Nicholas David Ionel

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)

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)