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. 87, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022.[1] He is the current Dutch No. 2 singles player.[2] De Jong has won three singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Early life and background

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

2021: Maiden Challenger titles, top 250 debut

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

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, Masters debuts & first wins, ATP semifinal, top 100

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 lost to eventual champion Jannik Sinner.[21] 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.[22] He defeated Jack Draper in the first round in five sets (his second tour-level and also his second Slam win)[23] before losing to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the second.[24][25] 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, [26] and No. 103 more than a month later on 12 August 2024.[1]

In January 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.[27][28] Following a final showing at the 2025 Murcia Open,[29] De Jong reached a career-high singles ranking in the top 100 of world No. 98 on 31 March 2025.[30][31][32][33]

In April 2025 De Jong recorded his first ATP win as a top-100 player over Elliot Benchetrit in Marrakesh.[34][35][36] He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2025 Italian Open in Rome, as a lucky loser, and recorded his first Masters win over qualifier Alexander Shevchenko.[37][38] Next he upset 25th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets to reach the third round of a Masters for the first time in his career.[39]

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 2025 French 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 2R 0 / 1 2–2 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 1–1 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  – 
Madrid Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome Masters A A Q2 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0 / 1 2–1 67%

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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

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 Germany Louis Wessels 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 M15 Oldenzaal, Netherlands WTT Clay Netherlands Amadatus Admiraal 6–0, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 2019 M15 Haren, Netherlands WTT Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza 7–5, 6–0
Win 3–1 Oct 2019 M25 Fort Worth, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Ryan Peniston 6–2, 6–0
Loss 3–2 Sep 2020 M25 Klosters, Switzerland WTT Clay Denmark Holger Rune 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 Almaty II, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Chile Tomás Barrios Vera 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Nov 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Chile Alejandro Tabilo 1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Sep 2022 M15 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Morocco Elliot Benchetrit 4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 2023 Tigre II, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 4–3 Mar 2023 M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal WTT Hard Japan Naoki Nakagawa 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Apr 2023 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay India Sumit Nagal 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Aug 2023 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard Germany Benjamin Hassan 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–3 Jun 2024 Sassuolo, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Daniel Altmaier 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 3–4 Oct 2024 Villa María, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2025 Murcia, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Carlos Taberner 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6

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

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

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
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6) at 2024 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Italy Jannik Sinner 0–1 0% 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 3 ranked players
Canada 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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