Nicholas David Ionel

Nicholas David Ionel (born 12 October 2002) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 184 achieved on 12 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 356 achieved on 24 April 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Romanian player.

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, where he pushed former world No. 36 Yūichi Sugita 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 Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018.