Nicholas David Ionel and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna will face off in the semifinal of the Barletta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 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 -> 1.83
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nicholas David Ionel

Ranked no. 240, the Romanian reached the semifinal after defeating Gabriele Piraino 6-4 4-6 6-3

, Mariano Navone 6-1 6-4 and Steven Diez 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Nicholas had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-1 6-2). During the match, David Ionel scored 58 points vs Diez’s 36. David Ionel was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, David Ionel scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 62% of his first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the 2nd serve. David Ionel was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Diez 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

David Ionel has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (179-102). 9-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, David Ionel has a composed124-69 record in the last 6 years on clay.

Nicholas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Jakarta.

Nicholas has an aggregate 16-10 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Nicholas has never competed in this tournament before.

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

Ranked no. 254, Santiago got to the semifinal after defeating Benoit Paire 6-2 4-6 6-4, Jacopo Berrettini 6-2 6-2 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-3 7-5). During the match Rodriguez Taverna scored 71 points vs Pellegrino’s 57. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Rodriguez Taverna was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 52% of his first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Rodriguez Taverna broke Pellegrino 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Santiago has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Rodriguez Taverna’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Tucuman.

Santiago has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	David Ionel	Rodriguez Taverna
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	61	65
Pts	208-158	240-197
Total Points	366	437
Winners	74	86
%Winners	36%	36%

Both David Ionel and Rodriguez Taverna played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicholas David Ionel conceded 1 set, while Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, David Ionel and Rodriguez Taverna have played the same amount of sets 7. However, David Ionel played 4 games less than Rodriguez Taverna. Nicholas scored 74 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Santiago blasted 86 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	David Ionel	Rodriguez Taverna
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	0.7	1
1st in	107/172	128/205
%1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	74/107	86/128
%1st pts	69%	67%
2nd pts	38/65	40/77
%2nd pts	58%	52%

David Ionel scored 2 aces (0.7 per match). Rodriguez Taverna recorded 3 aces (1 per match). David Ionel won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez Taverna won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	David Ionel	Rodriguez Taverna
Won	16	16
Converted	16/27	16/33
% Converted	59%	48%
Conceded	12	26
Saved	5	19
% Saved	42%	73%
Times Broken	7	7

Nicholas broke his opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded. Santiago broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. Santiago conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

David Ionel
	R1 Piraino	R2 Navone	1/4 Diez	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3	6-1 6-4	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	29	17	15	61
pts	92-81	58-41	58-36	208-158
Total points	173	99	94	366
Winners	30	25	19	74
%Winners	33%	43%	33%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1	2
Double Faults	4	0	1	5
1st in	41/75	35/47	31/50	107/172
% 1st in	55%	74%	62%	62%
1st pts	30/41	25/35	19/31	74/107
% 1st pts	73%	71%	61%	69%
2nd pts	16/34	8/12	14/19	38/65
% 2nd pts	47%	67%	74%	58%
Breaks
Won	7	4	5	16
Converted	7/15	4/7	5/5	16/27
Converted %	47%	57%	100%	59%
Conceded	8	1	3	12
Saved	3/8	0/1	2/3	5
Saved %	38%	0%	67%	35%
Times Broken	5	1	1	7

Rodriguez Taverna
	R1 Paire	R2 Berrettini	1/4 Pellegrino	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4	6-2 6-2	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	16	21	65
pts	102-91	67-49	71-57	240-197
Total points	193	116	128	437
Winners	40	24	22	86
%Winners	39%	36%	31%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	0	3
Double Faults	2	3	3	8
1st in	62/91	37/58	29/56	128/205
% 1st in	68%	64%	52%	62%
1st pts	40/62	24/37	22/29	86/128
% 1st pts	65%	65%	76%	67%
2nd pts	18/29	9/21	13/27	40/77
% 2nd pts	62%	43%	48%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	6	6	16
Converted	4/13	6/9	6/11	16/33
Converted %	31%	67%	55%	48%
Conceded	13	6	7	26
Saved	11/13	4/6	4/7	19
Saved %	85%	67%	57%	70%
Times Broken	2	2	3	7

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Steven DiezDiez (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Laurent LokoliLokoli (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Steven DiezDiez (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction