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Nicholas David Ionel

{{short description|Romanian tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Nicholas David Ionel

|image = Ionel RGQ23 (52943034747).jpg

|caption = Ionel at the 2023 French Open

|fullname = Nicholas David Ionel

|country = {{ROU}}

|residence = Bucharest, Romania

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|10|12}}

|birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

|height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.83|m}}

|weight =

|turnedpro =

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|coach = Andrei Pavel

|careerprizemoney = $237,110

|singlesrecord = 2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 184 (12 June 2023)

|currentsinglesranking = No. 378 (12 August 2024)

|AustralianOpenresult = Q1 (2023)

|FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (2023)

|Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2023)

|USOpenresult = Q1 (2023)

|doublesrecord = 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 356 (24 April 2023)

|currentdoublesranking = No. 1085 (12 August 2024)

|AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = W (2020)

|updated = 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankRange=0-5000®ion=ROU | title= Romania | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis }}

Career

=2020: ATP qualification debut=

Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/campion-la-australian-open-nicholas-david-ionel-a-castigat-finala-de-dublu-a-juniorilor-devenind-primul-tenisman-roman-care-se-impune-la-melbourne-intr-o-proba-pe-puncte-18974745|title=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|date=January 31, 2020}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.ro/tenis/nicholas-david-ionel-felicitat-de-patrick-mouratoglou-dupa-ce-a-castigat-al-5-lea-titlu-itf_sto7690437/story.shtml|title=Nicholas David Ionel, felicitat de Patrick Mouratoglou după ce a câștigat al 5-lea titlu ITF|date=March 2, 2020|website=Eurosport}}

Junior Grand Slam titles

=Doubles: 1 (1 title)=

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Result

!Year

!width=150|Tournament

!Surface

!width=150|Partner

!width=150|Opponents

!width=150|Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

|2020

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australian Open

|Hard

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Leandro Riedi

|{{flagicon|POL}} Mikołaj Lorens
{{flagicon|LAT}} Kārlis Ozoliņš

|6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]

ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals

=Singles: 21 (14-7)=

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!Legend (singles)

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|ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)

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|ITF World Tennis Tour (14-7)

|

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!Titles by surface

Hard (3–1)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Sep 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Brașov, Romania

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksii Krutykh

|7–5, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–0

|{{dts|Sep 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Ignacio Galarza

|6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–0

|{{dts|Oct 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tabarka, Tunisia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Manuel Pena Lopez

|6–4, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–0

|{{dts|Nov 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tabarka, Tunisia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Picchione

|6–4, 4–6, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–0

|{{dts|Feb 2020}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Heraklion, Greece

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Jordan Correia

|6–4, 4–6, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–1

|{{dts|Jul 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Kypson

| 6–4, 3–6, 5–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–2

|{{dts|Oct 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|POL}} Daniel Michalski

|3-6, 4-6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–3

|{{dts|Nov 2021}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Heraklion, Greece

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Pinnington Jones

|6–7(3–7), 1–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6-3

|{{dts|Feb 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Gigante

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|7-3

|{{dts|Mar 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Marrakech, Morocco

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Alexis Musialek

|6–3, 6-2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|7-4

|{{dts|Mar 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Marrakech, Morocco

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Edoardo Lavagno

|4-6, 2-6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|8-4

|{{dts|Aug 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Pitești, Romania

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Pablo Paz

|6-3, 3-6, 6-4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|8-5

|{{dts|Aug 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Craiova, Romania

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Cesar Crețu

|2-6, 6-2, 2-6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|9-5

|{{dts|Oct 2022}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Gaziantep, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Denolly

|6-2, 6-2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|10-5

|{{dts|Jan 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Jakarta, Indonesia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Hard

|{{flagicon|IND}} Sidharth Rawat

|4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|11-5

|{{dts|May 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, Cyprus

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Filip Cristian Jianu

|6-3, 7-6(7–2)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|11-6

|{{dts|Oct 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Krumich

|6-4, 0-6, 4-6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|11-7

|{{dts|Oct 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Telavi, Georgia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Krumich

|4-6, 4-6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|12-7

|{{dts|Jan 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Cezar Cretu

|6-1, 6-1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|13-7

|{{dts|Sep 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Constanta, Romania

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Liam Draxl

|6-3, 6-4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|14-7

|{{dts|Sep 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} João Eduardo Schiessl

|6-0, 4-6, 6-3

=Doubles: 3 (1–2)=

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!Legend (doubles)

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|ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)

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|ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)

|

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!Titles by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Aug 2018}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Romania F10, Curtea de Argeș

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Nicolae Frunză

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Vasile Antonescu
{{flagicon|ROU}} Alexandru Jecan

|1–6, 3–6

bgcolor=#FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Oct 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tabarka, Tunisia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Petru-Alexandru Luncanu

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Nicolas Alberto Arreche
{{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Feitt

|6–2, 5–7, [6–10]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Oct 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tabarka, Tunisia

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Petru-Alexandru Luncanu

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianmarco Ferrari
{{flagicon|ITA}} Niccolo Inserra

|W/O

References

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External links

  • {{ATP|i0a7}}
  • {{ITF|nicholas-david-ionel/800409534/rou}}

{{Australian Open boys' doubles champions}}

{{Top male singles tennis players by country|ROU}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ionel, David}}

Category:2002 births

Category:Living people

Category:Romanian male tennis players

Category:Tennis players from Bucharest

Category:Australian Open (tennis) junior champions

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles

Category:21st-century Romanian sportsmen

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