Nicholas David Ionel and Shintaro Mochizuki will square off in the quarter of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 Nicholas David Ionel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicholas David Ionel is the pick to win this match.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.86
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 241 (career-high), the Romanian got to the quarter after defeating Yuta Shimizu 6-4 5-7 6-2 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-4 7-5). During the match, David Ionel scored 85 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 76. Nicholas was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel struck 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 68% of his first serves in, winning 74% (37/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Ferreira Silva 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
David Ionel has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (161-88). 15-7 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has a composed45-20 record in the last 5 years on hard.
David Ionel’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti,M15 Craiova and M25 Gaziantep.
The Romanian has a compiled 64-29 win-loss record in 2022, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 5-8 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 355, Shintaro got to the quarter after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3 6-4 and Damir Dzumhur 5-7 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Dzumhur, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-64 6-4).During the match Mochizuki scored less points (5) than Dzumhur. In fact, the world no. 241 won 102 points vs Dzumhur’s. That means that Mochizuki was more focused during the important points. Shintaro was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Mochizuki scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Shintaro Mochizuki lost the serve 7 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 61% of his first serves in, winning 53% (33/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Shintaro broke Dzumhur 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shintaro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Japanese has a composed 33-31 win-loss record in 2022, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 54 |
| Pts | 187-171 | 176-161 |
| Total Points | 358 | 337 |
| Winners | 75 | 60 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both David Ionel and Mochizuki played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicholas David Ionel dropped 1 set, while Shintaro Mochizuki lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, David Ionel and Mochizuki have played the same amount of sets 5. However, David Ionel played 2 games less than Mochizuki. The Romanian scored 75 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Shintaro bagged 60 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 106/169 | 95/151 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 75/106 | 60/95 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 29/63 | 32/56 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 57% |
David Ionel blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Mochizuki fired 4 aces (2 per match). David Ionel won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 36% | 43% |
| Conceded | 15 | 12 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
Nicholas broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Romanian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mochizuki broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mochizuki conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | ||||
| R1 Shimizu |
R2 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| pts | 102-95 | 85-76 | 187-171 | |
| Total points | 197 | 161 | 358 | |
| Winners | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/95 | 50/74 | 106/169 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 37/50 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 74% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 10/24 | 29/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 42% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/13 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 23% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mochizuki | ||||
| R1 Cristian |
R2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| pts | 74-54 | 102-107 | 176-161 | |
| Total points | 128 | 209 | 337 | |
| Winners | 27 | 33 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 62/101 | 95/151 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 33/62 | 60/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 53% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 21/39 | 32/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 7/12 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 58% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 30% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
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