# 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. 103, achieved on 12 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022. He is the current Dutch No. 3 singles player. 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. He began playing tennis at the age of five. In his youth, he trained at Zwaanshoek Tennis & Padel. His tennis idol was Roger Federer.
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.

## 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. In May, he won his second Challenger doubles title, this time with Tim van Rijthoven, at the Open de Oeiras IV. 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. 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.

### 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. 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 105 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 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 Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open. He defeated Jack Draper in the first round in five sets (his second tour-level and also his second Slam win) before losing to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the second.
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.

### 2025: First ATP semifinal

In Montpellier, de Jong beat wild card Quentin Halys, then upset third seed Flavio Cobolli and fifth seed Tallon Griekspoor to reach his first ATP tour-level semifinal.

## Grand Slam performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

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
### Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–4)
* ITF WTT (4–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (4–6)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| 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 |

### Doubles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (7–3)
* ITF WTT (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 | 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 | 0–1 | Jul 2019 | Amersfoort, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Ryan Nijboer | Harri Heliövaara Emil Ruusuvuori | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 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] |
| 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] |

## 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. |