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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. 96, achieved on 7 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022.[1] He is the current Dutch No. 3 singles player.[2] De Jong has won three 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 (age 24)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachBas Van Bentum, Jeroen Benard (-2024)
Prize moneyUS $978,496
Singles
Career record6–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 94 (14 April 2025)
Current rankingNo. 94 (14 April 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2023, 2024)
US OpenQ3 (2022, 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (23 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 302 (31 March 2025)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2024)
Last updated on: 2 April 2025.

Early life and background

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De Jong was born in Haarlem and lives in Hoofddorp.[3][4] He began playing tennis at the age of five.[5][6] In his youth, he trained at Zwaanshoek Tennis & Padel.[7] His tennis idol was Roger Federer.[8]

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.[9]

Professional career

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

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In March 2021, de Jong won his first Challenger doubles title at the Saint Petersburg Challenger II with Sem Verbeek.[10] In May, he won his second Challenger doubles title, this time with Tim van Rijthoven, at the Open de Oeiras IV.[11][12] 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.[1]

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.[1][13][14] 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.[15][16]

2022–2023: ATP Tour debut, top 150 in singles and in doubles

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Following a semifinal showing at the Challenger in Traralgon, Australia in January, he made his debut in the top 200 on 14 February 2022.[1]

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.[1]

He made his ATP singles debut at the 2022 Libéma Open as a wildcard.[17] 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.[1]

He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 135 on 11 September 2023.[1]

2024–2025: Major debuts & first wins, First ATP semifinal, top 100

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He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut[18][19][20] and defeated Pedro Cachin for his first Major win. He received a wildcard for his home tournament, the 2024 Rotterdam Open.

Ranked No. 177, he qualified for his second Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open.[21] He defeated Jack Draper in the first round in five sets (his second tour-level and also his second Slam win)[22] before losing to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the second.[23][24]

He lifted his third Challenger title, the 2024 Emilia-Romagna Tennis Cup in Sassuolo, Italy. As a result reached a new career-high ranking of No. 119 on 24 June 2024, [25] and No. 103 more than a month later on 12 August 2024.[1]

In 2025, in Montpellier, de Jong defeated wildcard Quentin Halys, then upset third seed Flavio Cobolli and fifth seed Tallon Griekspoor to reach his first ATP tour-level semifinal.[26] Following a final showing at the 2025 Murcia Open,[27] De Jong reached a career-high singles ranking in the top 100 of world No. 98 on 31 March 2025.[28][29] De Jong recorded his first ATP win as a top-100 player over Elliot Benchetrit in Marrakesh.[30][31][32]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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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

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Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 A 2R Q1 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 0–0 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 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–5)
ITF WTT (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (4–7)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 M15 Marburg, Germany WTT Clay   Louis Wessels 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 M15 Oldenzaal, Netherlands WTT Clay   Amadatus Admiraal 6–0, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 2019 M15 Haren, Netherlands WTT Clay   Juan Ignacio Galarza 7–5, 6–0
Win 3–1 Oct 2019 M25 Fort Worth, USA WTT Hard   Ryan Peniston 6–2, 6–0
Loss 3–2 Sep 2020 M25 Klosters, Switzerland WTT Clay   Holger Rune 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 Almaty II, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay   Tomás Barrios Vera 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Nov 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Alejandro Tabilo 1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Sep 2022 M15 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard   Elliot Benchetrit 4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 2023 Tigre II, Argentina Challenger Clay   Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 4–3 Mar 2023 M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal WTT Hard   Naoki Nakagawa 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Apr 2023 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Sumit Nagal 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Aug 2023 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard   Benjamin Hassan 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–3 Jun 2024 Sassuolo, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniel Altmaier 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 3–4 Oct 2024 Villa María, Argentina Challenger Clay   Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2025 Murcia, Spain Challenger Clay   Carlos Taberner 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6

Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (8–4)
ITF WTT (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (10–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar WTT Hard   Arnaud Bovy   Zizou Bergs
  Geoffrey Blancaneaux 		2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar WTT Hard   Michiel de Krom   Arnaud Bovy
  Dominik Boehler 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Mar 2019 M15 Manama, Bahrain WTT Hard   Sidane Pontjodikromo   Alexander Igoshin
  Vijay S. Prashanth 		7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss 1–3 Apr 2019 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay   Sidane Pontjodikromo   Bogdan Bobrov
  Patrik Niklas-Salminen 		2–6, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]
Win 2–3 Jun 2019 M15 Majadahonda, Spain WTT Clay   Michiel de Krom   Frederico Gil
  Florian Lakat 		6–3, 6–3
Win 3–3 Jul 2019 M15 Den Haag, Netherlands WTT Clay   Ryan Nijboer   Michiel de Krom
  João Lucas Reis da Silva 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Aug 2019 M15 Brussels, Belgium WTT Clay   Alec Deckers   Nick Hardt
  Luca Gelhardt 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2019 M15 Pajulahti, Finland WTT Hard   Ryan Nijboer   Lucas Catarina
  Baptiste Crepatte 		4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 4–5 Oct 2019 M25 Waco, USA WTT Hard   Ryan Nijboer   Mark Whitehouse
  Michael Geerts 		7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 5–5 Jan 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard   Bart Stevens   Luke Johnson
  Hugo Voljacques 		6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 5–6 Mar 2020 M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom WTT Hard   Bart Stevens   Szymon Walków
  Jan Zieliński 		4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Nov 2020 M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal WTT Hard   Jelle Sels   Nuno Borges
  Francisco Cabral 		7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Win 7–6 Mar 2023 M25 Palmanova, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Max Houkes   Alexandru Jecan
  Kai Wehnelt 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 Amersfoort, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Ryan Nijboer   Harri Heliövaara
  Emil Ruusuvuori 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg, Russia Challenger Hard   Sem Verbeek   Roberto Quiroz
  Christopher Eubanks 		4–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg II, Russia Challenger Hard   Sem Verbeek   Konstantin Kravchuk
  Denis Yevseyev 		6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 2–2 May 2021 Oeiras IV, Portugal Challenger Clay   Tim van Rijthoven   Julian Lenz
  Roberto Quiroz 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–2 Jun 2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay   Vitaliy Sachko   Vladyslav Manafov
  Evgenii Tiurnev 		7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss 3–3 Sep 2021 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay   Bart Stevens   Nuno Borges
  Francisco Cabral 		3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10]
Win 4–3 Nov 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Bart Stevens   Diego Hidalgo
  Cristian Rodríguez 		7–5, 6–2
Win 5–3 Mar 2022 Santa Cruz de la Sierra II, Bolivia Challenger Clay   Bart Stevens   Nicolás Barrientos
  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 6–3 Apr 2022 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Bart Stevens   Sadio Doumbia
  Fabien Reboul 		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 7–3 Oct 2022 Lima II, Peru Challenger Clay   Max Houkes   Guido Andreozzi
  Guillermo Durán 		7–6(8–6), 3–6, [12–10]
Win 8–3 Mar 2025 Kigali, Rwanda Challenger Clay   Max Houkes   Geoffrey Blancaneaux
  Zdeněk Kolář 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 8–4 Mar 2025 Murcia, Spain Challenger 75 Clay   Mats Hermans   Grégoire Jacq
  Orlando Luz 		7–5, 6–1

Record against top 10 players

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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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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Jesper de Jong | Rankings history".
  2. ^ "Netherlands Rankings | Singles".
  3. ^ "Grandslamsucces smaakt De Jong naar meer: 'Zou mooi zijn Djokovic te treffen'". NOS (in Dutch). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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  6. ^ "Jesper de Jong (23) vecht zich naar de eerste ronde van de Australian Open: 'Hier droom je van als je begint met tennis'". Het Parool (in Dutch). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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  12. ^ Ribeiro Lança, Gaspar (29 May 2021). "Jesper de Jong e Tim Van Rijthoven conquistam o Oeiras Open 4". Raquetc (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  13. ^ Thompson, Grant (25 October 2022). "De Jong, Ugo Carabelli Try Their Hand At Peruvian Cooking Class". ATP Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  14. ^ Kust, Damian (21 June 2021). "ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: A Final For a Wimbledon Wildcard, Nerves and Big-Serving". Last Word On Tennis. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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  17. ^ "De Jong en Van Rijthoven ontvangen wildcard voor Libéma Open". www.kliknieuws.nl. Kliknieuws Bossche Omroep. 19 May 2022.
  18. ^ "#NextGenATP stars Mensik & Prizmic qualify for Australian Open, Goffin books spot". 12 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Five Challenger players to watch in Melbourne; Dutchman de Jong making major debut". 13 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Hidden danger: Dismiss the qualifiers at your peril". 17 January 2024.
  21. ^ "De Jong, Bergs qualify for Roland Garros". 24 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Five things to know about Jesper de Jong; Learn about Alcaraz's Roland Garros R2 opponent". ATPTour. 29 May 2024.
  23. ^ Carayol, Tumaini (29 May 2024). "Carlos Alcaraz overcomes 'struggle' with De Jong to advance at French Open". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  24. ^ Gent, Oli (29 May 2024). "French Open 2024: Carlos Alcaraz survives scare to squeeze past Jesper de Jong in error-laden victory". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  25. ^ "Cerundolo claims back-to-back Challenger titles; Goffin returns to winners' circle". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  26. ^ "MATCH POINT: WORLD NO. 131 JESPER DE JONG INTO FIRST ATP QUARTERFINAL, UPSETS NO. 3 SEED FLAVIO COBOLLI IN MONTPELLIER". 30 January 2025.
  27. ^ "The impressive lineup of the ATP Challenger Murcia 2025 is now known". 15 March 2025.
  28. ^ @ATPChallenger (March 31, 2025). "The hard work is paying off for Jesper de Jong 😤 #OnTheRise @atptour" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  29. ^ @damiankust (March 28, 2025). "What an insane way for Jesper de Jong to secure his Top 100 debut, saves 3 MPs at 4-5 0-40 in the 3rd vs Ofner. Decided to try to grind the Austrian down and succeeded #98 live, Lajovic, PCB, Tirante can pass him but the first two can't both win Girona to do it 📷: @ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "GRAND PRIX HASSAN II – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 2 – TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2025" (PDF). 1 April 2025.
  31. ^ @josemorgado (April 1, 2025). "Jesper De Jong, playing his first tournament as a top 100 player, defeats Elliot Benchetrit 7-5, 6-1 to reach the 2nd round in Marrakech. He lost 5 serve points all match! Big win in terms of his chances of making the Roland Garros main draw directly (he is in that cut zone)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ "Carreno Busta advances in Marrakech, earns first ATP Tour clay-court win since 2022; De Jong, Bellucci reach second round at ATP 250". 1 April 2025.
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