Nicholas David Ionel
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| Full name | Nicholas David Ionel |
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| Country (sports) | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania |
| Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
| Born | 12 October 2002 Bucharest, Romania |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Andrei Pavel |
| Prize money | $267,009 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 184 (12 June 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 461 (27 October 2025) |
| 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. 1,320 (27 October 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | W (2020) |
| Last updated on: 27 October 2025. | |
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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.[1] Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open Junior doubles title with Leandro Riedi.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]2020: ATP qualification debut
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241.
2023: Major qualifications, Top 200 debut
[edit | edit source]Personal life
[edit | edit source]He trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018.[3]
Junior Grand Slam titles
[edit | edit source]Doubles: 1 (1 title)
[edit | edit source]| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 2020 | Australia Australian Open | Hard | Switzerland Leandro Riedi | Poland Mikołaj Lorens Latvia Kārlis Ozoliņš |
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4] |
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ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals
[edit | edit source]Singles: 21 (14-7)
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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 | Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2019 | M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza | 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Argentina Manuel Pena Lopez | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–0 | Nov 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Italy Andrea Picchione | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Feb 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Brazil Jordan Correia | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–1 | Jul 2021 | M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | World Tennis Tour | Clay | United States Patrick Kypson | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Oct 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Poland Daniel Michalski | 3-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Nov 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | United Kingdom Jack Pinnington Jones | 6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
| Win | 6-3 | Feb 2022 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Italy Matteo Gigante | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 7-3 | Mar 2022 | M15 Marrakech, Morocco | World Tennis Tour | Clay | France Alexis Musialek | 6–3, 6-2 |
| Loss | 7-4 | Mar 2022 | M15 Marrakech, Morocco | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Italy Edoardo Lavagno | 4-6, 2-6 |
| Win | 8-4 | Aug 2022 | M25 Pitești, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Argentina Juan Pablo Paz | 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 |
| Loss | 8-5 | Aug 2022 | M15 Craiova, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Romania Cesar Crețu | 2-6, 6-2, 2-6 |
| Win | 9-5 | Oct 2022 | M25 Gaziantep, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | France Corentin Denolly | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Win | 10-5 | Jan 2023 | M15 Jakarta, Indonesia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | India Sidharth Rawat | 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9) |
| Win | 11-5 | May 2023 | M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, Cyprus | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Romania Filip Cristian Jianu | 6-3, 7-6(7–2) |
| Loss | 11-6 | Oct 2023 | M25 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Czech Republic Martin Krumich | 6-4, 0-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 11-7 | Oct 2023 | M25 Telavi, Georgia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Czech Republic Martin Krumich | 4-6, 4-6 |
| Win | 12-7 | Jan 2024 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Romania Cezar Cretu | 6-1, 6-1 |
| Win | 13-7 | Sep 2024 | M15 Constanta, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Canada Liam Draxl | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Win | 14-7 | Sep 2024 | M15 Târgu Mureș, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Brazil João Eduardo Schiessl | 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 |
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Doubles: 3 (1–2)
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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 | Romania Nicolae Frunză | Romania Vasile Antonescu Romania Alexandru Jecan |
1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu | Argentina Nicolas Alberto Arreche Argentina Franco Feitt |
6–2, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu | Italy Gianmarco Ferrari Italy Niccolo Inserra |
W/O |
References
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External links
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