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Ella Luise Seidel (born 14 February 2005) is a German professional
tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
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.


Junior career

Seidel was born in
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, 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. She also spent time training in Kühlungsborn, a Baltic Sea resort town where her parents owned a holiday home in.


Professional career


2022: WTA doubles debut

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2023: WTA singles and top 200 debut

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in the first round.


2024: Grand Slam debut

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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
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. 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.


Performance timelines

Only WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) main-draw results are considered in the career statistics.


Singles

''Current through the 2025 French Open.''


Doubles

''Current through the 2025 Stuttgart Open.''


ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)


Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)


Junior Grand Slam tournament finals


Doubles: 1 (runner-up)


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