Nicholas David Ionel and Guy Orly Iradukunda will face off in the 2nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTER. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.21
Guy Orly Iradukunda -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Guy Orly Iradukunda
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Guy Orly Iradukunda since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicholas David Ionel
10 - 6win/loss
323
184
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74-34 | 0-2 | 74-31 | 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. 258, Nicholas got to the 2nd round after defeating Joshua Sheehy 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Sheehy (6-1 6-2). During the match, David Ionel scored 57 points vs Sheehy’s 31. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicholas David Ionel was very efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 71% (5/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicholas broke Sheehy 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
David Ionel has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (223-136). 10-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has a compiled168-98 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Nicholas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
The Romanian has an overall 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
David Ionel has never competed in this tournament before.
Guy Orly Iradukunda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-8 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-18 | 12-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-16 | 27-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Orly Iradukunda got to the 2nd round after beating Jacob Brumm 3-6 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round against Brumm, Orly Iradukunda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-63).During the match Orly Iradukunda scored less points (4) than Brumm. In fact, the world no. 258 won 89 points vs Brumm’s. That means that Orly Iradukunda was more focused during the important points. Orly Iradukunda was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Orly Iradukunda made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Guy Orly Iradukunda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Orly Iradukunda put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (47/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (13/38) on the 2nd serve. Orly Iradukunda broke Brumm 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Guy has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Orly Iradukunda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 |
| Pts | 57-31 | 89-93 |
| Total Points | 88 | 182 |
| Winners | 27 | 47 |
| %Winners | 47% | 53% |
Both David Ionel and Orly Iradukunda played 1 match. At the moment, Guy Orly Iradukunda surrendered 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. David Ionel has played 1 set(s) less than Orly Iradukunda (2 vs 3). Therefore, David Ionel played 17 games less than Orly Iradukunda. Nicholas scored 27 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Orly Iradukunda recorded 47 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Orly Iradukunda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 32/39 | 58/96 |
| %1st in | 82% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 47/58 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 13/38 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 34% |
David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Orly Iradukunda struck 8 aces . David Ionel won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Orly Iradukunda won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 34% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Orly Iradukunda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 75% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
David Ionel broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. David Ionel quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Burundian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Burundian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Sheehy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 57-31 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Orly Iradukunda | |||
| R1 Brumm | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 89-93 | 89-93 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 58/96 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 47/58 | 47/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/38 | 13/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Ivan DenisovDenisov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda – Jacob BrummBrumm (3-6 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-69 6-1) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Damien WengerWenger – Luca FantiniFantini (6-0 7-60) – See score progression
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Benjamin LockLock (4-6 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – David PichlerPichler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (5-7 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Ernest HabiyambereHabiyambere (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – David PichlerPichler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Damien WengerWenger – Luca FantiniFantini (6-0 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-6(9) 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Benjamin LockLock (4-6 7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Ivan DenisovDenisov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Damien WengerWenger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Preston BrownBrown – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda (0-0) – H2H and prediction