Nicholas David Ionel and Jakub Mensik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.85
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Jakub Mensik
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 205, Nicholas got to the 2nd round after defeating Mattia Bellucci 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (7-65 6-2). During the match, David Ionel scored 65 points vs Bellucci’s 51. Nicholas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicholas David Ionel was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicholas broke Bellucci twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
David Ionel has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (191-107). 21-9 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has a compiled136-74 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Jakarta and Larnaca.
The Romanian has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2023, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Nicholas has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 10-6 | 17-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-16 | 18-4 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333 (career-high), Jakub got to the 2nd round after defeating Laurent Lokoli 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Lokoli (6-4 6-2). During the match Mensik scored 54 points vs Lokoli’s 40. Mensik was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Mensik struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Mensik lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mensik put 53% of his first serves in, winning 92% (24/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Jakub was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lokoli 4 times.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Prague 2 Challenger where he overcame Dominik Koepfer in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Czech has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
| Pts | 65-51 | 54-40 |
| Total Points | 116 | 94 |
| Winners | 30 | 24 |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% |
Both David Ionel and Mensik played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, David Ionel and Mensik have played the same amount of sets 2. However, David Ionel played 3 games more than Mensik. The Romanian scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Mensik struck 24 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 26/49 |
| %1st in | 71% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 24/26 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 48% |
David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mensik blasted 5 aces . David Ionel won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 92% of the points behind 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 | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
David Ionel broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. David Ionel had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mensik | |||
| R1 Lokoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 54-40 | 54-40 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/49 | 26/49 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLLLWW Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-60 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Joris De LooreDe Loore (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-7(2) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-6(0) 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Liam BroadyBroady (6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Dennis NovakNovak (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
