Nicholas David Ionel

Romanian tennis player

Nicholas David Ionel

Ionel at the 2023 French Open

Full name| Nicholas David Ionel
Country (sports)|  Romania
Residence| Bucharest, Romania
Born|  (2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 21)
Bucharest, Romania
Height| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays| Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach| Andrei Pavel
Prize money| $217,990
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. 265 (15 January 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. 570 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior| W (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. 2 Romanian player.[1]

## Career

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### 2020: ATP qualification debut

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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

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

### 2023: Major qualifications, Top 200 debut

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## Personal life

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

## Junior Grand Slam titles

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### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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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]

## ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals

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### Singles: 18 (11-7)

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| 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

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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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| 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

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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

## References

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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

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* Nicholas David Ionel at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Nicholas David Ionel at the International Tennis Federation

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Australian Open boys' doubles champions

* 1922: C. Grogan / L. Roche
* 1923: Edgar Moon / L. Roche
* 1924: A. Berckelman / Ray Dunlop
* 1925: Jack Crawford / Harry Hopman
* 1926: Jack Crawford / Harry Hopman
* 1927: Jack Crawford / Harry Hopman
* 1928: Jack Crawford / C. Whiteman
* 1929: C.W. Cropper / W.B. Walker
* 1930: Adrian Quist / Don Turnbull
* 1931: Jack Purcell / Bert Tonkin
* 1932: Adrian Quist / Len Schwartz
* 1933: Jack Purcell / Bert Tonkin
* 1934: Neils Ennis / Colin McKenzie
* 1935: John Bromwich / Arthur Huxley
* 1936: John Gilchrist / Henry Lindo
* 1937: John Bromwich / Dinny Pails
* 1938: Dinny Pails / William Sidwell
* 1939: Roy Felan / H.N. Impey
* 1940: William Edwards / Dinny Pails
* 1946: Frank Herringe / George Worthington
* 1947: Rex Hartwig / Allan Kendall
* 1948: Don Candy / Ken McGregor
* 1949: John Blacklock / Clive Wilderspin
* 1950: Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall
* 1951: Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall
* 1952: Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall
* 1953: William Gilmore / Warren Woodcock
* 1954: Mal Anderson / Roy Emerson
* 1955: Mike Green / Gerry Moss
* 1956: Paul Heamden / Bob Mark
* 1957: Frank Gorman / Rod Laver
* 1958: Bob Hewitt / Martin Mulligan
* 1959: José Luis Arilla / Butch Buchholz
* 1960: Greg Hughes / Jim Shepherd
* 1961: Rod Brent / John Newcombe
* 1962: William Bowrey / Geoffrey Knox
* 1963: Robert Brien / John Cotterill
* 1964: Stanley Matthews / Graham Stillwell
* 1965: Terence Musgrave / John Walker
* 1966: Rorbert Layton / Pat McCumstie
* 1967: John Barlett / Sven Ginman
* 1968: Phil Dent / William Lloyd
* 1969: Neil Higgins / John James
* 1970: Allan McDonald / Greg Perkins
* 1971: John Marks / Michael Phillips
* 1972: Bill Durham / Steve Myers
* 1973: Terry Saunders / Graham Thoroughgood
* 1974: David Carter / Trevor Little
* 1975: Glenn Busby / Warren Maher
* 1976: Peter McCarthy / Charlie Fancutt
* 1977 (Jan): Phil Davies / Peter Smylie
* 1977 (Dec): Ray Kelly / Geoffrey Thams
* 1978: Michael Fancutt / Bill Gilmour Jr.
* 1979: Michael Fancutt / Greg Whitecross
* 1980: William Masur / Craig Miller
* 1981: David Lewis / Tony Withers
* 1982: Brendan Burke / Mark Hartnett
* 1983: Jamie Harty / Des Tyson
* 1984: Mike Baroch / Mark Kratzmann
* 1985: Brett Custer / David Macpherson
* 1987: Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge
* 1988: Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge
* 1989: Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge
* 1990: Roger Pettersson / Mårten Renström
* 1991: Grant Doyle / Joshua Eagle
* 1992: Grant Doyle / Brad Sceney
* 1993: Lars Rehmann / Christian Tambue
* 1994: Ben Ellwood / Mark Philippoussis
* 1995: Luke Bourgeois / Lee Jong-min
* 1996: Daniele Bracciali / Jocelyn Robichaud
* 1997: David Sherwood / James Trotman
* 1998: Julien Jeanpierre / Jérôme Haehnel
* 1999: Jürgen Melzer / Kristian Pless
* 2000: Nicolas Mahut / Tommy Robredo
* 2001: Ytai Abougzir / Luciano Vitullo
* 2002: Todd Reid / Ryan Henry
* 2003: Scott Oudsema / Phillip Simmonds
* 2004: Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema
* 2005: Kim Sun-yong / Yi Chu-huan
* 2006: Błażej Koniusz / Grzegorz Panfil
* 2007: Graeme Dyce / Harri Heliövaara
* 2008: Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua
* 2009: Francis Alcantara / Hsieh Cheng-peng
* 2010: Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu
* 2011: Filip Horanský / Jiří Veselý
* 2012: Liam Broady / Joshua Ward-Hibbert
* 2013: Jay Andrijic / Bradley Mousley
* 2014: Bradley Mousley / Lucas Miedler
* 2015: Jake Delaney / Marc Polmans
* 2016: Alex de Minaur / Blake Ellis
* 2017: Hsu Yu-hsiou / Zhao Lingxi
* 2018: Hugo Gaston / Clément Tabur
* 2019: Jonáš Forejtek / Dalibor Svrčina
* 2020: Nicholas David Ionel / Leandro Riedi
* 2021: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
* 2022: Bruno Kuzuhara / Coleman Wong
* 2023: Learner Tien / Cooper Williams
* 2024: Maxwell Exsted / Cooper Woestendick

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Association of Tennis Professionals Top Romanian male singles tennis players

As of Aug 5, 2024

* 1\. Filip Cristian Jianu (238 1)
* 2\. Cezar Cretu (293 15)
* 3\. Gabi Adrian Boitan (330 2)
* 4\. Nicholas David Ionel (380 5)
* 5\. Dan Alexandru Tomescu (478 3)

* 6\. Marius Copil (491 57)
* 7\. Radu Mihai Papoe (519 3)
* 8\. Sebastian Gima (557 7)
* 9\. Vlad Andrei Dancu (558 7)
* 10\. Stefan Palosi (603 20)

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