Ella Seidel

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Ella Luise Seidel (born 14 February 2005) is a German professional tennis player from Hamburg. She plays right-handed, is 1.76 meters tall, and has career-high rankings of No. 78 in singles (January 12, 2026) and No. 190 in doubles (September 23, 2024). She has won about $658,000 in prize money.

Early life
- Seidel was born in Hamburg, Germany.
- She went to Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg and finished high school at 17 to focus on tennis.
- She also trained in Kühlungsborn, a Baltic Sea town where her family had a holiday home.

Professional career highlights
- 2022: Made her WTA main-draw debut in doubles at the Hamburg European Open with Nastasja Schunk, winning her first-round match.
- 2023: Made her singles main-draw debut at Hamburg (wild card), losing in the first round to Jule Niemeier.
- 2024: Qualified for the Australian Open, making her major debut and losing in the first round to Aryna Sabalenka. As a lucky loser, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Budapest Grand Prix, beating Moyuka Uchijima and Anna Bondár before losing to Diana Shnaider. She then reached another quarterfinal at the Prague Open after defeating Nadia Podoroska and Ena Shibahara, before losing to Linda Nosková. She also played in Ningbo and Guangzhou later in the year.
- 2025: Reached the quarterfinals at the Transylvania Open, beating Jaqueline Cristian and Anna Blinkova before losing to Anastasia Potapova. She qualified for Wimbledon but had to retire in her first-round match after slipping into an unmarked ditch on court. At the Cincinnati Open, she won her first-ever WTA 1000 match (over Polina Kudermetova) and then beat Emma Navarro to reach the fourth round, before losing to Varvara Gracheva. She later broke into the top 100, reaching No. 95 on September 22, 2025. She also reached the quarterfinals at the Korea Open that year.

ITF titles and rankings
- ITF singles finals: 7 finals with 5 titles and 2 runner-ups.
- ITF doubles finals: 2 finals with 1 title and 1 runner-up.
- As of January 2026, her career-high singles ranking is No. 78.

Grand Slam results (highlights)
- Australian Open: reached 1st round in 2024 and 2026; 2025 qualifying results shown in records.
- French Open: reached qualifying rounds (Q1–Q3 in 2024–2025).
- Wimbledon: reached 1st round (2025).
- US Open: various qualifying results (2024–2025).

Overall, Ella Seidel is a rising German player who progressed from junior success to notable WTA results, including multiple quarterfinal appearances, a run to the 1000-level rounds, and a climb into the top 100.