Nicholas David Ionel
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. 1 Romanian player.[1]
.jpg.webp) Ionel at the 2023 French Open | |
| Full name | Nicholas David Ionel |
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| Country (sports) |  Romania |
| Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
| Born | 12 October 2002 Bucharest, Romania |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Andrei Pavel |
| Prize money | $209,962 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 184 (12 June 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 241 (16 October 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2023) |
| French Open | Q1 (2023) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2023) |
| US Open | Q1 (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 356 (24 April 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 503 (16 October 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | W (2020) |
| Last updated on: 22 October 2022. | |
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.
Personal life
He trains at the Mouratoglou Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018.[3]
Junior Grand Slam titles
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 2020 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australian Open |
Hard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Leandro Riedi |
 Mikołaj Lorens Kārlis Ozoliņš |
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4] |
ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 18 (11-7)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | M15 Brașov, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Oleksii Krutykh |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2019 | M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Juan Ignacio Galarza |
6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Manuel Pena Lopez |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–0 | Nov 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Andrea Picchione |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Feb 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Jordan Correia |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–1 | Jul 2021 | M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Patrick Kypson |
6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Oct 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniel Michalski |
3-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Nov 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Jack Pinnington Jones |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
| Win | 6-3 | Feb 2022 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Matteo Gigante |
6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 7-3 | Mar 2022 | M15 Marrakech, Morocco | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Alexis Musialek |
6–3, 6-2 |
| Loss | 7-4 | Mar 2022 | M15 Marrakech, Morocco | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Edoardo Lavagno |
4-6, 2-6 |
| Win | 8-4 | Aug 2022 | M25 Pitești, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Juan Pablo Paz |
6-3, 3-6, 6-4 |
| Loss | 8-5 | Aug 2022 | M15 Craiova, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Cesar Crețu |
2-6, 6-2, 2-6 |
| Win | 9-5 | Oct 2022 | M25 Gaziantep, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Corentin Denolly |
6-2, 6-2 |
| Win | 10-5 | Jan 2023 | M15 Jakarta, Indonesia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Sidharth Rawat |
4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9) |
| Win | 11-5 | May 2023 | M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, Cyprus | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Filip Cristian Jianu |
6-3, 7-6(7–2) |
| Loss | 11-6 | Oct 2023 | M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Martin Krumich |
6-4, 0-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 11-7 | Oct 2023 | M25 Telavi, Georgia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Martin Krumich |
4-6, 4-6 |
Doubles: 3 (1–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2018 | Romania F10, Curtea de Argeș | Futures | Clay | Nicolae Frunză |
Vasile Antonescu Alexandru Jecan |
1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Petru-Alexandru Luncanu |
Nicolas Alberto Arreche Franco Feitt |
6–2, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Petru-Alexandru Luncanu |
Gianmarco Ferrari Niccolo Inserra |
W/O |
References
- "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- "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.
- "Nicholas David Ionel, felicitat de Patrick Mouratoglou după ce a câștigat al 5-lea titlu ITF". Eurosport. March 2, 2020.
External links
- Nicholas David Ionel at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Nicholas David Ionel at the International Tennis Federation
Association of Tennis Professionals Top Romanian male singles tennis players | |
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