Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal[1] (born 15 November 1992) is a Chilean professional tennis player. She has won 16 singles titles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 May 2018, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 162, weeks after reaching quarterfinals on the Copa Colsanitas, her best result on a WTA Tour tournament yet. Seguel's first-round win over Nicole Gibbs was the first professional match won by a Chilean female tennis player since 1980.[2] On 7 July 2014, she peaked at No. 110 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Daniela Seguel
Seguel at Biarritz, 2021
Full nameDaniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal
Country (sports) Chile
Born (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 31)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2007
Prize moneyUS$ 490,350
Singles
Career record397–293
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 162 (28 May 2018)
Current rankingNo. 772 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2018, 2021, 2022)
French OpenQ3 (2020)
WimbledonQ1 (2018, 2021)
US OpenQ1 (2016, 2017, 2021)
Doubles
Career record284–170
Career titles28 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 110 (7 July 2014)
Current rankingNo. 583 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup30–22
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Women's Tennis
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Women's singles
Last updated on: 15 August 2024.

Playing for Chile, Seguel has an overall win-loss record of 30–22 in Billie Jean King Cup (as of August 2024).

Junior career

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In 2006, her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit came at the age of 13. She played her first tournament at the first Open Junior International Chile, in May, and reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Argentinian player Ornella Caron, in straight sets. In 2007, she won her first singles title at the second Junior Open Chile, in October.

In 2008, she reached one final, at the Copa Gobierno Bolivariano de Carabobo in Valencia, Venezuela. In 2009, she won the Vina Junior Open, by defeating her compatriot Cecilia Costa Melgar in the final, in straight sets.

In 2010, she played her last junior tournament, at the 27th Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, Brazil where she was stopped in the second round by Slovak player Jana Čepelová.

Professional career

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Seguel made her debut at the professional level in 2007, at a $10k tournament in Santiago, Chile. In singles, she lost in the first round to Vivian Segnini.

In July 2010, she reached her first ITF singles final in La Paz, Bolivia. She lost the final in straight sets to Colombian player Karen Castiblanco and in November she won her first ITF title at a $10k in Concepción, Chile, alongside compatriot Fernanda Brito. In singles, she won her first title in April 2011, at a $10k event in Córdoba, Argentina.

Her biggest ITF title in singles came at the $60k Barcelona Women World Winner, in June 2017.

In January 2024, she made her debut at the 2024 United Cup in mixed doubles partnering Tomas Barrios Vera where they stunned Greek top 10 duo Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas.[3][4]

