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$174,182
Singles
Career record82–51 (61.7%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 146 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 146 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
French Open Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record27–22 (55.1%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 222 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 252 (6 May 2024)
Last updated on: 6 May 2024.

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

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Seidel has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 146 by the WTA, achieved on 6 May 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 222, achieved on 22 April 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.

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.

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 French Open qualifying.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R 0 / 10–1
French Open AA Q1 0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AA0 / 00–0
US Open AA0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–10 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments0112
Overall win–loss0–00–10–10–2
Year-end ranking585195

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Stuttgart Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA0 / 00–0
French Open AAA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AA0 / 00–0
US Open AA0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments1113
Overall win–loss1–11–11–13–3
Year-end ranking382360

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)
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, 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)

Doubles: 1 (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. ↑ "Hamburg: Niemeier survives wild card Seidel, 18, in all-German opener". WTA. 24 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Yastremska wins in Australian Open qualifying; Seidel, Joint cause upsets". WTA. 10 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more".
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