Nicholas David Ionel and Raphael Collignon will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raphael Collignon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.88
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Raphael Collignon
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Raphael Collignon since this will be the first time that they will fight 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. 219, David Ionel got to the semifinal after beating Edoardo Lavagno 7-5 4-4 ret., Sumit Nagal 7-5 7-66 and Franco Agamenone 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, David Ionel had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-4 6-2). During the match, David Ionel scored 66 points vs Agamenone’s 57. Nicholas was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 61% of his first serves in, winning 62% (24/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. David Ionel broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
David Ionel has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (182-104). 12-6 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has a compiled127-71 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Jakarta.
The Romanian has an overall 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger
Nicholas has never competed in this tournament before.
Raphael Collignon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-12 | 4-2 | 21-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-16 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-22 | 14-4 | 38-12 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-20 | 11-11 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, Raphael got to the semifinal after beating Illya Marchenko 6-75 6-2 6-2, Emilio Nava 6-3 6-2 and Gauthier Onclin 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter against Onclin, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match Collignon scored 103 points vs Onclin’s 94. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Collignon fired 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Raphael Collignon lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Collignon put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Onclin 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Koblenz Challenger.
Raphael has a composed 11-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Collignon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 76 |
| Pts | 214-201 | 274-230 |
| Total Points | 415 | 504 |
| Winners | 82 | 95 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both David Ionel and Collignon played 3 matches. At the moment, Raphael Collignon surrendered 2 sets while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t conceded a set so far. David Ionel has played 1 set(s) less than Collignon (7 vs 8). Therefore, David Ionel played 13 games less than Collignon. Nicholas scored 82 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Collignon struck 95 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Collignon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 135/224 | 138/231 |
| %1st in | 60% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 82/135 | 95/138 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 38/89 | 45/93 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 48% |
David Ionel recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Collignon recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). David Ionel won 61% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Collignon won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Collignon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 19 |
| Converted | 16/24 | 19/41 |
| % Converted | 67% | 46% |
| Conceded | 28 | 20 |
| Saved | 17 | 11 |
| % Saved | 61% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 9 |
David Ionel broke his opponents 16 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Romanian surrendered his serve 11 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||||
| R1 Lavagno |
R2 Nagal |
1/4 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-4 ret. | 7-5 7-66 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 18 | 63 | |
| pts | 72-70 | 76-74 | 66-57 | 214-201 | |
| Total points | 142 | 150 | 123 | 415 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 24 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 45/83 | 51/77 | 39/64 | 135/224 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 66% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 27/51 | 24/39 | 82/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 53% | 62% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 11/26 | 12/25 | 38/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 42% | 48% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 7/8 | 5/10 | 16/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 88% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 3/9 | 5/7 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 33% | 71% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Collignon | |||||
| R1 Marchenko |
R2 Nava |
1/4 Onclin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 | 30 | 76 | |
| pts | 111-90 | 60-46 | 103-94 | 274-230 | |
| Total points | 201 | 106 | 197 | 504 | |
| Winners | 38 | 18 | 39 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 30% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 49/91 | 32/45 | 57/95 | 138/231 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 71% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 18/32 | 39/57 | 95/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 56% | 68% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 9/13 | 15/38 | 45/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 39% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/9 | 7/18 | 19/41 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 39% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/2 | 5/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
