Ella Seidel

Ella Seidel

Seidel at the 2025 Transylvania Open
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 20) Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$312,465
Singles
Career record	108–71
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 117 (21 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 138 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
French Open	Q1 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	34–29
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 190 (23 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 228 (11 November 2024)
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

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

Seidel has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 117, achieved on 21 October 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 190, attained on 23 September 2024. ^[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. ^[4]

2023: WTA singles and top 200 debut

In singles, she made her main-draw debut as a wildcard at the WTA 250 2023 Hamburg European Open, losing to compatriot Jule Niemeier in the first round. ^[5]

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, ^{[6] [7]} where she lost to world No. 2 and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka in the first round.

Ranked No. 124 at the WTA 500 2024 Ningbo Open, she entered the main draw as lucky loser and defeated fellow lucky loser Kathinka von Deichmann before losing to Yulia Putintseva. ^[8] She also entered the main draw of the 2024 Guangzhou Open as a lucky loser but lost for a second time to fellow qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew, having also previously lost to her in the last round of qualifying. ^[9]

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Current through the 2025 Transylvania Open.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	6	1	8
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–1	5–6	2–1	7–8
Year-end ranking	585	195	138

Doubles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	3	5
Overall win–loss	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–5
Year-end ranking	382	360	228

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend W60/W75 tournaments (2–2) W25/W35 tournaments (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (4–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2023	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	W60	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	1–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win	1–1	Jul 2023	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	W25	Clay	Julia Middendorf	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Aug 2023	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	W25	Clay	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)
Win	4–2	Jul 2024	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	W35	Clay	Cristina Dinu	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–2	Sep 2024	ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	W75	Clay	Caroline Werner	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Legend W75 tournaments (0–1) W25 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2022	ITF Leipzig, Germany	W25	Clay	Noma Noha Akugue	Tea Lukic Joëlle Steur	6–0, 7–5
Loss	1–1	May 2024	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	W75	Clay	Noma Noha Akugue	Jaimee Fourlis Dominika Šalková	7–5, 5–7, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

References

1. "Ella Seidel". ITF.
2. "Zwei Klassen übersprungen, aber Ella Seidel setzt auf Tennis". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 28 January 2021.
3. "Ella Seidel feiert Premierensieg in Kühlungsborn". Tennisverband M.-V. (in German). 10 August 2020.
4. "Seidel/Schunk sind weiter". Hamburg Woman (in German). 18 July 2022.
5. "Hamburg: Niemeier survives wild card Seidel, 18, in all-German opener". WTA. 24 July 2023.
6. "Yastremska wins in Australian Open qualifying; Seidel, Joint cause upsets". WTA. 10 January 2024.
7. "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more". WTA. 13 January 2024.
8. "2024 Ningbo; Putintseva defeats Seidel in Ningbo to make sixth quarterfinal of 2024". Women's Tennis Association. 16 October 2024.
9. "2024 Guangzhou; Sawangkaew reprises qualifying defeat of lucky loser Seidel in Guangzhou". Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2024.

External links

• Ella Seidel at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ella Seidel at the International Tennis Federation