Nicholas David Ionel and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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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 -> 1.85
Michael Geerts -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nicholas David Ionel
14 - 9win/loss
355
184
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 70-32 | 0-2 | 70-29 | 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. 267, David Ionel reached the 2nd round after beating Joris De Loore 6-4 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against De Loore, David Ionel had a free pass after De Loore retired on a 6-4 1-0 . scoreline.
David Ionel has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (227-139). 14-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, David Ionel has an aggregate172-101 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
David Ionel’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
The Romanian has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barcelona Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
13 - 11win/loss
295
212
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 49-36 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 339, Michael got to the 2nd round after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Roca Batalla (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Geerts scored 94 points vs Roca Batalla’s 91. Michael was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 53% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (27/43) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Roca Batalla 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Geerts has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | David Ionel | Geerts |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 11 | 30 |
Pts | 40-31 | 94-91 |
Total Points | 71 | 185 |
Winners | 16 | 33 |
%Winners | 40% | 35% |
Both David Ionel and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Michael Geerts dropped 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, David Ionel and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 3. However, David Ionel played 19 games less than Geerts. The Romanian scored 16 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Michael bagged 33 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | David Ionel | Geerts |
---|---|---|
Aces | 0 | 0 |
Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
1st in | 21/26 | 49/92 |
%1st in | 81% | 53% |
1st pts | 16/21 | 33/49 |
%1st pts | 76% | 67% |
2nd pts | 4/5 | 27/43 |
%2nd pts | 80% | 63% |
David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Geerts also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. David Ionel won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 67% of the points on 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 | Geerts |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 3 |
Converted | 2/8 | 3/5 |
% Converted | 25% | 60% |
Conceded | 0 | 6 |
Saved | 0 | 4 |
% Saved | 0% | 67% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
David Ionel broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Nicholas quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Michael broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
David Ionel | |||
R1 De Loore |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 1-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
pts | 40-31 | 40-31 | |
Total points | 71 | 71 | |
Winners | 16 | 16 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
% 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
1st pts | 16/21 | 16/21 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
% 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Geerts | |||
R1 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 94-91 | 94-91 | |
Total points | 185 | 185 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 35% | 35% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 49/92 | 49/92 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-76 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – David NaharroNaharro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Daniel RinconRincon (0-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-7(6) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – David NaharroNaharro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Iliyan RadulovRadulov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Ivan GakhovGakhov (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction