Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Nicholas David Ionel will square off in the 2nd round of the Shymkent 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dragos Nicolae Madaras who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dragos Nicolae Madaras is the pick to win this match.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 1.77
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Dragos Nicolae Madaras vs. Nicholas David Ionel
This will be the 2nd time that Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Nicholas David Ionel face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nicolae Madaras (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nicolae Madaras won 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in M15 Bucharest back in 2021.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74-16 | 0-0 | 73-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-2 | 40-22 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 83-31 | 9-3 | 74-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 2-1 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321 (career-high), Dragos got to the 2nd round after beating Altug Celikbilek 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nicolae Madaras defeated Celikbilek (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Nicolae Madaras scored 94 points vs Celikbilek’s 84. Dragos was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nicolae Madaras scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dragos Nicolae Madaras lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nicolae Madaras put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. Nicolae Madaras broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nicolae Madaras has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (231-131). 23-8 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nicolae Madaras has a compiled205-110 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Dragos has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2022, 23-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shymkent 1 Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 0-2 | 31-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 7-7 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-33 | 17-9 | 48-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-33 | 14-4 | 33-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 16-8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, David Ionel got to the 2nd round after defeating Grigoriy Lomakin 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Lomakin (6-0 6-2). During the match David Ionel scored 54 points vs Lomakin’s 25. David Ionel was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, David Ionel wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicholas David Ionel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. David Ionel broke Lomakin 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Marrakech.
David Ionel has an aggregate 26-10 win-loss record in 2022, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicolae Madaras | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 14 |
| Pts | 94-84 | 54-25 |
| Total Points | 178 | 79 |
| Winners | 36 | 17 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Both Nicolae Madaras and David Ionel played 1 match. At the moment, Dragos Nicolae Madaras conceded 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nicolae Madaras has played 1 set more than David Ionel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nicolae Madaras played 15 games more than David Ionel. The Romanian scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nicholas managed to score 17 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicolae Madaras | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 23/34 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 17/23 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 9/11 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 82% |
Nicolae Madaras recorded 1 ace . David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nicolae Madaras won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, David Ionel won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 82% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicolae Madaras | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Dragos broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Dragos lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. David Ionel conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nicolae Madaras | |||
| R1 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 94-84 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 55/87 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Lomakin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 54-25 | 54-25 | |
| Total points | 79 | 79 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Shymkent 1 Challenger
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Denis IstominIstomin (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Yan BondarevskiyBondarevskiy (4-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Robin HaaseHaase (5-7 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-3 6-76 7-66) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Yshai OlielOliel (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Antoine BellierBellier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Evan ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
