Full name | Nicholas David Ionel |
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Country (sports) | Romania |
Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
Born | Bucharest, Romania | 12 October 2002
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Andrei Pavel |
Prize money | $237,110 |
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. 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 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. 1085 (12 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | W (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. 2 Romanian player.[1]
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.
He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241.
He trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018.[3]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | Leandro Riedi | Mikołaj Lorens Kārlis Ozoliņš |
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4] |
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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 |
Win | 12-7 | Jan 2024 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Cezar Cretu | 6-1, 6-1 |
Win | 13-7 | Sep 2024 | M15 Constanta, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Liam Draxl | 6-3, 6-4 |
Win | 14-7 | Sep 2024 | M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | João Eduardo Schiessl | 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |