Ella Seidel and Gergana Topalova will square off in the qualifications of the Hungarian Grand Prix for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on Grand Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ella Seidel who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ella Seidel is the pick to win this match.
Ella Seidel -> 1.4
Gergana Topalova -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Ella Seidel vs. Gergana Topalova

This will be the 2^nd time that Ella Seidel and Gergana Topalova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Topalova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Topalova won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in June 2024.

Ella Seidel

Ranked no. 157, Seidel reached the qualifications after defeating Lola Radivojevic 7-5 7-5 and Gergana Topalova .

In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Radivojevic (7-5 7-5). During the match, Seidel scored 85 points vs Radivojevic’s 71. Seidel was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Seidel blasted 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ella Seidel lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Seidel put 58% of her first serves in, winning 59% (29/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Ella broke Radivojevic 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Seidel has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 61% of her matches (91-58). 12-11 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Seidel has a compiled53-39 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the Vaihingen where she overcame Cristina Dinu in the final 6-4 6-3.

Seidel has an aggregate 22-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Budapest

Seidel has never competed in this tournament before.

Gergana Topalova

Ranked no. 233, Topalova got to the qualifications after defeating Julia Avdeeva 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Topalova had a good straight sets win against Avdeeva (6-3 6-1). During the match Topalova scored 66 points vs Avdeeva’s 45. Gergana was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Topalova made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Gergana Topalova lost the serve once and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Topalova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 81% (22/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Gergana broke Avdeeva 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

The Bulgarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W35 Bastad.

Gergana has an aggregate 20-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-16 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Seidel	Topalova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	16
Pts	85-71	66-45
Total Points	156	111
Winners	29	22
%Winners	34%	33%

Both Seidel and Topalova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Seidel and Topalova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Seidel played 8 games more than Topalova. Seidel scored 29 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Topalova made 22 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Seidel	Topalova
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	49/84	27/55
%1st in	58%	49%
1st pts	29/49	22/27
%1st pts	59%	81%
2nd pts	19/35	14/28
%2nd pts	54%	50%

Seidel blasted 3 aces . Topalova blasted 3 aces . Seidel won 59% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Topalova won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Seidel	Topalova
Won	6	5
Converted	6/12	5/11
% Converted	50%	45%
Conceded	8	10
Saved	4	9
% Saved	50%	90%
Times Broken	4	1

Seidel broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Seidel conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Gergana broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Gergana conceded her serve once and she saved 90% of the break points that she conceded.

Seidel
	Q1 Radivojevic	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	85-71	85-71
Total points	156	156
Winners	29	29
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	49/84	49/84
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	29/49	29/49
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	19/35	19/35
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Topalova
	Q1 Avdeeva	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	66-45	66-45
Total points	111	111
Winners	22	22
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	27/55	27/55
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	22/27	22/27
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	9/10	9
Saved %	90%	90%
Times Broken	1	1

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