Nicholas David Ionel and Edoardo Lavagno will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 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 -> 1.59
Edoardo Lavagno -> 2.25

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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Edoardo Lavagno

This will be the 4^th time that Nicholas David Ionel and Edoardo Lavagno square off. The head to head is 2-1 for David Ionel (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, David Ionel won 7-5 4-4 ret. in the 1^st round in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger back in April 2023.

Nicholas David Ionel

Ranked no. 205, David Ionel got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 6-4). During the match, David Ionel scored 76 points vs Mejia’s 69. Nicholas was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, David Ionel couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Nicholas broke Mejia 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

David Ionel has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (188-106). 18-8 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has an aggregate133-73 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Nicholas’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Jakarta and Larnaca.

David Ionel has an aggregate 25-14 win-loss record in 2023, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

David Ionel has never competed in this tournament before.

Edoardo Lavagno

Ranked no. 357, Edoardo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Lorenzo Sciahbasi 6-4 7-6⁵, Filip Peliwo 6-3 7-6⁵ and Jesper De Jong 6-0 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Edoardo had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-0 6-4). During the match Lavagno scored 63 points vs De Jong’s 43. Edoardo was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Lavagno was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Edoardo Lavagno lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Lavagno put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Lavagno broke De Jong 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Lavagno’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M15 Antalya.

Edoardo has a composed 28-9 win-loss record in 2023, 28-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	David Ionel	Lavagno
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	20	61
Pts	76-69	214-169
Total Points	145	383
Winners	33	81
%Winners	43%	38%

David Ionel played 1 match while Lavagno competed in 3 matches. Lavagno started his run from the qualifications while David Ionel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. David Ionel has played 4 set(s) less than Lavagno (2 vs 6). Therefore, David Ionel played 41 games less than Lavagno. Nicholas scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 81 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	David Ionel	Lavagno
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	1
1st in	52/75	120/190
%1st in	69%	63%
1st pts	33/52	81/120
%1st pts	63%	68%
2nd pts	12/23	36/70
%2nd pts	52%	51%

David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lavagno managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). David Ionel won 63% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Lavagno won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	David Ionel	Lavagno
Won	4	13
Converted	4/13	13/25
% Converted	31%	52%
Conceded	7	21
Saved	5	14
% Saved	71%	67%
Times Broken	2	7

The Romanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. David Ionel surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Lavagno broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Edoardo conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

David Ionel
	R1 Mejia	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	76-69	76-69
Total points	145	145
Winners	33	33
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	52/75	52/75
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	33/52	33/52
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Lavagno
	Q1 Sciahbasi	Q3 Peliwo	R1 De	Total
Score	6-4 7-65	6-3 7-65	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	23	22	16	61
pts	76-68	75-58	63-43	214-169
Total points	144	133	106	383
Winners	29	28	24	81
%Winners	38%	37%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	0	3
Double Faults	7	2	3	12
1st in	45/73	39/62	36/55	120/190
% 1st in	62%	63%	65%	63%
1st pts	29/45	28/39	24/36	81/120
% 1st pts	64%	72%	67%	68%
2nd pts	13/28	14/23	9/19	36/70
% 2nd pts	46%	61%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	3	6	13
Converted	4/7	3/5	6/13	13/25
Converted %	57%	60%	46%	52%
Conceded	8	4	9	21
Saved	5/8	2/4	7/9	14
Saved %	63%	50%	78%	191%
Times Broken	3	2	2	7

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