Daniel Rincon and Nicholas David Ionel will square off in the 1st round of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm 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 Daniel Rincon who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Rincon is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Rincon -> 1.333
Nicholas David Ionel -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Rincon vs. Nicholas David Ionel
This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Rincon and Nicholas David Ionel face off. The head to head is 1-0 for David (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, David won 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Heraklion back in 2021.
Daniel Rincon
30 - 25win/loss
241
181
LLLWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-28 | 8-2 | 15-21 | 9-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 3-7 | 25-19 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-7 | 31-18 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-29 | 6-10 | 31-16 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 9-8 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Rincon will start his run in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 to Agamenone in the 2nd round on the 10th of September.
The Spaniard has a compiled 30-25 win-loss record in 2025, 13-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Manacor Challenger where he defeated Jurij Rodionov in the final 7-6(3) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Rincon has an overall 178-135 record. He has a positive 112-83 record on clay.
Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-27 | 0-0 | 36-27 | 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. 424, David will start his run in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Poljicak in the 1st round on the 8th of September.
The Romanian has a composed 25-19 win-loss record in 2025, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
David’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Alaminos.
In terms of his career, The Romanian has an overall 312-183 record. He has a positive 257-145 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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WWLLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 2 Challenger
- Miguel DamasDamas – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-7(2) 1-2 ret. (Giustino ret.)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian GimaGima – Mihai Alexandru ComanAlexandru Coman (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan Alexandru TomescuAlexandru Tomescu – Andrea PicchionePicchione (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
