2012–2015

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 the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 7, achieved on 18 May 2015.

2015–2016: Rise up the rankings, WTA Tour debut

When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking.

In July 2015, Ruse made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Jaqueline Cristian. She also received a wildcard into the qualifying draw in singles at the same tournament and beat Alexandra Cadanțu in the first round. She lost her next match to Maria Sakkari. She reached semifinals at $10k events in Bucharest and Antalya.

In December 2015, Ruse won her first professional singles title at Antalya, beating Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final. She finished 2015 with a year-end ranking of No. 642 in singles and No. 575 in doubles.

In January 2016, she 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 ten singles matches and eight doubles matches in a row and won two singles and two doubles titles at $10k 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 the $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, she had to play her second-round match the same day and lost in straight sets to qualifier Olga Sáez Larra.

2018–2019: Grand Slam singles debut at Wimbledon, first WTA doubles final

Ruse qualified for her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

She reached her first WTA tournament final at the 2019 Bucharest Open, partnering again with Jaqueline Cristian; they were defeated by Viktória Kužmová and Kristýna Plíšková in the championship match.

2021: Maiden WTA Tour title, WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts, first major doubles quarterfinal at US Open

She made her WTA 1000 debut at the Indian Wells Open as a qualifier.

Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the Hamburg European Open, defeating Andrea Petkovic in the final. As a result of this successful run, she climbed 65 positions and entered the top 150 in singles at a new career-high of world No. 133.^[1] Following her run in Hamburg, Ruse reached a second consecutive final later that month, at the Palermo Ladies Open; however, she lost it in straight sets to Danielle Collins.^[2]

She made her US Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in the first round to Markéta Vondroušová.^[3] At the same tournament she reached her first Major doubles quarterfinal partnering Monica Niculescu.

She reached another new career-high of No. 83 in the world on 18 October 2021, and finished the year ranked No. 85.^[4]

2022: Major debuts at Australian & French Opens, top-10 win & career-high singles ranking

In Dubai she qualified into the main draw and defeated world No. 5 and third seed Paula Badosa for her first top-10 win.

She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 51, on 23 May 2022.

2023: Australian Open doubles semifinalist, WTA final in more then two years

In doubles at the Australian Open, she reached the semifinals partnering Marta Kostyuk. She reached the second round at the Monterrey Open as a qualifier, defeating Mérida Open champion Camila Giorgi.

She qualified for her first and only Major of the season, in singles at the US Open.^[5] At the same tournament in doubles, she reached the third round with Kostyuk. Ranked No. 188, she reached her first final in more then two years and for the season as a wildcard at the 2023 Transylvania Open.^[6]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Hamburg European Open, Germany	WTA 250	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2021	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Danielle Collins	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2023	Transylvania Open, Romania	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Tamara Korpatsch	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	Bucharest Open, Romania	International[lower-alpha 5]	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Viktória Kužmová Kristýna Plíšková	4–6, 6–7(3–7)

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000[lower-alpha 6]	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	1–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
Win	2–0	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Josephine Boualem	7–6(3), 0–6, 6–1
Win	3–0	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	4–6, 0–6
Win	4–1	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–4, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Oct 2016	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	50,000[lower-alpha 7]	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	Aug 2017	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–2	Aug 2017	ITF Arad, Romania	15,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Mar 2019	ITF Yokohama, Japan	25,000	Hard	Greet Minnen	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2015	ITF Arad, Romania	10,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Andreea Ghițescu Katarína Strešnáková	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 2015	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Diana Buzean Cristina Dinu	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Julie Noe	Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets	6–7(4), 2–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Petia Arshinkova	Eleni Daniilidou Arina Folts	7–6(0), 6–4
Win	3–2	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Adrijana Lekaj Viktoriya Tomova	7–6(1), 6–1
Win	4–2	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	Ola Abou Zekry Snehadevi Reddy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Jun 2016	ITF Essen, Germany	50,000	Clay	Elyne Boeykens	Laura Pous Tió Anne Schäfer	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2017	ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Martina Di Giuseppe Anna-Giulia Remondina	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–3	Sep 2017	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	Dea Herdželaš Oana Georgeta Simion	3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	6–4	Sep 2017	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Jaqueline Adina Cristian Anastasiya Komardina	3–6, 0–6
Loss	6–5	Oct 2017	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Jaqueline Cristian	Sarah Beth Grey Samantha Murray	6–7(3), 3–6
Win	7–5	Sep 2018	ITF Montreux, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Laura Pigossi Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	7–6	Sep 2018	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Cristina Dinu Aymet Uzcategui	6–7(3), 2–6
Loss	7–7	Jan 2019	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	7–8	Feb 2019	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Estelle Cascino Elixane Lechemia	2–6, 2–6
Win	8–8	Jan 2020	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Jaqueline Cristian	Raluca Șerban Ekaterine Gorgodze	7–6(6), 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win	9–8	Oct 2020	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Jaqueline Cristian	Maia Lumsden Melis Sezer	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–9	May 2021	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Anna Bondár Kimberley Zimmermann	6–7(5), 2–6
Win	10–9	Jun 2021	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Monica Niculescu	Priscilla Hon Storm Sanders	7–5, 7–5

Record against top 10 players

• She has a 1–3 (25%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Result	W–L	Opponent	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rank	H2H
2021
Loss	0–1	Elina Svitolina	No. 6	Chicago Open, United States	Hard	3R	3–6, 3–6	No. 98
2022
Loss	0–2	Anett Kontaveit	No. 7	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	2R	3–6, 1–6	No. 82
Win	1–2	Paula Badosa	No. 5	Dubai Championships, UAE	Hard	1R	6–3, 5–7, 6–4	No. 59
Loss	1–3	Iga Świątek	No. 1	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	2R	3–6, 0–6	No. 57