Nicholas David Ionel and Damien Wenger will square off in the 1st round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 3 sets.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.49
Damien Wenger -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Damien Wenger
This will be the 3rd time that Nicholas David Ionel and Damien Wenger fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for David Ionel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, David Ionel won 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the semifinal in M25 Pazardzhik back in 2023.
Nicholas David Ionel
11 - 8win/loss
391
184
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 0-2 | 31-18 | 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. 253, David Ionel will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Trungelliti
in the quarter on the 1st of March.David Ionel has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Nicholas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Talking about his overall career, The Romanian has an overall 224-137 record. He has a positive 169-99 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Damien Wenger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 16-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 395, Wenger will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Hemery in the 2nd round on the 28th of February.
Wenger has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Damien has an overall 242-130 record. He has a positive 233-116 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Kigali 2 Challenger
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Yshai OlielOliel (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clement TaburTabur – Emilien VoisinVoisin (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aziz OuakaaOuakaa – Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda (4-6 6-1 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Jacob BrummBrumm (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Noah SchachterSchachter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Akram El SallalyEl Sallaly – David PichlerPichler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Florent BaxBax – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Damien WengerWenger (2-0) – H2H and prediction