| Jesper de Jong | |
| Residence: | Hoofddorp, Netherlands |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Height: | NaN1.80 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach: | Jeroen Benard |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$816,816 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | 103 (12 August 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | 103 (12 August 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (2024) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2024) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (2023, 2024) |
| Usopenresult: | Q3 (2022, 2024) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | 135 (23 May 2022) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | 553 (29 July 2024) |
| Updated: | 12 August 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.
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]
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]
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.
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]
Current through the 2024 French Open.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Win % | ||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q3 | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||
| French Open | Q2 | Q3 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | M15 Marburg, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Louis Wessels | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Win | 1–1 | M15 Oldenzaal, Netherlands | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Amadatus Admiraal | 6–0, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | M15 Haren, Netherlands | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Juan Ignacio Galarza | 7–5, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | M25 Fort Worth, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Ryan Peniston | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | M25 Klosters, Switzerland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 4–2 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 4–3 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Alejandro Tabilo | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 4–4 | M15 Sintra, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Elliot Benchetrit | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 4–5 | Tigre, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 5–5 | M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Naoki Nakagawa | 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Sumit Nagal | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 6–6 | Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Benjamin Hassan | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 7–6 | Sassuolo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Altmaier | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | M15 Doha, Qatar | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Arnaud Bovy | Zizou Bergs  Geoffrey Blancaneaux | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | M15 Doha, Qatar | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Michiel De Krom | Arnaud Bovy Dominik Boehler | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | 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 | 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 | M15 Majadahonda, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Michiel De Krom | Fred Gil Florian Lakat | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 3–3 | M15 Den Haag, Netherlands | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Ryan Nijboer | M De Krom  JL Reis da Silva | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 3–4 | Amersfoort, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Ryan Nijboer | Harri Heliövaara Emil Ruusuvuori | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | M15 Brussels, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alec Deckers |  Nick Hardt Luca Gelhardt | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–6 | M15 Pajulahti, Finland | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Ryan Nijboer | Lucas Catarina Baptiste Crepatte | 4–6, 6–1, [5–10] | ||
| Win | 4–6 | M25 Waco, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Ryan Nijboer | Mark Whitehouse Michael Geerts | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 | ||
| Win | 5–6 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Bart Stevens | Luke Johnson Hugo Voljacques | 6–4, 3–6, [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 5–7 | M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Bart Stevens |  Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 6–7 | 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 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Sem Verbeek |  Roberto Quiroz  Christopher Eubanks | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 7–8 | St. Petersburg II, Russia | Challenger | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Konstantin Kravchuk Denis Yevseyev | 6–1, 3–6, [10–5] | ||
| Win | 8–8 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Tim van Rijthoven | Julian Lenz Roberto Quiroz | 6–1, 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Win | 9–8 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay |  Vitaliy Sachko | Vladyslav Manafov Evgenii Tiurnev | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 9–9 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Bart Stevens | Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral | 3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10] | ||
| Win | 10–9 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Bart Stevens | Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 11–9 | 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 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Bart Stevens | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 3–6, 7–5, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 13–9 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Max Houkes | Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [12–10] |
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 | width=60 | Record | Win % | width=55 | Hard | width=55 | Clay | width=55 | Grass | Last Match |
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| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||||||
 Carlos Alcaraz | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6) at 2024 French Open | |||||
| Number 2 ranked players | ||||||||||
 Jannik Sinner | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Australian Open | ||||||
| Number 3 ranked players | ||||||||||
 Milos Raonic | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2024 Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
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