 
Seguel at the 2014 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Australian Open A A Q2 A A Q2 Q2 0–0
French Open A A Q1 A Q3 Q1 A 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q1 A NH Q1 A 0–0
US Open Q1 Q1 A A A Q1 A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International[a] Clay   Tatiana Búa   Ashleigh Barty
  Casey Dellacqua
6–4, 5–7, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2023 Copa Colina, Chile Clay   Lucciana Pérez Alarcón   Julia Lohoff
  Conny Perrin
6–7(4–7), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (5–4)
W10 tournaments (10–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (14–8)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2010 ITF La Paz, Bolivia 10,000 Clay   Karen Castiblanco 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2011 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg 7–6(4), 0–6, 6–4
Win 2–1 Mar 2012 ITF Rancagua, Chile 10,000 Clay   Carolina Zeballos 7–6(4), 6–3
Win 3–1 Apr 2012 ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Patricia Kú Flores 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win 4–1 Apr 2012 ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Victoria Bosio 7–5, 6–1
Win 5–1 Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Carolina Zeballos 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(4)
Loss 5–2 Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar 4–6, 2–6
Loss 5–3 Jun 2013 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay   Teliana Pereira 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–3 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Nazari Urbina 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–3 Jul 2015 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Ana Sofía Sánchez 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–3 Aug 2015 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito 7–5, 6–1
Loss 8–4 Sep 2015 ITF San Carlos Centro, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Eduarda Piai 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 9–4 Sep 2015 ITF Santa Fe, Argentina 10,000 Clay   María Álvarez Terán 6–2, 6–1
Win 10–4 Oct 2015 ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia 25,000+H Clay   Montserrat González 6–7(0), 6–3, 6–4
Win 11–4 Nov 2015 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Catalina Pella 2–6, 6–2, ret.
Loss 11–5 Jun 2016 ITF Helsingborg, Sweden 25,000 Clay   Susanne Celik 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–5 Jul 2016 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Aleksandrina Naydenova 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 12–6 Nov 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–4, 4–4 ret.
Win 13–6 Jun 2017 Internacional de Barcelona, Spain 60,000 Clay   Amandine Hesse 3–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3)
Win 14–6 Oct 2017 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay   Marie Benoît 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 14–7 Apr 2019 Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia 25,000 Clay   Jaqueline Cristian 4–6, 0–6
Win 15–7 May 2019 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay   Gabriela Cé 6–1, 7–5
Win 16–7 Jan 2020 ITF Vero Beach, United States 25,000 Clay   Tereza Mrdeža 7–5, 6–4
Loss 16–8 Oct 2021 ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Panna Udvardy 1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 46 (28 titles, 18 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (12–6)
$10/15,000 tournaments (14–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (26–17)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Karen Castiblanco
  Andrea Koch Benvenuto
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Nov 2010 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Karen Ramírez Rivera   Karen Castiblanco
  Andrea Koch Benvenuto
4–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Concepción, Chile 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Karen Castiblanco
  Camila Silva
6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Mar 2011 ITF Rancagua, Chile 10,000 Clay   Belén Ludueña   Andrea Benítez
  Raquel Piltcher
6–7(5), 1–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2011 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Belén Ludueña   Andrea Benítez
  Salome Llaguno
0–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Win 2–4 May 2011 ITF Itaparica, Brazil 10,000 Hard   Nathália Rossi   Andrea Benítez
  Raquel Piltcher
3–6, 6–0, [10–7]
Loss 2–5 Aug 2011 Reinert Open Versmold, Germany 25,000 Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Elizaveta Ianchuk
  Julia Mayr
4–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Nov 2011 ITF Rancagua, Chile 10,000 Clay   Belén Ludueña   Carla Forte
  Flávia Guimarães Bueno
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 4–5 Mar 2012 ITF Rancagua, Chile 10,000 Clay   Patricia Kú Flores   Fernanda Brito
  Raquel Piltcher
7–6(2), 7–5
Win 5–5 Apr 2012 ITF Villa María, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Patricia Kú Flores   María Álvarez Terán
  Camila Silva
4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Win 6–5 Apr 2012 ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Luciana Sarmenti   Sofía Luini
  Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
6–4, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss 6–6 May 2012 ITF Rosario, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Luciana Sarmenti   Tatiana Búa
  Camila Silva
4–6, 6–7(2)
Win 7–6 Jul 2012 ITF Brussels, Belgium 10,000 Clay   Anna Smolina   Elyne Boeykens
  Karolina Wlodarczak
2–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 8–6 Sep 2012 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Sofía Luini
  Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
6–1, 6–3
Loss 8–7 Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Aranza Salut
  Carolina Zeballos
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 9–7 Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Ornella Caron
  Aranza Salut
6–3, 6–4
Win 10–7 Nov 2012 ITF Temuco, Chile 10,000 Clay   Victoria Bosio   Sachie Ishizu
  Daniela Schippers
6–4, 6–2
Win 11–7 Mar 2013 ITF Gonesse, France 10,000 Clay (i)   Cindy Burger   Anne Schäfer
  Kateřina Vaňková
6–7(6), 6–3, [10–2]
Win 12–7 Aug 2013 ITF Westende, Belgium 25,000 Hard   Tatiana Búa   Antonia Lottner
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Win 13–7 Aug 2013 ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium 10,000 Clay   Tatiana Búa   Amandine Hesse
  Deniz Khazaniuk
6–4, 6–2
Loss 13–8 Aug 2013 ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium 25,000 Clay   Gabriela Cé   Irina Khromacheva
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
4–6, 3–6
Win 14–8 Sep 2013 ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands 25,000 Clay   Cindy Burger   Demi Schuurs
  Eva Wacanno
6–4, 6–1
Win 15–8 Sep 2013 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Alizé Lim
  Laura Thorpe
6–4, 6–2
Loss 15–9 Dec 2013 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Verónica Cepede Royg
  María Irigoyen
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 15–10 May 2014 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay   Tatiana Búa   Kiki Bertens
  Johanna Larsson
6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 15–11 May 2014 ITF Maribor, Slovenia 25,000 Clay   Cindy Burger   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
0–6, 1–6
Loss 15–12 Aug 2014 ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium 15,000 Clay   Tatiana Búa   Elise Mertens
  Demi Schuurs
2–6, 3–6
Win 16–12 Feb 2015 ITF Beinasco, Italy 25,000 Clay (i)   Demi Schuurs   Xenia Knoll
  Alice Matteucci
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 16–13 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Carolina Betancourt   Camila Fuentes
  Zoë Gwen Scandalis
3–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Win 17–13 Jul 2015 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Nathaly Kurata
  Eduarda Piai
6–2, 6–2
Win 18–13 Aug 2015 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito   Nathaly Kurata
  Eduarda Piai
6–3, 6–2
Loss 18–14 Sep 2015 ITF Santa Fe, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   María Álvarez Terán
  Laura Pigossi
6–2, 2–6, [3–10]
Win 19–14 Oct 2015 ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia 25,000+H Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Montserrat González
  Francesca Segarelli
6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss 19–15 Nov 2015 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   Montserrat González
  Ana Sofía Sánchez
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win 20–15 Feb 2016 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   Tara Moore
  Conny Perrin
6–3, 6–1
Win 21–15 Mar 2016 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   Martina Caregaro
  Réka Luca Jani
6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 22–15 May 2016 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy 25,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   Başak Eraydın
  Alice Matteucci
6–2, 7–6(8)
Win 23–15 Mar 2017 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Catalina Pella   Gabriela Cé
  Andrea Gámiz
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 24–15 Apr 2017 Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia 60,000 Clay   Guadalupe Pérez Rojas   Ágnes Bukta
  Vivien Juhászová
6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]
Win 25–15 Sep 2017 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay   Diāna Marcinkēviča   Irina Bara
  Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–3, 6–3
Loss 25–16 Mar 2019 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Paula Cristina Gonçalves
  Luisa Stefani
7–6(3), 6–7(0), [2–10]
Loss 25–17 Sep 2019 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 60,000+H Clay   Amandine Hesse   Anna Bondár
  Paula Ormaechea
5–7, 5–7
Win 26–17 Oct 2021 ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Katharina Gerlach   Bárbara Gatica
  Rebeca Pereira
7–6(8), 6–3
Win 27–17 Mar 2022 Open Medellín, Colombia 25,000 Clay   Conny Perrin   María Lourdes Carlé
  Laura Pigossi
6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 28–17 Jun 2022 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Emily Appleton
  Alexandra Osborne
6–4, 6–1
Loss 28–18 Sep 2022 ITF Marbella, Spain 25,000 Clay   Julia Riera   Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
  Leyre Romero Gormaz
4–6, 2–6

Notes

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  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Seguel Carvajal Daniela Valeska". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Qualifier Seguel stuns top seed Maria in Bogotá". Women's Tennis Association. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Chile stuns Greece at United Cup". 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Seguel, Barrios Vera win mixed doubles as Chile bests Greece in United Cup".
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