Ekaterina Alexandrova and Ella Seidel will face off in the quarter of the Korea Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.28
Ella Seidel -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ella Seidel

There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Ella Seidel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Alexandrova got to the quarter after defeating Lois Boisson 4-6 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Boisson, Ekaterina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Alexandrova scored 89 points vs Boisson’s 74. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alexandrova struck 6 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 85% (41/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (14/39) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Boisson 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Alexandrova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (332-215). 14-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a compiled 121-97 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Linz where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.

The Russian has a composed 39-19 win-loss record in 2025, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Ella Seidel

Ranked no. 105, the German got to the quarter after defeating Mai Hontama 6-2 3-6 7-6(7), Anastasia Zakharova 3-6 6-3 6-3, Jessika Ponchet 5-7 6-4 6-2 and Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Haddad Maia, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 7-6³ 7-5). During the match Seidel scored 123 points vs Haddad Maia’s 118. Ella was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Seidel couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Ella Seidel was quite effective on serve to win 71% (48/68) of her 1st serve and 54% (30/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Ella broke Haddad Maia 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Seidel started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

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

Ella has an overall 38-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Seidel has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alexandrova	Seidel
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	3	12
Tot Games	26	125
Pts	89-74	430-403
Total Points	163	833
Winners	41	160
%Winners	46%	37%

Alexandrova played 1 match while Seidel competed in 4 matches. Seidel started her run from the qualifications while Alexandrova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set, while Ella Seidel lost 4 sets. Alexandrova has played 9 set(s) less than Seidel (3 vs 12). Therefore, Alexandrova played 99 games less than Seidel. The Russian scored 41 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ella struck 160 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alexandrova	Seidel
Aces	6	15
Avg per match	6	3.8
1st in	48/87	236/416
%1st in	55%	57%
1st pts	41/48	160/236
%1st pts	85%	68%
2nd pts	14/39	83/180
%2nd pts	36%	46%

Alexandrova managed to score 6 aces . Seidel made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Alexandrova won 85% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Seidel won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alexandrova	Seidel
Won	5	23
Converted	5/8	23/40
% Converted	63%	58%
Conceded	9	51
Saved	7	34
% Saved	78%	67%
Times Broken	2	17

Alexandrova broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Seidel broke her opponents 23 times with a 58% conversion rate. Ella conceded her serve 17 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
	R2 Boisson	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	89-74	89-74
Total points	163	163
Winners	41	41
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	14	14
1st in	48/87	48/87
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	41/48	41/48
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	14/39	14/39
% 2nd pts	36%	36%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Seidel
	Q1 Hontama	Q3 Zakharova	R1 Ponchet	R2 Haddad Maia	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 7-67	3-6 6-3 6-3	5-7 6-4 6-2	6-74 7-63 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	30	27	30	38	125
pts	105-103	96-86	106-96	123-118	430-403
Total points	208	182	202	241	833
Winners	35	41	36	48	160
%Winners	33%	43%	34%	39%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	5	0	15
Double Faults	13	7	5	11	36
1st in	60/105	56/94	52/93	68/124	236/416
% 1st in	57%	60%	56%	55%	57%
1st pts	35/60	41/56	36/52	48/68	160/236
% 1st pts	58%	73%	69%	71%	68%
2nd pts	16/45	13/38	24/41	30/56	83/180
% 2nd pts	36%	34%	59%	54%	46%
Breaks
Won	9	6	4	4	23
Converted	9/12	6/10	4/8	4/10	23/40
Converted %	75%	60%	50%	40%	58%
Conceded	18	12	10	11	51
Saved	10/18	8/12	8/10	8/11	34
Saved %	56%	67%	80%	73%	276%
Times Broken	8	4	2	3	17

Tennis Scores in Seoul

• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Julian LenzLenz – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-7⁵ 7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar – Riccardo Bonadio/Christopher HeymanBonadio/Christopher Heyman (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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