Nicholas David Ionel


Nicholas David Ionel 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)

ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 21 (14-7)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0M15 Brașov, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClaydts|Sep 2019

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Romania F10, Curtea de ArgeșFuturesClay