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

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  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 Transylvania 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 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 6 1 8
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 5–6 2–1 7–8
Year-end ranking 585 195 138

Doubles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 3 5
Overall win–loss 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–5
Year-end ranking 382 360 228

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 ITF Zagreb, 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 ITF Bratislava, 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 ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria W75 Clay Germany Caroline Werner 6–1, 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)
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,
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

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

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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