Ella Seidel and Jessika Ponchet will face off in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ella Seidel is the pick to win this match.
Ella Seidel -> 1.44
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Ella Seidel vs. Jessika Ponchet

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

Ella Seidel

Ella Seidel

36 - 23win/loss

Hard
12-5
I Hard
13-6
Clay
6-9
Grass
5-3
Rank
85
High
85
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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
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Ranked no. 101 (career-high), Seidel reached the 1st round after defeating Mai Hontama 6-2 3-6 7-6(7) and Anastasia Zakharova 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Zakharova, Seidel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Seidel scored 96 points vs Zakharova’s 86. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Seidel made 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ella Seidel lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Seidel put 60% of her first serves in, winning 73% (41/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 34% (13/38) on the 2nd serve. Ella broke Zakharova 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Seidel started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Seidel has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of her matches (144-95). 12-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Seidel has an overall26-15 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

Ella’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Prague.

Seidel has an aggregate 36-23 win-loss record in 2025, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Seoul
Seidel's Record

Jessika Ponchet

Jessika Ponchet

29 - 23win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
8-8
Clay
6-5
Grass
3-3
Rank
172
High
104
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-27 12-10 6-5 12-9 3-3 0-0
2024 33-27 15-13 6-6 6-4 6-4 0-0
2023 42-26 10-9 7-4 25-10 0-3 0-0
2022 35-26 13-8 8-3 11-12 3-3 0-0
2021 30-19 19-9 4-3 6-5 0-1 1-1
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Ranked no. 167, Ponchet got to the 1st round after beating Maria Lourdes Carle 6-2 7-5 and Kyoka Okamura 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the qualifications against Okamura, Jessika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Ponchet scored 113 points vs Okamura’s 104. Jessika was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Ponchet made 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Jessika Ponchet lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ponchet put 54% of her first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (18/49) on the 2nd serve. Jessika broke Okamura 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ponchet started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Ponchet’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Murska Sobota,the Gaudens,the Birmingham and the W100 Landisville.

Jessika has a compiled 29-23 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Seoul
Ponchet's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Seidel
J.Ponchet
4h:37
4h:37
Time on court​
4h:49
4h:49
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
!
2h:57
2h:57
2
2
Match played
2
2
57
57
Games Played​
51
51
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
201
201
Total points​
188
188
100.5
100.5
Avg point​
94
94
76
76
Winners
60
60
38
38
Avg Winners​
30
30
38%
38%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
8
8
5
5
Avg Aces
4
4
20
20
Double Faults
8
8
!
10
10
Avg Double Faults
4
4
76/116
76/116
1st won total​
60/85
60/85
66%
66%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
29/83
29/83
2nd won total​
36/80
36/80
!
35%
35%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
15/22
15/22
BP won
12/22
12/22
7.5/11
7.5/11
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
!
68%
68%
Won
!
55%
55%
30
30
Conceded
17
17
15
15
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
12
12
Broken
8
8
!
6
6
Avg Broken
4
4
18
18
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Seidel Ponchet
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 57 51
Pts 201-189 188-161
Total Points 390 349
Winners 76 60
%Winners 38% 32%

Both Seidel and Ponchet played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ella Seidel conceded 2 sets, while Jessika Ponchet conceded 1 set. Seidel has played 1 set more than Ponchet (6 vs 5). Therefore, Seidel played 6 games more than Ponchet. The German scored 76 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jessika struck 60 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Seidel Ponchet
Aces 10 8
Avg per match 5 4
1st in 116/199 85/165
%1st in 58% 52%
1st pts 76/116 60/85
%1st pts 66% 71%
2nd pts 29/83 36/80
%2nd pts 35% 45%

Seidel bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Ponchet made 8 aces (4 per match). Seidel won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Ponchet won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Seidel Ponchet
Won 15 12
Converted 15/22 12/22
% Converted 68% 55%
Conceded 30 17
Saved 18 9
% Saved 60% 53%
Times Broken 12 8

Seidel broke her opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. Seidel lost her serve 12 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Ponchet broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.

Seidel
Q1
Hontama		 Q3
Zakharova		 Total
Score 6-2 3-6 7-67 3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 30 27 57
pts 105-103 96-86 201-189
Total points 208 182 390
Winners 35 41 76
%Winners 33% 43% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 5 10
Double Faults 13 7 20
1st in 60/105 56/94 116/199
% 1st in 57% 60% 58%
1st pts 35/60 41/56 76/116
% 1st pts 58% 73% 66%
2nd pts 16/45 13/38 29/83
% 2nd pts 36% 34% 35%
Breaks
Won 9 6 15
Converted 9/12 6/10 15/22
Converted % 75% 60% 68%
Conceded 18 12 30
Saved 10/18 8/12 18
Saved % 56% 67% 62%
Times Broken 8 4 12
Ponchet
Q1
Lourdes		 Q3
Okamura		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5 4-6 7-65 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 31 51
pts 75-57 113-104 188-161
Total points 132 217 349
Winners 19 41 60
%Winners 25% 36% 32%
SERVE
Aces 2 6 8
Double Faults 2 6 8
1st in 28/59 57/106 85/165
% 1st in 47% 54% 52%
1st pts 19/28 41/57 60/85
% 1st pts 68% 72% 71%
2nd pts 18/31 18/49 36/80
% 2nd pts 58% 37% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/11 6/11 12/22
Converted % 55% 55% 55%
Conceded 8 9 17
Saved 5/8 4/9 9
Saved % 63% 44% 54%
Times Broken 3 5 8

Tennis Scores in Seoul

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