Nicholas David Ionel and Max Houkes will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on SCHOONDERBEEK 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 -> 1.57
Max Houkes -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-20 | 0-2 | 31-17 | 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. 195, Nicholas will start his run in the Amersfoort Challenger after he played his last match in the Iasi Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to Ivanovski in the 1st round on the 11th of July.
The Romanian has a compiled 29-22 win-loss record in 2023, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Nicholas’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Jakarta and Larnaca.
Talking about his overall career, The Romanian has an overall 192-114 record. He has a positive 137-80 record on clay.
Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
David Ionel has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273 (career-high), will start his run in the Amersfoort Challenger after he won the title in M25 The Hague after beating 3-6 6-3 6-3 Den Ouden in the final.
Houkes has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2023, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Houkes’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Palmanova and M25 The Hague.
Max won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Max has an overall 187-95 record. He has a positive 173-78 record on clay.
Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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