Jesper de Jong

Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 119, achieved on 24 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022.[1] De Jong has won one singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Jesper de Jong
De Jong at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceHoofddorp, Netherlands
Born (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJeroen Benard
Prize moneyUS$ 765,591
Singles
Career record2–6 (25.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 119 (24 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 119 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2023, 2024)
US OpenQ3 (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. 554 (24 June 2024)
Last updated on: 24 June 2024.

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 120 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 and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 119 on 24 June 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 French 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 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 Q2 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 World Tennis 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.

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