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Ella Seidel
German tennis player (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ella Luise Seidel (born 14 February 2005) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 109, achieved on 9 June 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 190, attained on 23 September 2024.[1]
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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
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2022–23: WTA debut
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 quarterfinal
Ranked No. 172, Seidel qualified to make her major debut at the Australian Open,[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: First WTA 1000 win
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 event by defeating Polina Kudermetova in three sets.[21] In the second round she defeated eighth seed Emma Navarro, again in three sets, for her first win against a top-20 ranked opponent.[22]
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| 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 Wimbledon Championships.
Doubles
Current through the 2025 Stuttgart Open.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
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