days

3

Matches

0

7

Sets

0

5

Days since last match

16

Last 10 matches going in

LatestAjla TomljanovicElena Gabriela Ruse
1Lost🇦🇺K. BirrellKimberly BirrellNo. 94No. 94 · 27 FebAustin QF · 27 FebLost🇺🇸E. NavarroEmma NavarroNo. 18No. 18 · 16 FebDubai R64 · 16 Feb
2Won🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 20No. 20 · 26 FebAustin R16 · 26 FebLost🇨🇭R. MasarovaRebeka MasarovaNo. 115No. 115 · 3 FebCluj-Napoca R32 · 3 Feb
3Won🇺🇸V. WilliamsVenus WilliamsR32 · 24 FebAustin R32 · 24 FebLost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 8No. 8 · 23 JanMelbourne R32 · 23 Jan
4Lost🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 79No. 79 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 JanWon🇦🇺A. TomljanovicAjla TomljanovicNo. 76No. 76 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 Jan
5Won🇺🇦Y. StarodubtsevaYuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 110No. 110 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 JanWon🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 27No. 27 · 18 JanMelbourne R128 · 18 Jan
6Lost🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 32No. 32 · 14 JanAdelaide R16 · 14 JanLost🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 33No. 33 · 12 JanAdelaide R32 · 12 Jan
7Won🇩🇰C. TausonClara TausonNo. 14No. 14 · 12 JanAdelaide R32 · 12 JanLost🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 28No. 28 · 4 JanBrisbane R64 · 4 Jan
8Lost🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 19No. 19 · 6 JanBrisbane R32 · 6 JanLost🇺🇸E. NavarroEmma NavarroNo. 18No. 18 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
9Won🇫🇷E. JacquemotElsa JacquemotNo. 55No. 55 · 4 JanBrisbane R64 · 4 JanWon🇸🇰R. SramkovaRebecca SramkovaNo. 40No. 40 · 25 SepBeijing R128 · 25 Sep
10Lost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 45No. 45 · 29 OctHong Kong R16 · 29 OctLost🇦🇺D. KasatkinaDaria KasatkinaNo. 17No. 17 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug