Mccartney Kessler and Ella Seidel will face off in the 3^rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on CHAMPIONS’ COURT. 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 Mccartney Kessler who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.32
Ella Seidel -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Ella Seidel

There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Ella Seidel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 32, Mccartney got to the 3^rd round after defeating Caty McNally 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Mccartney had a good straight sets win against McNally (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kessler scored 70 points vs McNally’s 59. Kessler was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kessler made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 54% of her first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Mccartney broke McNally 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Kessler has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (161-87). 20-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kessler has an aggregate110-53 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.

Kessler has a composed 30-18 win-loss record in 2025, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Mccartney has never competed in this tournament before.

Ella Seidel

Ranked no. 124, Seidel reached the 3^rd round after beating Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-1, Priscilla Hon 5-7 6-3 6-4, Polina Kudermetova 1-6 6-3 6-2 and Emma Navarro 6-4 1-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Ella defeated Navarro (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match Seidel scored less points (2) than Navarro. In fact, the world no. 32 won 84 points vs Navarro’s. That means that Seidel was more focused during the important points. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Seidel managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ella Seidel lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Seidel put 54% of her first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Navarro 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Seidel’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Prague.

Seidel has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kessler	Seidel
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	2	11
Tot Games	19	97
Pts	70-59	328-296
Total Points	129	624
Winners	21	134
%Winners	30%	41%

Kessler played 1 match while Seidel competed in 4 matches. Seidel started her run from the qualifications while Kessler had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ella Seidel surrendered 3 sets while Mccartney Kessler hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kessler has played 9 set(s) less than Seidel (2 vs 11). Therefore, Kessler played 78 games less than Seidel. Kessler scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Seidel made 134 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kessler	Seidel
Aces	2	18
Avg per match	2	4.5
1st in	33/61	189/333
%1st in	54%	57%
1st pts	21/33	134/189
%1st pts	64%	71%
2nd pts	16/28	73/144
%2nd pts	57%	51%

Kessler fired 2 aces . Seidel scored 18 aces (4.5 per match). Kessler won 64% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Seidel won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kessler	Seidel
Won	5	17
Converted	5/11	17/35
% Converted	45%	49%
Conceded	8	39
Saved	6	28
% Saved	75%	72%
Times Broken	2	11

Kessler broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kessler lost her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Seidel broke her opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.

Kessler
	R2 McNally	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	70-59	70-59
Total points	129	129
Winners	21	21
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/61	33/61
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	21/33	21/33
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	16/28	16/28
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Seidel
	Q1 Lepchenko	Q3 Hon	R1 Kudermetova	R2 Navarro	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	5-7 6-3 6-4	1-6 6-3 6-2	6-4 1-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	15	31	24	27	97
pts	56-29	110-101	78-80	84-86	328-296
Total points	85	211	158	170	624
Winners	24	48	30	32	134
%Winners	43%	44%	38%	38%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	10	3	3	18
Double Faults	1	11	8	3	23
1st in	28/45	63/116	53/89	45/83	189/333
% 1st in	62%	54%	60%	54%	57%
1st pts	24/28	48/63	30/53	32/45	134/189
% 1st pts	86%	76%	57%	71%	71%
2nd pts	11/17	23/53	21/36	18/38	73/144
% 2nd pts	65%	43%	58%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	4	17
Converted	4/5	5/11	4/9	4/10	17/35
Converted %	80%	45%	44%	40%	49%
Conceded	5	15	9	10	39
Saved	5/5	11/15	6/9	6/10	28
Saved %	100%	73%	67%	60%	300%
Times Broken	0	4	3	4	11

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Yue YuanYuan (6-7(2) 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(5)) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Facundo ArguelloArguello (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Maxime JanvierJanvier (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Pedro SousaSousa (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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