Nicholas David Ionel and Raphael Collignon will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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

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