Guy Den Ouden and Nicholas David Ionel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Guy Den Ouden who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Guy Den Ouden is the pick to win this match.
Guy Den Ouden -> 1.52
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Guy Den Ouden vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Guy Den Ouden and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Guy Den Ouden
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-24 | 3-7 | 28-12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-19 | 35-9 | 24-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-12 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-13 | 16-5 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 317, Guy got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Misolic 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Misolic (6-2 6-2). During the match, Den Ouden scored 74 points vs Misolic’s 54. Guy was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Den Ouden recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Guy Den Ouden was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Den Ouden broke Misolic 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Den Ouden has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (149-76). 9-3 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Den Ouden has an overall77-35 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Dutch’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
Den Ouden has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Den Ouden has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 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. 383, Nicholas reached the 2nd round after beating Matteo Covato 6-4 6-4, Maximus Jones 6-2 6-7(1) 6-3 and Bernard Tomic 6-4 7-6(9).
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-4 7-69). During the match David Ionel scored 84 points vs Tomic’s 75. Nicholas was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, David Ionel managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 70% of his first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Tomic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Romanian has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Den Ouden | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 73 |
| Pts | 74-54 | 264-214 |
| Total Points | 128 | 478 |
| Winners | 27 | 128 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Den Ouden played 1 match while David Ionel competed in 3 matches. David Ionel started his run from the qualifications while Den Ouden had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicholas David Ionel dropped 1 set while Guy Den Ouden hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Den Ouden has played 5 set(s) less than David Ionel (2 vs 7). Therefore, Den Ouden played 57 games less than David Ionel. Den Ouden scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian managed to score 128 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Den Ouden | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 166/214 |
| %1st in | 54% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 128/166 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 24/48 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 50% |
Den Ouden managed to score 3 aces . David Ionel fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Den Ouden won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, David Ionel won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Den Ouden | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 10/25 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Guy broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Guy pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. Nicholas broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. David Ionel conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Den Ouden | |||
| R1 Misolic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 74-54 | 74-54 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 36/67 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| David Ionel | |||||
| Q1 Covato |
Q3 Jones |
R1 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-71 6-3 | 6-4 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 23 | 73 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 116-92 | 84-75 | 264-214 | |
| Total points | 111 | 208 | 159 | 478 | |
| Winners | 35 | 56 | 37 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 48% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/55 | 69/85 | 52/74 | 166/214 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 81% | 70% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 56/69 | 37/52 | 128/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 81% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/16 | 10/22 | 24/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 44% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/13 | 4/8 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 57% | 232% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Kigali 2 Challenger
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Yanki ErelErel (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrej MartinMartin (7-66 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrej MartinMartin (7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Yanki ErelErel (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Max HoukesHoukes (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H and prediction
