Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Nicholas David Ionel will face off in the 2nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.59
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 6-5 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 166, Blancaneaux reached the 2nd round after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-2 7-5). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 80 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 64. Blancaneaux was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Cristian Jianu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Blancaneaux has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (233-165). 9-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blancaneaux has a composed117-80 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Geoffrey’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
Blancaneaux has a compiled 23-20 win-loss record in 2022, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
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. 311, Nicholas got to the 2nd round after beating Borna Coric 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, David had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-4 6-2). During the match David scored 64 points vs Coric’s 47. Nicholas was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, David scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicholas David Ionel was very effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Coric 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Marrakech.
David has an overall 36-17 win-loss record in 2022, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | David |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 |
| Pts | 80-64 | 64-47 |
| Total Points | 144 | 111 |
| Winners | 35 | 23 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Both Blancaneaux and David played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blancaneaux and David have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blancaneaux played 2 games more than David. The French player scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Nicholas recorded 23 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | David |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 51/75 | 31/49 |
| %1st in | 68% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 23/31 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 15/18 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 83% |
Blancaneaux fired 1 ace . David also recorded 1 ace . Blancaneaux won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, David won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | David |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 56% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 71% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Geoffrey broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Romanian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 80-64 | 80-64 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/75 | 51/75 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| David | |||
| R1 Coric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger
- Lukas KleinKlein – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Diego Hidalgo/Cristian RodriguezHidalgo/Cristian Rodriguez – Nicholas David Ionel/Mircea-Alexandru JecanDavid Ionel/Mircea-Alexandru Jecan (6-3 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Louis WesselsWessels – Cezar CretuCretu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrey ChepelevChepelev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 2-6 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Jose PereiraPereira (7-5 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Ilya SnitariSnitari (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Nicolae FrunzaFrunza (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (2-6 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Marius CopilCopil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Louis WesselsWessels – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
