Nicholas David Ionel

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Nicholas David Ionel
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Ionel at the 2023 French Open
Full nameNicholas David Ionel
Country (sports)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Residence Bucharest, Romania
Born (2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 22)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Andrei Pavel
Prize money$237,110
Singles
Career record2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 184 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 378 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2023)
French Open Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon Q1 (2023)
US Open Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 356 (24 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1085 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorW (2020)
Last updated on: 20 August 2024.

Nicholas David Ionel (born 12 October 2002) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 184 achieved on 12 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 356 achieved on 24 April 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Romanian player. [1]

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Career

2020: ATP qualification debut

Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title. [2]

Ionel was awarded with a qualification wildcard to play his first ATP tournament at the 2020 European Open, where he pushed former world No. 36 Yūichi Sugita to three sets.

2022: Top 250 debut

He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241.

2023: Major qualifications, Top 200 debut

Personal life

He trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018. [3]

Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner 2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Open Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Leandro Riedi Flag of Poland.svg Mikołaj Lorens
Flag of Latvia.svg Kārlis Ozoliņš 		6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]

ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 21 (14-7)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (14-7)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2019M15 Brașov, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Krutykh 7–5, 6–4
Win2–0Sep 2019M15 Târgu Mureș, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Galarza6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
Win3–0Oct 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Manuel Pena Lopez6–4, 7–5
Win4–0Nov 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Picchione6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win5–0Feb 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Brazil.svg Jordan Correia6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss5–1Jul 2021M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Kypson 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss5–2Oct 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Poland.svg Daniel Michalski 3-6, 4-6
Loss5–3Nov 2021M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Pinnington Jones 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win6-3Feb 2022M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win7-3Mar 2022M15 Marrakech, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Alexis Musialek 6–3, 6-2
Loss7-4Mar 2022M15 Marrakech, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Lavagno4-6, 2-6
Win8-4Aug 2022M25 Pitești, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Paz 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Loss8-5Aug 2022M15 Craiova, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Cesar Crețu2-6, 6-2, 2-6
Win9-5Oct 2022M25 Gaziantep, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Corentin Denolly 6-2, 6-2
Win10-5Jan 2023M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of India.svg Sidharth Rawat4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9)
Win11-5May 2023M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, CyprusWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3, 7-6(7–2)
Loss11-6Oct 2023M25 Pazardzhik, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Krumich6-4, 0-6, 4-6
Loss11-7Oct 2023M25 Telavi, GeorgiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Krumich4-6, 4-6
Win12-7Jan 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Cezar Cretu 6-1, 6-1
Win13-7Sep 2024M15 Constanta, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Draxl 6-3, 6-4
Win14-7Sep 2024M15 Târgu Mureș, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Brazil.svg João Eduardo Schiessl6-0, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2018Romania F10, Curtea de Argeș FuturesClay Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Frunză Flag of Romania.svg Vasile Antonescu
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Jecan 		1–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Oct 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolas Alberto Arreche
Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Feitt		6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Win1–2Oct 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Flag of Italy.svg Gianmarco Ferrari
Flag of Italy.svg Niccolo Inserra		W/O

References

  1. ↑ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ↑ "Campion la Australian Open! Nicholas David Ionel a câștigat finala de dublu a juniorilor, devenind primul tenisman român care se impune la Melbourne într-o probă pe puncte". January 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Nicholas David Ionel, felicitat de Patrick Mouratoglou după ce a câștigat al 5-lea titlu ITF". Eurosport. March 2, 2020.


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