Nicholas David Ionel and Maximus Jones will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.43
Maximus Jones -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Maximus Jones
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Maximus Jones since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 369, the Romanian got to the qualifications after beating Matteo Covato 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Covato (6-4 6-4). During the match, David Ionel scored 64 points vs Covato’s 47. Nicholas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, David Ionel blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicholas David Ionel was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Covato twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
David Ionel has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (292-168). 5-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has a composed237-130 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Nicholas has an overall 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Maximus Jones
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-9 | 6-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-26 | 21-22 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-20 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-46 | 35-36 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 636, Maximus got to the qualifications after beating Jasza Szajrych 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(1).
In the qualifications against Szajrych, Maximus recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 7-61). During the match Jones scored 122 points vs Szajrych’s 114. Jones was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Jones blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Maximus Jones lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (26/45) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Szajrych 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Jones’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Brazzaville Challenger.
Jones has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
The Thai has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | David Ionel | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 36 |
| Pts | 64-47 | 122-114 |
| Total Points | 111 | 236 |
| Winners | 35 | 44 |
| %Winners | 55% | 36% |
Both David Ionel and Jones played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maximus Jones dropped 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. David Ionel has played 1 set(s) less than Jones (2 vs 3). Therefore, David Ionel played 16 games less than Jones. David Ionel scored 35 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Jones managed to score 44 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | David Ionel | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 45/55 | 68/113 |
| %1st in | 82% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 44/68 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 26/45 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 58% |
David Ionel scored 3 aces . Jones recorded 2 aces . David Ionel won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | David Ionel | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
David Ionel broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Romanian extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Jones broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Thai conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| David Ionel | |||
| Q1 Covato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/55 | 45/55 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Jones | |||
| Q1 Szajrych |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 122-114 | 122-114 | |
| Total points | 236 | 236 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 68/113 | 68/113 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 26/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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