Damir Dzumhur and Nicholas David Ionel will square off in the semifinal of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.5
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 6-8 | 17-5 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 192, the Bosnian got to the semifinal after defeating Filip Horansky 6-3 6-2, Johan Nikles 6-4 6-3 and Lukas Klein 7-69 6-1.
In the quarter, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Klein (7-69 6-1). During the match, Dzumhur scored 69 points vs Klein’s 53. Damir was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dzumhur wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Damir Dzumhur was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bosnian broke Klein 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bosnian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Dzumhur has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (362-272). 18-11 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dzumhur has an overall 178-113 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Dzumhur’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Banja Luka Challenger.
Damir has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2022, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu 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. 283, the Romanian got to the semifinal after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 6-1, Filip Cristian Jianu 3-6 6-4 2-0 ret. and Filip Misolic 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, David had a good straight sets win against Misolic (6-2 6-3). During the match David scored 67 points vs Misolic’s 46. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, David couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, David put 75% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. David broke Misolic 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicholas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti and M15 Craiova.
Nicholas has an aggregate 53-23 win-loss record in 2022, 43-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | David |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 54 |
| Pts | 200-152 | 203-153 |
| Total Points | 352 | 356 |
| Winners | 78 | 77 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Dzumhur and David played 3 matches. At the moment, Nicholas David Ionel lost 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dzumhur has played 2 set(s) less than David (6 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Dzumhur played 2 games more than David. The Bosnian scored 78 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 77 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | David |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 110/167 | 113/170 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 78/110 | 77/113 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 31/57 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 54% |
Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. David managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Dzumhur won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, David won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | David |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 14 |
| Converted | 13/27 | 14/28 |
| % Converted | 48% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 44% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Dzumhur broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Damir lost his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. David broke his opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | |||||
| R1 Horansky |
R2 Nikles |
1/4 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-69 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 64-49 | 69-53 | 200-152 | |
| Total points | 117 | 113 | 122 | 352 | |
| Winners | 27 | 18 | 33 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 28% | 48% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 29/48 | 44/63 | 110/167 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 70% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 18/29 | 33/44 | 78/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 62% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 10/19 | 12/19 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 53% | 63% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/12 | 3/6 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| David | |||||
| R1 Coppejans |
R2 Cristian Jianu |
1/4 Misolic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-4 2-0 ret. | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 64-40 | 72-67 | 67-46 | 203-153 | |
| Total points | 104 | 139 | 113 | 356 | |
| Winners | 19 | 33 | 25 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 46% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 47/75 | 36/48 | 113/170 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 75% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 19/30 | 33/47 | 25/36 | 77/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 70% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 16/28 | 6/12 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 2/2 | 6/16 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 38% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/7 | 1/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 33% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Nerman FaticFatic – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Mate ValkuszValkusz (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Lukas KleinKlein (7-69 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Mate ValkuszValkusz (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Lukas KleinKlein (7-6(9) 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
