Ella Seidel and Nao Hibino will fight against each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ella Seidel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ella Seidel is the pick to win this match.
Ella Seidel -> 1.57
Nao Hibino -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Ella Seidel vs. Nao Hibino
There is no head to head record between Ella Seidel and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ella Seidel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16-30 | 9-16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 114, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Stefanie Voegele 6-3 0-6 6-3 and Panna Udvardy 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Udvardy, Ella recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Seidel scored 92 points vs Udvardy’s 80. Ella was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Seidel fired 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ella Seidel lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Seidel put 58% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. Seidel broke Udvardy 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ella started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points she played.
Seidel has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of her matches (128-87). 6-7 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Seidel has a composed72-53 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Seidel’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Prague.
Ella has an overall 20-15 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-23 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-26 | 15-13 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 21-21 | 2-7 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200, Nao reached the qualifications after beating Andrea Lazaro Garcia 7-6(4) 6-4 and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the qualifications against Andreescu, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 6-4).During the match Hibino scored less points (3) than Andreescu. In fact, the world no. 114 won 97 points vs Andreescu’s. That means that Hibino was more focused during the important points. Hibino was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Hibino bagged 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 80% of her first serves in, winning 65% (51/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Andreescu 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points she played.
The Japanese has an overall 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Seidel | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 54 |
| Pts | 168-154 | 175-172 |
| Total Points | 322 | 347 |
| Winners | 58 | 81 |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% |
Both Seidel and Hibino played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ella Seidel lost 2 sets, while Nao Hibino surrendered 1 set. Seidel has played 1 set more than Hibino (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Seidel played 4 games less than Hibino. The German scored 58 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 81 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Seidel | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 82/153 | 130/179 |
| %1st in | 54% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 58/82 | 81/130 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 31/71 | 23/49 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 47% |
Seidel managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Hibino recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Seidel won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Seidel | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 53% |
| Conceded | 14 | 20 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 36% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 |
Ella broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Seidel lost her serve 9 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Nao conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Seidel | ||||
| Q1 Voegele |
Q2 Udvardy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 0-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| pts | 76-74 | 92-80 | 168-154 | |
| Total points | 150 | 172 | 322 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/65 | 51/88 | 82/153 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 58% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 37/51 | 58/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 15/37 | 31/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 41% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/11 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 55% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/5 | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Hibino | ||||
| Q1 Lazaro Garcia |
Q2 Andreescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 | 54 | |
| pts | 78-72 | 97-100 | 175-172 | |
| Total points | 150 | 197 | 347 | |
| Winners | 30 | 51 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 53% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/81 | 78/98 | 130/179 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 80% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/52 | 51/78 | 81/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 65% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 8/20 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/11 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 36% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 8/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 62% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
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