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Jesper de Jong
Dutch tennis player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 28 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022.[2] He is the current Dutch No. 2 singles player.[3] De Jong has won three singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.
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Early life and background
De Jong was born in Haarlem and lives in Hoofddorp.[4][5] He began playing tennis at the age of five.[6][7] In his youth, he trained at Zwaanshoek Tennis & Padel.[8] His tennis idol was Roger Federer.[9]
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.[10]
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Professional career
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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.[11] In May, he won his second Challenger doubles title, this time with Tim van Rijthoven, at the Open de Oeiras IV.[12][13] 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.[2]
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.[2][14][15] 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.[16][17]
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.[2]
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.[2]
He made his ATP singles debut at the 2022 Libéma Open as a wildcard.[18] 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.[2]
He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 135 on 11 September 2023.[2]
2024: Major debut
He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his Grand Slam debut[19][20][21] and defeated Pedro Cachin for his first Major win. He lost to eventual champion Jannik Sinner.[22] 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.[23] He defeated Jack Draper in the first round in five sets (his second tour-level and also his second Slam win)[24] before losing to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the second.[25][26] 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, [27] and No. 103 more than a month later on 12 August 2024.[2]
2025: Masters debuts & first wins, first final, top 100
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.[28][29] Following a final showing at the 2025 Murcia Open,[30] De Jong reached a career-high singles ranking in the top 100 of world No. 98 on 31 March 2025.[31][32][33][34]
In April 2025 De Jong recorded his first ATP win as a top-100 player over Elliot Benchetrit in Marrakesh.[35][36][37] 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.[38][39] 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.[40]
In July, de Jong reached his first final on the ATP Tour at the Swedish Open, defeating second seed Tallon Griekspoor in the quarterfinal and fifth seed Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the semifinal.[41] He lost to sixth seed Luciano Darderi in the final. He entered the top 100 as a result.[42] The following week, de Jong reached the quarterfinal on the ATP Tour at the Croatia Open defeating fifth seed Mariano Navone in the second round, and facing Carlos Taberner in the quarterfinal.
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| 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 Wimbledon Championships.
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ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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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:
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