Ella Seidel

Ella Seidel
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 19)
Hamburg, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$155,674
Singles
Career record79–45 (63.7%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 153 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 153 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record24–20 (54.5%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 291 (7 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 349 (4 March 2024)
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Ella Seidel (born 14 February 2005) is a German professional tennis player.

Seidel has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 153 by the WTA, achieved on 4 March 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 7 August 2023.[1]

Junior career

Seidel was born in Hamburg, Germany and attended the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg school there, where she was able to graduate high school two years early at the age of 17, allowing her to focus on her tennis career.[2] She also spent time training in Kühlungsborn, a Baltic Sea resort town where her parents owned a holiday home in.[3]

Professional career

2022: WTA doubles debut

Seidel made her WTA main draw debut at the 2022 Hamburg European Open in the doubles draw partnering with Nastasja Schunk, winning her first round match against Elixane Lechemia and Sabrina Santamaria.

2023: WTA singles and top 200 debut

In singles, she made her main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2023 Hamburg European Open, losing to compatriot Jule Niemeier in the first round.[4]

2024: Grand Slam debut

Ranked No. 172, she made her Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Australian Open on her first attempt of qualifying at any Major,[5][6] where she lost to world No. 2 and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka in the first round.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Only WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) main-draw results are considered in the career statistics.

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 1 2
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2
Year-end ranking 585 195

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 ITF Zagreb, Croatia W60 Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win 1–1 Jul 2023 ITF Stuttgart, Germany W25 Clay Germany Julia Middendorf 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 2023 ITF Braunschweig, Germany W25 Clay Germany Julia Middendorf 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 2023 ITF Hamburg, Germany W60 Hard (i) Julia Avdeeva 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 3–2 Nov 2023 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia W60 Hard (i) Sofya Lansere 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 ITF Leipzig, Germany W25 Clay Germany Noma Noha Akugue Germany Tea Lukic
Germany Joëlle Steur
6–0, 7–5

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 US Open Hard Germany Carolina Kuhl Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková
Diana Shnaider
3–6, 2–6

Record against top-10 players

Seidel's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[7]

* As of 29 January 2024

References

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