Nicholas David Ionel and Nick Hardt will face off in the quarter of the Barcelona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Hardt is the pick to win this match.
Nick Hardt -> 1.86
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Nick Hardt
This will be the 2nd time that Nicholas David Ionel and Nick Hardt fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hardt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Hardt won 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in M15 Antalya back in 2021.
Nicholas David Ionel
15 - 9win/loss
314
184
LLLLWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-13 | 0-2 | 15-10 | 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 quarter after beating Joris De Loore 6-4 1-0 ret. and Michael Geerts 7-67 4-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian defeated Geerts (7-67 4-6 6-1). During the match, David Ionel scored 107 points vs Geerts’s 92. Nicholas was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 75% of his first serves in, winning 71% (52/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Geerts 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
David Ionel has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (228-139). 15-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, David Ionel has a compiled173-101 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
The Romanian has a compiled 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barcelona Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-11 | 6-5 | 22-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 301, the Dominican got to the quarter after beating Quentin Halys 7-5 1-6 6-4 and Valentin Royer 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Hardt had a good straight sets win against Royer (6-4 6-3). During the match Hardt scored 73 points vs Royer’s 60. The Dominican was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Hardt scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Hardt broke Royer 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dominican has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Hardt’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Santo Domingo.
Nick has a compiled 22-9 win-loss record in 2024, 16-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 48 |
| Pts | 147-123 | 170-163 |
| Total Points | 270 | 333 |
| Winners | 68 | 72 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both David Ionel and Hardt played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicholas David Ionel surrendered 1 set, while Nick Hardt lost 1 set. David Ionel has played 1 set more than Hardt (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that David Ionel played 7 games less than Hardt. The Romanian scored 68 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Dominican scored 72 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 94/123 | 111/168 |
| %1st in | 76% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 68/94 | 72/111 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 21/57 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 37% |
David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hardt recorded 2 aces (1 per match). David Ionel won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Hardt won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/20 | 11/19 |
| % Converted | 30% | 58% |
| Conceded | 6 | 24 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
Nicholas broke his opponents 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. Nicholas dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nick broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Dominican conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | ||||
| R1 De Loore |
R2 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-0 ret. | 7-67 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 30 | 41 | |
| pts | 40-31 | 107-92 | 147-123 | |
| Total points | 71 | 199 | 270 | |
| Winners | 16 | 52 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 21/26 | 73/97 | 94/123 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 75% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 52/73 | 68/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 10/24 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 42% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/12 | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hardt | ||||
| R1 Halys |
R2 Royer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 48 | |
| pts | 97-103 | 73-60 | 170-163 | |
| Total points | 200 | 133 | 333 | |
| Winners | 42 | 30 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 64/100 | 47/68 | 111/168 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 30/47 | 72/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/36 | 10/21 | 21/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 48% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 | 24 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 7/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 70% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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