Nicholas David Ionel and Rimpei Kawakami will square off in the 1st round of the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on PISTA 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicholas David Ionel is the pick to win this match.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.32
Rimpei Kawakami -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Rimpei Kawakami
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Rimpei Kawakami 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. 230, David Ionel will start his run in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger after he played his last match in the Szekesfehervar Challenger where he lost 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) to Medjedovic in the 2nd round on the 16th of March.
Nicholas has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Nicholas’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Jakarta.
Talking about his overall career, Nicholas has an overall 174-100 record. He has a positive 53-27 record on hard.
Previously in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger
Nicholas has never competed in this tournament before.
Rimpei Kawakami
5 - 3win/loss
895
464
LLLWWLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-16 | 13-8 | 22-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-23 | 11-9 | 34-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-16 | 10-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 480, Rimpei got to the 1st round after beating Jordi Garcia Mestre 6-1 6-1 and Fajing Sun 2-6 7-61 7-5.
In the qualifications against Sun, Kawakami recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-61 7-5). During the match Kawakami scored 109 points vs Sun’s 104. Kawakami was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Kawakami bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Rimpei Kawakami lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kawakami put 75% of his first serves in, winning 64% (49/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Rimpei broke Sun 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Japanese has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Las Franquesas Del Valles Challenger
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (4-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – John EcheverriaEcheverria (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Edan LeshemLeshem (7-68 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Karl FribergFriberg – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandr BrayninBraynin – Daniel CoxCox (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rimpei KawakamiKawakami – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Billy HarrisHarris (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Skander MansouriMansouri (1-1) – H2H and prediction
