Nicholas David Ionel and Frederico Ferreira Silva will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frederico Ferreira Silva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frederico Ferreira Silva is the pick to win this match.
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 1.62
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Frederico Ferreira Silva
This will be the 3rd time that Nicholas David Ionel and Frederico Ferreira Silva face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ferreira Silva (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Ferreira Silva won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the Yokohama Challenger back in October 2022.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 0-2 | 24-14 | 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. 241 (career-high), the Romanian got to the 2nd round after beating Yuta Shimizu 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nicholas defeated Shimizu (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, David Ionel scored 102 points vs Shimizu’s 95. Nicholas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel blasted 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Nicholas broke Shimizu 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
David Ionel has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (160-88). 14-7 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has a compiled44-20 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti,M15 Craiova and M25 Gaziantep.
Nicholas has an aggregate 63-29 win-loss record in 2022, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Nicholas has never competed in this tournament before.
Frederico Ferreira Silva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-9 | 3-2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-32 | 5-13 | 9-12 | 4-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-26 | 11-10 | 11-12 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-28 | 11-10 | 8-10 | 7-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-16 | 3-4 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 275, the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ferreira Silva had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-3 6-3). During the match Ferreira Silva scored 60 points vs Nakagawa’s 38. Ferreira Silva was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Ferreira Silva struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Frederico Ferreira Silva was very effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Frederico broke Nakagawa 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Frederico’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 3 Challenger.
The Portuguese has a compiled 22-23 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 102-95 | 60-38 |
| Total Points | 197 | 98 |
| Winners | 38 | 23 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both David Ionel and Ferreira Silva played 1 match. At the moment, Nicholas David Ionel surrendered 1 set while Frederico Ferreira Silva hasn’t surrendered a set so far. David Ionel has played 1 set more than Ferreira Silva (3 vs 2). Therefore, David Ionel played 12 games more than Ferreira Silva. The Romanian scored 38 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese fired 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 56/95 | 28/46 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 23/28 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 67% |
David Ionel bagged 6 aces . Ferreira Silva made 5 aces . David Ionel won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Ferreira Silva won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Romanian broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicholas surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Frederico conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-95 | 102-95 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/95 | 56/95 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Ferreira Silva | |||
| R1 Nakagawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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