Kacper Szymkowiak vs Nicholas David IonelPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇵🇱Kacper Szymkowiak
#1103 · 21 yrs · R
31 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Nicholas David Ionel
#819 · 23 yrs · R
13wKacper Szymkowiak and Nicholas David Ionel have met 1 time since 2026; Kacper Szymkowiak leads 1–0. Across all meetings Szymkowiak has taken 2 sets to Ionel's 0. Their most recent meeting: Kacper Szymkowiak won at M15 Tsaghkadzor (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Szymkowiak | David Ionel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kacper Szymkowiak | Nicholas David Ionel | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 91% | 10/11 | 76% | 19/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 64% | 7/11 | 17% | 4/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 36% | 8/22 | 21% | 10/48 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 91% | 10/11 | 18% | 2/11 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 70% | 7/10 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 78% | 7/9 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 73% | 11/15 | 90% | 19/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 10/15 | 90% | 19/21 |
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 (Szymkowiak 1, David Ionel 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Szymkowiak
🧱 The Wall
Ionel
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 53% vs 🧱 The Wall across 591 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Nicholas David Ionel.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 27, 2026
M15 Tsaghkadzor
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 | Szymkowiak | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | 2–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.68 | 1.14 |
| ROI % | -49.8% | -32.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.48u | -0.96u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Szymkowiak | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | FIN | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Szymkowiak has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Ionel's 50%).
| Opponent | Szymkowiak | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Micov | W 62 62 | W 62 61 |
| Niklas Guttau | W 64 61 | L 46 61 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Melios Efstathiou
M15 Turku · 1st Round
Aug 11
Robert Strombachs
Braunschweig challenger
Jul 5
Alexander Weis
M25 Skopje · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Stefan Micov
Futures 2026
Jul 1
Stefan Micov
M25 Skopje · 1st Round
Jul 1
Alan Wazny
M15 Rzeszow · Semifinals
Jun 28
Alan Wazny
Futures 2026
Jun 27
Niklas Guttau
M15 Rzeszow · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
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 · Round of 16
May 21
Mircea Mortasifu
M15 Bucharest · 1st Round
May 20
Mircea Mortasifu
M15 Bucharest · Round of 32
May 20
Philip Henning
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 2nd Round
Apr 15
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 22–48 matches
| Metric | Szymkowiak | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 52% |
| Sets won | 56% | 51% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Szymkowiak | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Szymkowiak | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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