Daniela Seguel
Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal[1] (born 15 November 1992) is a Chilean 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.
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Full name | Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Santiago, Chile | 15 November 1992|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 450,015 | |||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 383–279 (57.9%) | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 16 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 162 (28 May 2018) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 777 (24 July 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q2 (2018, 2021, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q3 (2020) | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2018, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q1 (2016, 2017, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 279–165 (62.8%) | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 28 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 110 (7 July 2014) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 692 (24 July 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2014) | |||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 24–20 (54.5%) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 24 July 2023. |
Playing for the Chile Fed Cup team, Seguel has a win-loss record of 24–20 in Fed Cup (as of July 2023).
Junior career
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.
ITF Circuit
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. In November 2010, 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.
So far, her biggest ITF title in singles came at the $60k Barcelona Women World Winner, in June 2017.

Grand Slam performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2014 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | International[lower-alpha 1] | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [4–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2010 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2011 | ITF Córdoba, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(4), 0–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2012 | ITF Rancagua, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(4), 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Apr 2012 | ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 4–1 | Apr 2012 | ITF Villa del Dique | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 5–1 | Oct 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 5–2 | Oct 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–3 | Jun 2013 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 6–3 | Jun 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 7–3 | Jul 2015 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 8–3 | Aug 2015 | ITF Buenos Aires | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Loss | 8–4 | Sep 2015 | ITF San Carlos Centro, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Win | 9–4 | Sep 2015 | ITF Santa Fe, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 10–4 | Oct 2015 | ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia | 25,000+H | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(0), 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11–4 | Nov 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, ret. |
Loss | 11–5 | Jun 2016 | ITF Helsingborg, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 12–5 | Jul 2016 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 12–6 | Nov 2016 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 4–4 ret. |
Win | 13–6 | Jun 2017 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3) |
Win | 14–6 | Oct 2017 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 14–7 | Apr 2019 | Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 15–7 | May 2019 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 16–7 | Jan 2020 | ITF Vero Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 16–8 | Oct 2021 | ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 45 (28 titles, 17 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2010 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2010 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–2 | Nov 2010 | ITF Concepción, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2011 | ITF Rancagua, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 1–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2011 | ITF Córdoba, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 7–5, [3–10] |
Win | 2–4 | May 2011 | ITF Itaparica, Brazil | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, [10–7] |
Loss | 2–5 | Aug 2011 | Reinert Open, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Nov 2011 | ITF Rancagua, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [10–5] |
Win | 4–5 | Mar 2012 | ITF Rancagua, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(2), 7–5 |
Win | 5–5 | Apr 2012 | ITF Villa María, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
Win | 6–5 | Apr 2012 | ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [10–5] |
Loss | 6–6 | May 2012 | ITF Rosario, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(2) |
Win | 7–6 | Jul 2012 | ITF Brussels, Belgium | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
Win | 8–6 | Sep 2012 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 8–7 | Oct 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
Win | 9–7 | Oct 2012 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 10–7 | Nov 2012 | ITF Temuco, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 11–7 | Mar 2013 | ITF Gonesse, France | 10,000 | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(6), 6–3, [10–2] |
Win | 12–7 | Aug 2013 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [11–9] |
Win | 13–7 | Aug 2013 | ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 13–8 | Aug 2013 | ITF Wanfercée-Baulet | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 14–8 | Sep 2013 | ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 15–8 | Sep 2013 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 15–9 | Dec 2013 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 15–10 | May 2014 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 4–6 |
Loss | 15–11 | May 2014 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 15–12 | Aug 2014 | ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 16–12 | Feb 2015 | ITF Beinasco, Italy | 25,000 | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 16–13 | Jun 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [10–12] |
Win | 17–13 | Jul 2015 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 18–13 | Aug 2015 | ITF Buenos Aires | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 18–14 | Sep 2015 | ITF Santa Fe, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, [3–10] |
Win | 19–14 | Oct 2015 | ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia | 25,000+H | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 19–15 | Nov 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(3) |
Win | 20–15 | Feb 2016 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 21–15 | Mar 2016 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(5) |
Win | 22–15 | May 2016 | ITF Grado, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(8) |
Win | 23–15 | Mar 2017 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [10–5] |
Win | 24–15 | Apr 2017 | Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9] |
Win | 25–15 | Sep 2017 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 25–16 | Mar 2019 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 6–7(0), [2–10] |
Loss | 25–17 | Sep 2019 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | 60,000+H | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 26–17 | Oct 2021 | ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(8), 6–3 |
Win | 27–17 | Mar 2022 | ITF Medellín, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
Win | 28–17 | Jun 2022 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 28–18 | Sep 2022 | ITF Marbella, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Top 5 highest rank wins
# | Tournament | Category | Start date | Surface | Rd | Opponent | Rank | Score | DSR |
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1 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | WTA International | 9 April 2018 | Clay | 2R | ![]() |
No. 62 | 6–3, 6–1 | No. 191 |
2 | Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne, France | ITF $100,000 | 21 October 2013 | Hard (i) | 1R | ![]() |
No. 92 | 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–2) | No. 297 |
3 | Wiesbaden Tennis Open, Germany | ITF W100 | 2 May 2022 | Clay | 1R | ![]() |
No. 99 | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 | No. 275 |
4 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | WTA 250 | 5 April 2021 | Clay | 1R | ![]() |
No. 102 | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | No. 213 |
5 | Sport11 Ladies Open, Hungary | ITF $50,000 | 5 September 2016 | Clay | 2R | ![]() |
No. 106 | 7–6(10–8), 7–5 | No. 196 |
- Statistics correct as of 2 July 2023.
Notes
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
References
- "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.
- "Qualifier Seguel stuns top seed Maria in Bogotá". Women's Tennis Association. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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