Top seed Svitolina races into Rouen final

April 19, 2025

Elina Svitolina won against Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday evening and will face Serb Olga Danilovic, the No 3 seed, for the title

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Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole •Semi-final • Completed

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E. SvitolinavsE. Ruse

Top seed Elina Svitolina raced into her first final since Auckland at the start of last year when she beat Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-0, 6-2 to move into the final of the Rouen Open at the Kindarena on Saturday evening.

Svitolina, ranked No 18, will face Serb Olga Danilovic, the No 3 seed, next. It will be the former world No 3’s 22nd WTA Tour final.

🇺🇦Elina Svitolina is through to the final in Rouen.

The Ukrainian eased past 🇷🇴Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals of the WTA 250 event.

This is Svitolina’s first Tour-level final since January last year. It will be the 22nd final of her career. She has won 17… pic.twitter.com/6N2r95z4cR
— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) April 19, 2025

In the previous rounds of the Rouen tournament, the Ukrainian beat Swiss Jil Teichmann (6-4, 6-2), Anhelina Kalinina (6-4, 6-0) and Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-3, 6-2).

Ruse, ranked No 90, won against French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot (1-6, 6-1, 6-4), Italian qualifier Camilla Rosatello (6-0, 6-4) and French lucky loser Jessika Ponchet (6-2, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Rouen WTA 250, other semi-final result (Kindarena, clay, EUR 239.212):