Nicholas David Ionel and Mathys Erhard will play each other in the 2nd round of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on VAN MOSSEL KIA COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.51
Mathys Erhard -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Mathys Erhard
This will be the 2nd time that Nicholas David Ionel and Mathys Erhard square off. The head to head is 1-0 for David Ionel (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, David Ionel won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2022.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-13 | 0-2 | 15-10 | 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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Max Houkes 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Houkes (7-64 6-2). During the match, David Ionel scored 70 points vs Houkes’s 57. David Ionel was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 76% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the 2nd serve. Nicholas broke Houkes 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
David Ionel has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (193-114). 23-15 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has an overall138-80 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
David Ionel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Jakarta and Larnaca.
The Romanian has an overall 30-22 win-loss record in 2023, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mathys Erhard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 0-1 | 15-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-35 | 4-4 | 49-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-22 | 10-7 | 33-13 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-20 | 10-5 | 31-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-13 | 3-7 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Erhard reached the 2nd round after defeating Stijn Slump 6-2 6-4, Luca Potenza 6-1 6-2 and Tibo Colson 7-66 7-63.
In the 1st round, Erhard had a good straight sets win against Colson (7-66 7-63). During the match Erhard scored 84 points vs Colson’s 79. Erhard was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Erhard scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mathys Erhard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Erhard put 66% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Erhard broke Colson 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Erhard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
The French player has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2023, 28-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 59 |
| Pts | 70-57 | 202-158 |
| Total Points | 127 | 360 |
| Winners | 29 | 89 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
David Ionel played 1 match while Erhard competed in 3 matches. Erhard started his run from the qualifications while David Ionel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. David Ionel has played 4 set(s) less than Erhard (2 vs 6). Therefore, David Ionel played 38 games less than Erhard. Nicholas scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 89 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 126/182 |
| %1st in | 76% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 89/126 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 35/56 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 63% |
David Ionel struck 1 ace . Erhard also bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). David Ionel won 62% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Erhard won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 56% | 53% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
David Ionel broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. David Ionel dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Erhard broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Mathys conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Houkes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Erhard | |||||
| Q1 Slump |
Q3 Potenza |
R1 Colson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 7-66 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 26 | 59 | |
| pts | 57-41 | 61-38 | 84-79 | 202-158 | |
| Total points | 98 | 99 | 163 | 360 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 35 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 36/49 | 55/83 | 126/182 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 73% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/36 | 35/55 | 89/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 64% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 8/13 | 16/28 | 35/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 62% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 57% | 257% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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