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. 160 achieved on 13 June 2022. 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 five ATP Challenger doubles titles.
Country (sports) | Netherlands |
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Residence | Hoofddorp, Netherlands |
Born | Haarlem, Netherlands | 31 May 2000
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Jeroen Benard |
Prize money | US$254,829 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 160 (13 June 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 195 (22 May 2023) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2022) |
French Open | Q3 (2023) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2023) |
US Open | Q3 (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 135 (23 May 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 215 (3 April 2023) |
Last updated on: 3 April 2023. |
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.
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 11 (5–6)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 |
Doubles: 22 (13–9)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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] |
Grand Slam performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying.
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
French Open | A | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
US Open | Q3 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Win–loss | 0-0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
References
- "Jesper de Jong | Overview".
- "De Jong en Van Rijthoven ontvangen wildcard voor Libéma Open". www.kliknieuws.nl. Kliknieuws Bossche Omroep. 19 May 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Jesper de Jong at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Jesper de Jong at the International Tennis Federation