A final lost on Sunday in Zagreb in ITF

Ella Seidel is coming off a final played this very Sunday in Zagreb, with three sets in her legs against Erika Andreeva before traveling to Rabat. The momentum from her week is real, but her 2026 clay stats reveal a player who structurally struggles on this surface: she wins only 21% of her return games on clay, converts less than 30% of her break points, and saves fewer than one break point out of two on serve. The body will be there; the level of play on clay is another question.

Emiliana Arango is going through a rough patch in terms of overall results, with three consecutive losses before Rabat. But on 2026 clay her numbers tell exactly the opposite story: 42% of return games won, 45.8% of break points converted, 73% first-serve percentage, a Dominance Efficiency above 1. The Colombian has been trained on clay since childhood in Medellín and it’s precisely on this surface that her game fully makes sense, with a heavy return and an ability to build pressure that Seidel does not yet possess at the same level today. However, she does prefer altitude and heavier clay.