Ella Seidel and Claire Liu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER 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 Ella Seidel who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ella Seidel is the pick to win this match.
Ella Seidel -> 1.4
Claire Liu -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Ella Seidel vs. Claire Liu
This will be the 2nd time that Ella Seidel and Claire Liu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Seidel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Seidel won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.
Ella Seidel
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LWLWLWWLWW | 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. 96, Ella reached the quarter after beating Leolia Jeanjean 6-2 6-2 and Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-3 6-2). During the match, Seidel scored 58 points vs Putintseva’s 40. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Seidel recorded 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Ella Seidel was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of her 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Putintseva 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points she played.
Seidel has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of her matches (151-97). 19-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Seidel has a compiled33-17 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Ella’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Prague.
Ella has a compiled 43-25 win-loss record in 2025, 19-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
Claire Liu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-19 | 20-13 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-12 | 11-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-19 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 15-14 | 12-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-17 | 17-11 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305, Claire got to the quarter after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 7-6(5) 6-4, Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 5-7 6-3 6-4, Alexandra Eala 2-6 6-4 6-4 and Anna Bondar 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Claire had a good straight sets win against Bondar (6-3 6-4). During the match Liu scored 71 points vs Bondar’s 62. Liu was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Liu recorded 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 70% of her first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Claire broke Bondar 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Claire has an overall 21-16 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Seidel | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 101 |
| Pts | 118-76 | 344-334 |
| Total Points | 194 | 678 |
| Winners | 44 | 150 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Seidel played 2 matches while Liu competed in 4 matches. Liu started her run from the qualifications while Seidel had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Claire Liu lost 2 sets while Ella Seidel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Seidel has played 6 set(s) less than Liu (4 vs 10). Therefore, Seidel played 68 games less than Liu. The German scored 44 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 150 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Seidel | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 234/339 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 150/234 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 29/42 | 48/105 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 46% |
Seidel made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Liu recorded 20 aces (5 per match). Seidel won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 64% of the points behind 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 | Seidel | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 17/38 |
| % Converted | 64% | 45% |
| Conceded | 2 | 36 |
| Saved | 2 | 23 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 13 |
Ella broke her opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Seidel quite strong on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Claire broke her opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Seidel | ||||
| R1 Jeanjean |
R2 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 58-40 | 118-76 | |
| Total points | 96 | 98 | 194 | |
| Winners | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/53 | 27/48 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 21/27 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 16/21 | 29/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 76% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liu | ||||||
| Q1 Fruhvirtova |
Q3 Jimenez |
R1 Eala |
R2 Bondar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 | 28 | 19 | 101 | |
| pts | 77-71 | 109-108 | 87-93 | 71-62 | 344-334 | |
| Total points | 148 | 217 | 180 | 133 | 678 | |
| Winners | 34 | 46 | 35 | 35 | 150 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 40% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 55/77 | 67/104 | 64/89 | 48/69 | 234/339 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 64% | 72% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 46/67 | 35/64 | 35/48 | 150/234 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 69% | 55% | 73% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 17/37 | 11/25 | 8/21 | 48/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 46% | 44% | 38% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/14 | 6/11 | 3/5 | 17/38 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 55% | 60% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 36 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 8/11 | 4/10 | 2/3 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 73% | 40% | 67% | 128% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
Head 2 Head
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