Jesper de Jong

Jesper de Jong

De Jong at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Born	(2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 24) Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jeroen Benard
Prize money	US$872,716
Singles
Career record	2–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 103 (12 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 131 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2023, 2024)
US Open	Q3 (2022, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 135 (23 May 2022)
Current ranking	No. 631 (9 September 2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 103, achieved on 12 August 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022. ^[1] De Jong has won two singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Early life and background

De Jong was born in Haarlem and lives in Hoofddorp. ^{[2] [3]} He began playing tennis at the age of five. ^{[4] [5]} In his youth, he trained at Zwaanshoek Tennis & Padel. ^[6] His tennis idol was Roger Federer. ^[7]

De Jong and his grandfather, Jan, who died in October 2023, had dreamed of playing in a Grand Slam. After qualifying for the main draw of the 2024 Australian Open, De Jong got a tattoo to commemorate his late grandfather. ^[8]

Professional career

2021: Maiden Challenger titles, top 250 in singles, top 200 in doubles

In March 2021, De Jong won his first Challenger doubles title at the Saint Petersburg Challenger II with Sem Verbeek. ^[9] In May, he won his second Challenger doubles title, this time with Tim van Rijthoven, at the Open de Oeiras IV. ^{[10] [11]} The following month, he won his third doubles title at the Almaty Challenger with Vitaliy Sachko and reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 204 on 14 June 2021.

De Jong won his first Challenger singles title at the Almaty Challenger II, sending him to a career-high singles ranking of No. 260 on 21 June 2021. ^{[12] [13]} At the Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil in November, De Jong lost in the singles final to Alejandro Tabilo, but won the doubles title with Bart Stevens. ^{[14] [15]}

2022: ATP Tour debut, top 160 in singles, top 150 in doubles

Following a semifinal showing at the Challenger in Traralgon, Australia in January, he made his debut in the top 200 on 14 February 2022.

He made his ATP main draw doubles debut after qualifying as a pair partnering Sem Verbeek at the 2022 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. As a result, he reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 157 on 14 February 2022.

He made his ATP singles debut at the 2022 Libéma Open as a wildcard. ^[16] He was also awarded a wildcard in doubles partnering compatriot Bart Stevens. As a result, he reached the top 160 in the singles rankings on 13 June 2022.

2023–2024: Major debuts and first wins, top 105 in singles

He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 135 on 11 September 2023.

He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut ^{[17] [18] [19]} and defeated Pedro Cachin for his first Major win. He received a wildcard for his home tournament, the Rotterdam Open.

Ranked No. 177, he qualified for his second career Major at the 2024 French Open. ^[20] He defeated Jack Draper in the first round before losing to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the second. ^{[21] [22]}

He lifted his third Challenger title, the Emilia-Romagna Tennis Cup in Sassuolo, Italy. As a result reached a new career-high ranking of No. 119 on 24 June 2024, and No. 103 more than a month later on 12 August 2024. ^[23]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q3	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	Q2	Q3	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q3	Q2	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0-0	0–0	2–2	0 / 2	2–2	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF World Tennis Tour (4–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	M15 Marburg, Germany	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Louis Wessels	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1	Aug 2019	M15 Oldenzaal, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Amadatus Admiraal	6–0, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 2019	M15 Haren, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Ignacio Galarza	7–5, 6–0
Win	3–1	Oct 2019	M25 Fort Worth, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ryan Peniston	6–2, 6–0
Loss	3–2	Sep 2020	M25 Klosters, Switzerland	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	Jun 2021	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Nov 2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Tabilo	1–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4	Sep 2022	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Elliot Benchetrit	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–5	Jan 2023	Tigre, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	5–5	Mar 2023	M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Naoki Nakagawa	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	5–6	Apr 2023	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sumit Nagal	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2023	Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Hassan	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–6	Jun 2024	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Altmaier	7–6(7–5), 6–1

Doubles: 22 (13–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–3) ITF Futures (6–6)

Finals by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (8–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2019	M15 Doha, Qatar	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Arnaud Bovy	Zizou Bergs Geoffrey Blancaneaux	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2019	M15 Doha, Qatar	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Michiel De Krom	Arnaud Bovy Dominik Boehler	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Mar 2019	M15 Manama, Bahrain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sidane Pontjodikromo	Alexander Igoshin N. Prashanth	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss	1–3	Apr 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sidane Pontjodikromo	Bogdan Bobrov Patrik Niklas-Salminen	2–6, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]
Win	2–3	Jun 2019	M15 Majadahonda, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Michiel De Krom	Fred Gil Florian Lakat	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–3	Jul 2019	M15 Den Haag, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ryan Nijboer	M De Krom JL Reis da Silva	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Jul 2019	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Ryan Nijboer	Harri Heliövaara Emil Ruusuvuori	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Aug 2019	M15 Brussels, Belgium	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alec Deckers	Nick Hardt Luca Gelhardt	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	Sep 2019	M15 Pajulahti, Finland	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ryan Nijboer	Lucas Catarina Baptiste Crepatte	4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	4–6	Oct 2019	M25 Waco, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ryan Nijboer	Mark Whitehouse Michael Geerts	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	5–6	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Bart Stevens	Luke Johnson Hugo Voljacques	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	5–7	Mar 2020	M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Bart Stevens	Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Nov 2020	M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jelle Sels	Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral	7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	6–8	Mar 2021	St. Petersburg, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Roberto Quiroz Christopher Eubanks	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–8	Mar 2021	St. Petersburg II, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Konstantin Kravchuk Denis Yevseyev	6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	8–8	May 2021	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Tim van Rijthoven	Julian Lenz Roberto Quiroz	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win	9–8	June 2021	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Vitaliy Sachko	Vladyslav Manafov Evgenii Tiurnev	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	9–9	Sep 2021	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Bart Stevens	Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral	3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10]
Win	10–9	Nov 2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Bart Stevens	Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez	7–5, 6–2
Win	11–9	Mar 2022	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Bart Stevens	Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	12–9	Apr 2022	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Bart Stevens	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	13–9	Oct 2022	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Max Houkes	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [12–10]

Record against top 10 players

De Jong's record against players who has been ranked in the top 10 in their career, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Carlos Alcaraz	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6) at 2024 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	0–1	0%	0–1	–		Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 3 ranked players
Milos Raonic	0–1	0%	0–1	–		Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2024 Rotterdam
Total	0–3	0%	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–0 ( – )	* Statistics correct as of 29 May 2024.

References

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23. "Cerundolo claims back-to-back Challenger titles; Goffin returns to winners' circle". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

External links

• Jesper de Jong at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jesper de Jong at the International Tennis Federation
• Official website