Ella Seidel

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Ella Seidel
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 19)
Hamburg, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$312,465
Singles
Career record108–71
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 117 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 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 record34–29
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 190 (23 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 228 (11 November 2024)
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

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

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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 SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R 0 / 10–1
French Open AA Q1 0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AA Q1 0 / 00–0
US Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–10 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments0167
Overall win–loss0–00–15–65–7
Year-end ranking585195138

Doubles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA0 / 00–0
French Open AAA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AAA0 / 00–0
US Open AAA0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments1135
Overall win–loss1–11–11–33–5
Year-end ranking382360228

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 May 2023 ITF Zagreb, CroatiaW60Clay Flag of Romania.svg Jaqueline Cristian 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win1–1Jul 2023ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, GermanyW25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Julia Middendorf 6–3, 6–1
Win2–1Aug 2023ITF Braunschweig, GermanyW25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Julia Middendorf7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss2–2 Oct 2023 ITF Hamburg, GermanyW60Hard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Julia Avdeeva 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win3–2 Nov 2023 ITF Bratislava, SlovakiaW60Hard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Sofya Lansere 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win4–2Jul 2024ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, GermanyW35Clay Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Dinu 6–4, 6–3
Win5–2 Sep 2024 ITF Pazardzhik, BulgariaW75Clay Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Werner6–1, 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2022ITF Leipzig,
Germany		W25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Noma Noha Akugue Flag of Germany.svg Tea Lukic
Flag of Germany.svg Joëlle Steur		6–0, 7–5
Loss1–1 May 2024 ITF Prague,
Czech Republic		W75Clay Flag of Germany.svg Noma Noha Akugue Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jaimee Fourlis
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková 		7–5, 5–7, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 2022 US Open Hard Flag of Germany.svg Carolina Kuhl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Havlíčková
Flag placeholder.svg Diana Shnaider 		3–6, 2–6

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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.
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