Ella Seidel and Priscilla Hon will play each other in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 6. 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 3 sets.
Ella Seidel -> 1.67
Priscilla Hon -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Ella Seidel vs. Priscilla Hon
This will be the 2nd time that Ella Seidel and Priscilla Hon square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hon (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Hon won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Parma back in May 2025.
Ella Seidel
29 - 21win/loss
85
85
| 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. 127, Ella reached the qualifications after beating Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Lepchenko (6-2 6-1). During the match, Seidel scored 56 points vs Lepchenko’s 29. Ella was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Seidel managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Ella Seidel was quite effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Lepchenko 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Seidel has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of her matches (136-93). 4-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Seidel has a compiled18-13 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
The German’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Prague.
Seidel has a compiled 28-21 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Ella has never competed in this tournament before.
Priscilla Hon
28 - 18win/loss
104
94
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-21 | 21-11 | 4-5 | 8-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 34-19 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 20-12 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 36-15 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Priscilla had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-4 6-4). During the match Hon scored 68 points vs Cocciaretto’s 60. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Hon scored 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Priscilla Hon lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hon put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Hon broke Cocciaretto 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W75 Brisbane where she defeated Leonie Kung in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and the W75 Targu Mures where she beat Arianne Hartono in the final 6-3 6-4.
Hon has a compiled 28-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Seidel | Hon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 |
| Pts | 56-29 | 68-60 |
| Total Points | 85 | 128 |
| Winners | 24 | 30 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Seidel and Hon played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Seidel and Hon have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Seidel played 5 games less than Hon. The German scored 24 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Priscilla blasted 30 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Seidel | Hon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 43/70 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 59% |
Seidel made 2 aces . Hon struck 2 aces . Seidel won 86% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Hon won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Seidel | Hon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 80% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Ella broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The German extremely effective on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Priscilla broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hon conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.
| Seidel | |||
| Q1 Lepchenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-29 | 56-29 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hon | |||
| Q1 Cocciaretto | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-60 | 68-60 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 43/70 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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