Nicholas David Ionel and Daniel Michalski will square off in the 2nd round of the Antalya Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER. 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 Daniel Michalski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Michalski is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Michalski -> 1.87
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Daniel Michalski
This will be the 2nd time that Nicholas David Ionel and Daniel Michalski face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Michalski (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Michalski won 6-3 6-4 in the final in M15 Antalya back in 2021.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70-32 | 0-2 | 70-29 | 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. 229, Nicholas reached the 2nd round after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 7-63 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (7-63 6-0). During the match, David Ionel scored 70 points vs Roca Batalla’s 48. David Ionel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, David Ionel recorded 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 78% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Roca Batalla 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
David Ionel has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (173-98). 4-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has an aggregate119-66 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Nicholas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Jakarta.
The Romanian has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antalya Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Michalski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 1-6 | 36-19 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 4-6 | 36-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 0-3 | 47-20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 7-3 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, the Pole reached the 2nd round after defeating Joao Domingues 4-6 6-0 6-0.
In the 1st round against Domingues, Michalski recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-0). During the match Michalski scored 90 points vs Domingues’s 65. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Michalski couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniel Michalski lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Michalski put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Domingues 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
The Pole has an overall 5-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Michalski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 70-48 | 90-65 |
| Total Points | 118 | 155 |
| Winners | 33 | 33 |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% |
Both David Ionel and Michalski played 1 match. At the moment, Daniel Michalski dropped 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. David Ionel has played 1 set(s) less than Michalski (2 vs 3). Therefore, David Ionel played 3 games less than Michalski. Nicholas scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel managed to score 33 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Michalski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 45/58 | 48/83 |
| %1st in | 78% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/48 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 16/35 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 46% |
David Ionel scored 4 aces . Michalski didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. David Ionel won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Michalski won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Michalski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 57% | 58% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Nicholas broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Romanian surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Michalski broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-48 | 70-48 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/58 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Michalski | |||
| R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 90-65 | 90-65 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/83 | 48/83 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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