Ella Seidel and Claire Liu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Open for the 2^nd 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.

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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 2^nd 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

Ranked no. 96, Ella reached the quarter after beating Leolia Jeanjean 6-2 6-2 and Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi (6-3 1-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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