Nicholas David Ionel and Nino Serdarusic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT B. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.85
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Nino Serdarusic

There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Nino Serdarusic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicholas David Ionel

Nicholas David Ionel

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Rank
523
High
184
LWLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-26 0-0 34-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 74-34 0-2 74-31 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

Ranked no. 241 (career-high), Nicholas will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(3) to Mochizuki in the quarter on the 11th of November.

The Romanian has an overall 64-30 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti,M15 Craiova and M25 Gaziantep.

Talking about his overall career, Nicholas has an overall 161-89 record. He has a negative 1-4 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

David Ionel has never competed in this tournament before.

Kobe Challenger
David Ionel's Record

Nino Serdarusic

Nino Serdarusic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
836
High
167
LWWLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-8 0-0 7-7 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 20-24 1-2 19-21 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 30-33 0-4 26-23 4-6 0-0 0-0
2022 27-34 6-6 17-20 4-7 0-1 0-0
2021 26-33 0-0 23-25 3-8 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 254, Serdarusic will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2

to Chan Hong in the 2nd round on the 10th of November.

The Croatian has an aggregate 24-32 win-loss record in 2022, 1-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The Croatian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.

In terms of his career, Serdarusic has an overall 303-245 record. He has a negative 27-40 record on indoor hard courts.

Kobe Challenger
Serdarusic's Record

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