Jesper de Jong

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Jesper de Jong
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De Jong at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Residence Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Born (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 23)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJeroen Benard
Prize moneyUS$451,225
Singles
Career record1–5 (16.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 161 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2024)
French Open Q3 (2023)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023)
US Open Q3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (23 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 357 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 11 September 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 23 May 2022. [1] De Jong has won one singles and seven ATP Challenger doubles titles.

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Professional career

2021: Maiden single Challenger title, top 250 in singles, top 200 in doubles

In March, he won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger II with Sem Verbeek.

He won his third doubles title at the 2021 Almaty Challenger with Vitaliy Sachko. As a result, he hit a career-high in doubles of No. 204 on 14 June 2021. A week later, De Jong won also his first singles Challenger at the 2021 Almaty Challenger II defeating Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera which resulted in a career-high of No. 260 on 21 June 2021.

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

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. [2] 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.

2024: Grand Slam debut and first win

He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut [3] and defeated Pedro Cachin for his first Major win.

He received a wildcard for his home tournament, the Rotterdam Open.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2019M15 Marburg, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Louis Wessels 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win1–1Aug 2019M15 Oldenzaal, NetherlandsWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amadatus Admiraal6–0, 6–4
Win2–1Sep 2019M15 Haren, NetherlandsWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Galarza7–5, 6–0
Win3–1Oct 2019M25 Fort Worth, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Peniston 6–2, 6–0
Loss3–2Sep 2020M25 Klosters, SwitzerlandWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 4–6, 2–6
Win4–2 Jun 2021 Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera 6–1, 6–2
Loss4–3 Nov 2021 Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Alejandro Tabilo 1–6, 5–7
Loss4–4Sep 2022M15 Sintra, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Morocco.svg Elliot Benchetrit 4–6, 1–6
Loss4–5 Jan 2023 Tigre, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win5–5Mar 2023M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nakagawa 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss5–6 Apr 2023 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 3–6, 2–6

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2019M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Bovy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zizou Bergs
Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux 		2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Mar 2019M15 Doha, QatarWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel De Krom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Bovy
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Boehler		6–3, 6–3
Loss1–2Mar 2019M15 Manama, BahrainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sidane Pontjodikromo Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Igoshin
Flag of India.svg N. Prashanth 		7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss1–3Apr 2019M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sidane Pontjodikromo Flag of Russia.svg Bogdan Bobrov
Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Niklas-Salminen 		2–6, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]
Win2–3Jun 2019M15 Majadahonda, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel De Krom Flag of Portugal.svg Fred Gil
Flag of France.svg Florian Lakat 		6–3, 6–3
Win3–3Jul 2019M15 Den Haag, NetherlandsWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ryan Nijboer Flag of the Netherlands.svg M De Krom
Flag of Brazil.svg JL Reis da Silva		6–1, 6–4
Loss3–4Jul 2019 Amersfoort, NetherlandsChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ryan Nijboer Flag of Finland.svg Harri Heliövaara
Flag of Finland.svg Emil Ruusuvuori 		3–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Aug 2019M15 Brussels, BelgiumWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alec Deckers Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Nick Hardt
Flag of Germany.svg Luca Gelhardt		4–6, 4–6
Loss3–6Sep 2019M15 Pajulahti, FinlandWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ryan Nijboer Flag of Monaco.svg Lucas Catarina
Flag of France.svg Baptiste Crepatte		4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win4–6Oct 2019M25 Waco, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ryan Nijboer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Whitehouse
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michael Geerts 		7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win5–6Jan 2020M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson
Flag of France.svg Hugo Voljacques		6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss5–7Mar 2020M25 Sunderland, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Walków
Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zieliński 		4–6, 4–6
Win6–7Nov 2020M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Sels Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral 		7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss6–8Mar 2021 St. Petersburg, RussiaChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek Flag of Ecuador.svg Roberto Quiroz
Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Eubanks 		4–6, 3–6
Win7–8Mar 2021 St. Petersburg II, RussiaChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Denis Yevseyev 		6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win8–8May 2021 Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim van Rijthoven Flag of Germany.svg Julian Lenz
Flag of Ecuador.svg Roberto Quiroz 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win9–8June 2021 Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Vitaliy Sachko Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov
Flag of Russia.svg Evgenii Tiurnev 		7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss9–9Sep 2021 Braga, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral 		3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10]
Win10–9Nov 2021 Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of Ecuador.svg Diego Hidalgo
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Rodríguez 		7–5, 6–2
Win11–9Mar 2022 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Barrientos
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win12–9Apr 2022 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia
Flag of France.svg Fabien Reboul 		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win13–9Oct 2022 Lima, PeruChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Houkes Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán 		7–6(8–6), 3–6, [12–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 2023 French Open qualifying.

Tournament 2022 2023 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 A0 / 00–0 – 
French Open A Q3 0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
US Open Q3 Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0-00–00 / 00–0 – 

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References

  1. ↑ "Jesper de Jong | Overview".
  2. ↑ "De Jong en Van Rijthoven ontvangen wildcard voor Libéma Open". www.kliknieuws.nl. Kliknieuws Bossche Omroep. 19 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "#NextGenATP stars Mensik & Prizmic qualify for Australian Open, Goffin books spot".


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