Nicholas David Ionel (born 12 October 2002) is a
Romania
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tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player. He has a career high
ATP singles ranking of No. 227 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 448 achieved on 28 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Romanian player.
Career
2020: ATP qualification debut
Ionel won the
2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title.
Ionel was awarded with a qualification wildcard to play his first ATP tournament at the
2020 European Open
The 2020 European Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the European Open and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, ...
, where he pushed former world No. 36
Yūichi Sugita
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017.
Career
Juniors
As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), ...
to three sets.
2022: Top 250 debut
He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241.
Personal life
He trains at the Mouratoglou Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018.
Junior Grand Slam titles
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 14 (9-5)
Doubles: 3 (1–2)
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Romanian male tennis players
Tennis players from Bucharest
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
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