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 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 356 achieved on 24 April 2023. He is currently the No. 4 Romanian player. Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open Junior doubles title with Leandro Riedi.
Career 2020: ATP qualification debut
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.
Junior Grand Slam titles Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner2020 Australian OpenHard Leandro Riedi Mikołaj Lorens Kārlis Ozoliņš6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]
ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 21 (14-7) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (14-7)Titles by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (11–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Brașov, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Oleksii Krutykh7–5, 6–4Win2–0M15 Târgu Mureș, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Juan Ignacio Galarza6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4Win3–0M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Manuel Pena Lopez6–4, 7–5Win4–0M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Andrea Picchione6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win5–0M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Jordan Correia6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss5–1M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgWorld Tennis TourClay Patrick Kypson 6–4, 3–6, 5–7Loss5–2M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Daniel Michalski3-6, 4-6Loss5–3M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Jack Pinnington Jones6–7(3–7), 1–6Win6-3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Matteo Gigante 6–3, 4–6, 6–1Win7-3M15 Marrakech, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Alexis Musialek6–3, 6-2Loss7-4M15 Marrakech, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Edoardo Lavagno4-6, 2-6Win8-4M25 Pitești, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Juan Pablo Paz6-3, 3-6, 6-4Loss8-5M15 Craiova, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Cesar Crețu2-6, 6-2, 2-6Win9-5M25 Gaziantep, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Corentin Denolly6-2, 6-2 Win10-5M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaWorld Tennis TourHard Sidharth Rawat4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9)Win11-5M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, CyprusWorld Tennis TourClay Filip Cristian Jianu6-3, 7-6(7–2) Loss11-6M25 Pazardzhik, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourClay Martin Krumich6-4, 0-6, 4-6 Loss11-7M25 Telavi, GeorgiaWorld Tennis TourClay Martin Krumich4-6, 4-6 Win12-7M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Cezar Cretu6-1, 6-1Win13-7M15 Constanta, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Liam Draxl6-3, 6-4Win14-7M15 Târgu Mureș, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay João Eduardo Schiessl6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Doubles: 3 (1–2) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (1–2)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Romania F10, Curtea de ArgeșFuturesClay Nicolae Frunză Vasile Antonescu Alexandru Jecan1–6, 3–6Loss0–2M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Nicolas Alberto Arreche Franco Feitt6–2, 5–7, [6–10]Win1–2M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClay Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Gianmarco Ferrari Niccolo InserraW/O
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