Nicholas David Ionel and Joshua Sheehy will play each other in the 1st round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicholas David Ionel is the pick to win this match.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.28
Joshua Sheehy -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Joshua Sheehy
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Joshua Sheehy since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nicholas David Ionel
9 - 6win/loss
389
184
LWWWLWLWWW | 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. 263, Nicholas will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Hammamet where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Kellovsky in the 2nd round on the 23rd of February.
The Romanian has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Talking about his overall career, David Ionel has an overall 222-136 record. He has a positive 167-98 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Joshua Sheehy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 10-10 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 30-20 | 2-2 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-19 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 21-20 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 690, Sheehy will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Cleveland Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Pecotic in the qualifications on the 29th of January.
The American has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Sheehy has an overall 82-79 record. He has a negative 5-7 record on clay.
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