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Ella Seidel

Ella Seidel
Seidel at the 2025 Transylvania Open
Full nameElla Luise Seidel
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 20)
Hamburg, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$525,766
Singles
Career record142–95
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 104 (25 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 104 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2025)
Wimbledon1R (2025)
US OpenQ3 (2025)
Doubles
Career record35–31
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 190 (23 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 584 (25 August 2025)
Last updated on: 26 August 2025.

Ella Luise Seidel (born 14 February 2005) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 25 August 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 190, attained on 23 September 2024.[1]

Junior years

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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.[3]

Professional

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2022–23: WTA Tour debut

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Seidel made her WTA main-draw debut at the WTA 250 2022 Hamburg European Open in the doubles draw partnering with Nastasja Schunk, winning her first round match against Elixane Lechemia and Sabrina Santamaria.[4] She made her singles main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2023 edition of the tournament, losing to fellow German Jule Niemeier in the first round.[5]

2024: Major debut, first WTA Tour quarterfinal

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Ranked No. 172, Seidel qualified to make her major debut at the Australian Open on her first attempt of qualifying at any major,[6] where she lost to world No. 2 and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka in the first round.[7]

After gaining entry into the main-draw as a lucky loser at the Budapest Grand Prix in July, she defeated seventh seed Moyuka Uchijima by retirement[8] and Anna Bondár to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal,[9] at which point she lost to top seed and eventual champion Diana Shnaider.[10] The following week at the Prague Open, Seidel made it back-to-back quarterfinal appearances by overcoming seventh seed Nadia Podoroska[11] and lucky loser Ena Shibahara,[12] before losing in the last eight to Linda Nosková.[13]

Ranked No. 124 at the WTA 500 Ningbo Open, she entered the main-draw as lucky loser and defeated fellow lucky loser Kathinka von Deichmann,[14] before losing to Yulia Putintseva.[15] She also got into the main-draw of the 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.[16]

2025: WTA 1000 fourth round

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Seidel reached the quarterfinals at the Transylvania Open in February with wins over eighth seed Jaqueline Cristian[17] and Anna Blinkova,[18] before her run was ended by top seed and eventual champion Anastasia Potapova.[19]

She qualified for her maiden appearance in the main-draw at Wimbledon, but was forced to retire injured in her first round match against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, after slipping into an unmarked ditch at the back of the court.[20]

Having made it through qualifying at the Cincinnati Open in August, Seidel recorded her first win at a WTA 1000 on her debut at this level, defeating Polina Kudermetova in three sets.[21] She then defeated eighth seed Emma Navarro, for her first win against a top-20 ranked opponent,[22] and 29th seed McCartney Kessler to reach a WTA 1000 fourth round for the first time,[23] at which point she lost to fellow qualifier Varvara Gracheva in three sets.[24] As a result she reached the top 105 in the singles rankings on 18 August 2025.[1]

Performance timelines

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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

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Current through the 2025 US 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 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A Q2 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 0–2
WTA 1000 tournaments
Italian Open A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A 4R 0 / 1 3–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0 / 1 3–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 6 4 11
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 5–6 6–4 11–11
Year-end ranking 585 195 138 50%

Doubles

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Current through the 2025 Stuttgart Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 3 1 6
Overall win–loss 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–6
Year-end ranking 382 360 228

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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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 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W60 Clay Romania Jaqueline Cristian 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(0–7)
Win 1–1 Jul 2023 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, 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 Bratislava Open, Slovakia W60 Hard (i) Sofya Lansere 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–2 Jul 2024 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany W35 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–2 Sep 2024 Pazardzhik Cup, Bulgaria W75 Clay Germany Caroline Werner 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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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 Germany Noma Noha Akugue Germany Tea Lukic
Germany Joëlle Steur 		6–0, 7–5
Loss 1–1 May 2024 ITF Prague Open,
Czech Republic 		W75 Clay Germany Noma Noha Akugue Australia Jaimee Fourlis
Czech Republic Dominika Šalková 		7–5, 5–7, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ella Seidel Rankings History". WTATennis.
  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. ^ "Australian Open 2024: Aryna Sabalenka blasts past Ella Seidel to begin title defence in style". TNT Sports. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Hungarian Open: Seidel reaches second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Lucky loser Seidel edges Bondar in Budapest, makes first WTA quarterfinal". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Hungarian Open: Shnaider beats Seidel to move into semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Prague Open: Seidel defeats Podoroska to move into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Seidel holds off Shibahara to make second straight WTA quarterfinal". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Top seed Noskova eases past Seidel to seal place in Prague semis". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Ningbo Open: Seidel makes second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  15. ^ "2024 Ningbo; Putintseva defeats Seidel in Ningbo to make sixth quarterfinal of 2024". Women's Tennis Association. 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ "2024 Guangzhou; Sawangkaew reprises qualifying defeat of lucky loser Seidel in Guangzhou". Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2024.
  17. ^ "German teenager Seidel upsets Cristian in Cluj-Napoca first round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  18. ^ "German teenager Seidel blasts past Blinkova into Cluj-Napoca quarters". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Cluj-Napoca - Potapova cruises into Last 4". Tennis Threads. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Ella Seidel forced to retire from Wimbledon after stepping in 'ditch' — and fans want her to sue". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Seidel overcomes Polina Kudermetova in Cincinnati for first WTA 1000 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  22. ^ "From 4-1 down in decider, qualifier Seidel stuns Navarro in Cincinnati". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Seidel saves two match points vs. Kessler, into Cincinnati last 16". WTATennis. 12 August 2025.
  24. ^ "Gracheva tops Seidel in Cincinnati to make first WTA 1000 quarterfinal". WTATennis. 14 August 2025.
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