Anna Blinkova and Ella Seidel will play each other in the 2nd round of the Transylvania Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.54
Ella Seidel -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Ella Seidel
There is no head to head record between Anna Blinkova and Ella Seidel since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-27 | 15-15 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 71, Blinkova reached the 2nd round after defeating Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Anna had a good straight sets win against Sorribes Tormo (6-2 6-2). During the match, Blinkova scored 58 points vs Sorribes Tormo’s 40. Blinkova was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blinkova scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Anna Blinkova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sorribes Tormo 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Blinkova has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (295-222). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blinkova has a composed 91-44 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Anna has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
Ella Seidel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-28 | 20-9 | 6-9 | 14-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-33 | 10-8 | 25-18 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 50-24 | 4-2 | 29-16 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 10-10 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Ella reached the 2nd round after beating Lola Radivojevic 6-1 6-2, Maja Chwalinska 6-4 7-6(2) and Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Seidel had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-4 6-2). During the match Seidel scored 73 points vs Cristian’s 57. Ella was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Seidel bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ella Seidel was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ella broke Cristian 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Seidel has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj
Seidel has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blinkova | Seidel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 56 |
| Pts | 58-40 | 225-167 |
| Total Points | 98 | 392 |
| Winners | 19 | 92 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Blinkova played 1 match while Seidel competed in 3 matches. Seidel started her run from the qualifications while Blinkova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Blinkova has played 4 set(s) less than Seidel (2 vs 6). Therefore, Blinkova played 40 games less than Seidel. Blinkova scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The German blasted 92 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blinkova | Seidel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 114/186 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 92/114 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 35/72 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 49% |
Blinkova made 1 ace . Seidel also fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Blinkova won 61% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Seidel won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blinkova | Seidel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 63% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 19 |
| Saved | 2 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Blinkova broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Seidel broke her opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve twice and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded.
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Sorribes Tormo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 58-40 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Seidel | |||||
| Q1 Radivojevic |
Q3 Chwalinska |
R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 7-62 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 88-71 | 73-57 | 225-167 | |
| Total points | 103 | 159 | 130 | 392 | |
| Winners | 27 | 36 | 29 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 46/71 | 36/60 | 114/186 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 65% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 36/46 | 29/36 | 92/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 78% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/25 | 13/24 | 35/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 44% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/10 | 3/9 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 30% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 6/8 | 6/6 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 100% | 275% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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