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)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner2020Australia Australian OpenHardSwitzerland Leandro RiediPoland Mikołaj Lorens Latvia Kārlis Ozoliņš6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]

ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 21 (14-7)

Legend (singles)
Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (14-7)Titles by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (11–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (14-7)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2019M15 Brașov, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClayUkraine Oleksii Krutykh7–5, 6–4
Win2–0Sep 2019M15 Târgu Mureș, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClayArgentina Juan Ignacio Galarza6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
Win3–0Oct 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClayArgentina Manuel Pena Lopez6–4, 7–5
Win4–0Nov 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClayItaly Andrea Picchione6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win5–0Feb 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHardBrazil Jordan Correia6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss5–1Jul 2021M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgWorld Tennis TourClayUnited States Patrick Kypson6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss5–2Oct 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClayPoland Daniel Michalski3-6, 4-6
Loss5–3Nov 2021M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHardUnited Kingdom Jack Pinnington Jones6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win6-3Feb 2022M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHardItaly Matteo Gigante6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win7-3Mar 2022M15 Marrakech, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClayFrance Alexis Musialek6–3, 6-2
Loss7-4Mar 2022M15 Marrakech, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClayItaly Edoardo Lavagno4-6, 2-6
Win8-4Aug 2022M25 Pitești, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClayArgentina Juan Pablo Paz6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Loss8-5Aug 2022M15 Craiova, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClayRomania Cesar Crețu2-6, 6-2, 2-6
Win9-5Oct 2022M25 Gaziantep, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClayFrance Corentin Denolly6-2, 6-2
Win10-5Jan 2023M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaWorld Tennis TourHardIndia Sidharth Rawat4-6, 6-1, 7-6(11–9)
Win11-5May 2023M15 Alaminos-Larnaca, CyprusWorld Tennis TourClayRomania Filip Cristian Jianu6-3, 7-6(7–2)
Loss11-6Oct 2023M25 Pazardzhik, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourClayCzech Republic Martin Krumich6-4, 0-6, 4-6
Loss11-7Oct 2023M25 Telavi, GeorgiaWorld Tennis TourClayCzech Republic Martin Krumich4-6, 4-6
Win12-7Jan 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClayRomania Cezar Cretu6-1, 6-1
Win13-7Sep 2024M15 Constanta, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClayCanada Liam Draxl6-3, 6-4
Win14-7Sep 2024M15 Târgu Mureș, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClayBrazil João Eduardo Schiessl6-0, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (doubles)
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)
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2018Romania F10, Curtea de ArgeșFuturesClayRomania Nicolae FrunzăRomania Vasile Antonescu Romania Alexandru Jecan1–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Oct 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClayRomania Petru-Alexandru LuncanuArgentina Nicolas Alberto Arreche Argentina Franco Feitt6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Win1–2Oct 2019M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourClayRomania Petru-Alexandru LuncanuItaly Gianmarco Ferrari Italy Niccolo InserraW/O

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