Nicholas David Ionel
Ionel at the 2023 French Open
Full nameNicholas David Ionel
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceBucharest, Romania
Born (2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 21)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAndrei Pavel
Prize money$215,566
Singles
Career record2–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 184 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 265 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (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. 570 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2020)
Last updated on: 20 January 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. 1 Romanian player.[1]

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 Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018.[3]

Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2020 Australia Australian Open Hard Switzerland Leandro Riedi Poland Mikołaj Lorens
Latvia Kārlis Ozoliņš 		6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]

ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 18 (11-7)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (11-7)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (8–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 M15 Brașov, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 2019 M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–0 Oct 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Manuel Pena Lopez 6–4, 7–5
Win 4–0 Nov 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Andrea Picchione 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 5–0 Feb 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Brazil Jordan Correia 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 5–1 Jul 2021 M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg World Tennis Tour Clay United States Patrick Kypson 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–2 Oct 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Daniel Michalski 3-6, 4-6
Loss 5–3 Nov 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Jack Pinnington Jones 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win 6-3 Feb 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Matteo Gigante 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win 7-3 Mar 2022 M15 Marrakech, Morocco World Tennis Tour Clay France Alexis Musialek 6–3, 6-2
Loss 7-4 Mar 2022 M15 Marrakech, Morocco World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Edoardo Lavagno 4-6, 2-6
Win 8-4 Aug 2022 M25 Pitești, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Paz 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Loss 8-5 Aug 2022 M15 Craiova, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Cesar Crețu 2-6, 6-2, 2-6
Win 9-5 Oct 2022 M25 Gaziantep, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay France Corentin Denolly 6-2, 6-2
Win 10-5 Jan 2023 M15 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard India Sidharth Rawat 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9)
Win 11-5 May 2023 M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, Cyprus World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3, 7-6(7–2)
Loss 11-6 Oct 2023 M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Martin Krumich 6-4, 0-6, 4-6
Loss 11-7 Oct 2023 M25 Telavi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Martin Krumich 4-6, 4-6

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2018 Romania F10, Curtea de Argeș Futures Clay Romania Nicolae Frunză Romania Vasile Antonescu
Romania Alexandru Jecan 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Argentina Nicolas Alberto Arreche
Argentina Franco Feitt 		6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Win 1–2 Oct 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Italy Gianmarco Ferrari
Italy 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.

External links


Australian Open boys' doubles champions
Association of Tennis Professionals Top Romanian male singles tennis players
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