Ella Seidel vs Katarzyna Kawa — Doha Qualifying Round 1

Doha · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Ella Seidel
GER
Ella Seidel
#100WTA
1616ELO
1614Hard ELO
21 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 8 February 2026
hard
Katarzyna Kawa
POL
Katarzyna Kawa
#119WTA
1664ELO
1489Hard ELO
33 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWWWL
Seidel E.
2-6 6-4 6-1
Kawa K.
Seidel E.
2662
Kawa K.
6411

Ella Seidel defeated Katarzyna Kawa 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the Doha qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ella Seidel came in ranked #100.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Seidel E.serving45% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Kawa K.

Kawa K.serving58% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Seidel E.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Seidel E.Kawa K.
20
Serve
—
9
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Seidel E.Kawa K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
47%
Service points won·Even
55%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Break points saved·Even
52%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.4
1.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.2
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (25 vs 23). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Seidel E.Kawa K.
Clutch Rating·Even
52
51
Break points saved·Dominant
77
15
Break points won·Clear edge
70
93
Deciding sets·Dominant
40
88
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
89
79

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Seidel E.
6.6
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Kawa K.
5.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
7.1+125 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.9Hard Elo 1489
5.5Overall Elo 1616
ELO gap
4.5Overall Elo 1664
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
3.6
Surface form
2.2
0.0Lost last 3
Win streak
0.0Lost last 5
Fatigue & Travel
8.0
Prev. match
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Seidel E.Kawa K.
Freshness·Even
98
95

Seidel E.: 12 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Kawa K.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 17 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Valentova T.
Seidel E.
3-66-26-4
Gracheva V.
Cocciaretto E.
6-26-1
Osorio C.
Hunter S.
6-17-5
Zvonareva V.
Frech M.
6-37-61
Kartal S.
Birrell K.
7-56-3
Parks A.
Sierra S.
7-56-3
Uchijima M.
Starodubtseva Y.
2-66-46-4
Zakharova A.
Haddad Maia B.
6-46-4
Q1
Kartal S.
Waltert S.
7-52-66-4
Birrell K.
Zarazua R.
6-26-2
Parks A.
Masarova R.
4-66-06-3
Valentova T.
Rodionova A.
6-22-67-63
Seidel E.
Kawa K.
2-66-46-1
Cocciaretto E.
Gorgodze E.
4-66-46-2
Gracheva V.
Sasnovich A.
6-46-0
Hunter S.
Krunic A.
6-36-4
Osorio C.
Hon P.
4-66-26-1
Frech M.
Cengiz B.
7-56-0
Zvonareva V.
Zhang S.
6-36-3
Starodubtseva Y.
Ruzic A.
6-26-2
Uchijima M.
Sramkova R.
4-67-646-2
Haddad Maia B.
Al Naimi M.
6-06-0
Zakharova A.
Grabher J.
6-46-4