Gabriele Pennaforti vs Nicholas David IonelPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇮🇹Gabriele Pennaforti
#1239 · 26 yrs · R
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Nicholas David Ionel
#837 · 23 yrs · R
3wGabriele Pennaforti and Nicholas David Ionel have met 1 time since 2026; Gabriele Pennaforti leads 1–0. Across all meetings Pennaforti has taken 2 sets to Ionel's 0. Their most recent meeting: Gabriele Pennaforti won at M25 Santa Margherita di Pula (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pennaforti | David Ionel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Gabriele Pennaforti | Nicholas David Ionel | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 90% | 9/10 | 77% | 20/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 5/15 | 11% | 2/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 24% | 6/25 | 18% | 8/45 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 7/14 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 3/9 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 69% | 9/13 | 95% | 20/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 9/13 | 95% | 20/21 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Pennaforti 1, David Ionel 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pennaforti
⚔️ The Gladiator
Ionel
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Gabriele Pennaforti and Nicholas David Ionel are ⚔️ The Gladiator types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 1,370 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 22, 2026
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula
C Clay · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pennaforti | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–8 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.02 | 2.17 |
| ROI % | -55.0% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -6.60u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Ionel has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Pennaforti's 50%).
| Opponent | Pennaforti | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Concu | W 62 61 | W 63 63 |
| Yanaki Milev | L 46 16 | W 63 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Daniel Aleksandar Amarandei
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Laurent Lokoli
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Ruben Hartig
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round
Oct 7
Matteo Vavassori
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Alessandro Concu
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Martin Van Der Meerschen
M15 Sibenik · 1st Round
Sep 29
Lorenzo Carboni
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 2nd Round
Sep 23
Nicholas David Ionel
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round
Sep 22
Gabriele Pennaforti
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round
Sep 22
Denis Yevseyev
Targu Mures Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 21
Stefan Ilie Bogdan Petre
M15 Constanta · 1st Round
Jun 17
Daniil Sarksian
M15 Tsaghkadzor · 2nd Round
Jun 4
Laurin Aerne
M15 Tsaghkadzor · Round of 32
Jun 3
Laurin Aerne
M15 Tsaghkadzor · 1st Round
Jun 2
Kacper Szymkowiak
M15 Tsaghkadzor · 1st Round
May 27
Daniel Uta
M15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
May 21
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 25–45 matches
| Metric | Pennaforti | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 40% | 58% |
| Sets won | 45% | 55% |
| Games won | 48% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Pennaforti | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M25 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Pennaforti | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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