Ella Seidel
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005
Hamburg, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$67,155
Singles
Career record72–40 (64.3%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 172 (8 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 172 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record22–17 (56.4%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 291 (7 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 367 (8 January 2024)
Last updated on: 8 January 2024.

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

Seidel has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 172 by the WTA, achieved on 8 January 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 that 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 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

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Australian Open on her first try of going through qualifying at any Major.[5]

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 2023 WTA Tour.

Tournament202220232024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
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 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1
Year-end ranking 585 195

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 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 60,000 Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win 1–1 Jul 2023 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Julia Middendorf 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 2023 ITF Braunschweig, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Julia Middendorf 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 2023 ITF Hamburg, Germany 60,000 Hard (i) Julia Avdeeva 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 3–2 Nov 2023 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i) Sofya Lansere 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
$25,000 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 25,000 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.[6]

* As of 13 January 2024

References

  1. ↑ "Ella Siedel". ITF.
  2. ↑ Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt- (January 28, 2021). "Zwei Klassen übersprungen, aber Ella Seidel setzt auf Tennis". www.abendblatt.de (in German).
  3. ↑ "Ella Seidel feiert Premierensieg in Kühlungsborn". Sportbuzzer.de (in German).
  4. ↑ "Hamburg: Niemeier survives wild card Seidel, 18, in all-German opener".
  5. ↑ "Yastremska wins in Australian Open qualifying; Seidel, Joint cause upsets".
  6. ↑ "Head to Head". WTA.
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