Marco Trungelliti and Nicholas David Ionel will fight against each other in the quarter of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Marco Trungelliti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Trungelliti is the pick to win this match.
Marco Trungelliti -> 1.69
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Marco Trungelliti vs. Nicholas David Ionel
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Trungelliti and Nicholas David Ionel play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for David (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, David won 3-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in the Girona Challenger back in 2023.
Marco Trungelliti
8 - 5win/loss
137
112
LLWWLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-23 | 10-9 | 30-12 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 7-8 | 30-19 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-16 | 4-3 | 16-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-16 | 4-2 | 20-11 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-17 | 5-2 | 6-11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220, Trungelliti got to the quarter after defeating Noah Schachter 6-4 6-4 and Emilien Voisin 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Voisin (6-1 7-5). During the match, Trungelliti scored 69 points vs Voisin’s 50. Marco was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Trungelliti made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Trungelliti lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Trungelliti put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the 2nd serve. Marco broke Voisin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Trungelliti hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Trungelliti has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (273-202). 2-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Trungelliti has a composed 183-115 match record in the last years on clay.
Trungelliti has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Trungelliti has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicholas David Ionel
11 - 6win/loss
351
184
WWWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-29 | 0-2 | 53-26 | 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 quarter after beating Joshua Sheehy 6-1 6-2 and Guy Orly Iradukunda 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, David had a good straight sets win against Orly Iradukunda (6-2 6-2). During the match David scored 65 points vs Orly Iradukunda’s 44. Nicholas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, David was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Orly Iradukunda 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicholas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
David has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Trungelliti | David |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 31 |
| Pts | 144-113 | 122-75 |
| Total Points | 257 | 197 |
| Winners | 58 | 51 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Trungelliti and David played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Trungelliti and David have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Trungelliti played 8 games more than David. The Argentine scored 58 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nicholas managed to score 51 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Trungelliti | David |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 87/137 | 62/82 |
| %1st in | 64% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 58/87 | 51/62 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 36/50 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 65% |
Trungelliti struck 4 aces (2 per match). David didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Trungelliti won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, David won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Trungelliti | David |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 12 | 0 |
| Saved | 10 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Trungelliti broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Nicholas broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. David was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Trungelliti | ||||
| R1 Schachter |
R2 Voisin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 69-50 | 144-113 | |
| Total points | 138 | 119 | 257 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 40/65 | 87/137 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 27/40 | 58/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 68% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | 36/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/7 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 80% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| David | ||||
| R1 Sheehy |
R2 Orly Iradukunda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 65-44 | 122-75 | |
| Total points | 88 | 109 | 197 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/39 | 30/43 | 62/82 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 70% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 24/30 | 51/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 8/13 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 62% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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