Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 119, achieved on 24 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022.[1] De Jong has won one singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.
Jesper de Jong
Country (sports)
Netherlands
Residence
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Born
(2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 24)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
Jeroen Benard
Prize money
US$ 765,591
Singles
Career record
2–7
Career titles
0
Highest ranking
No. 119 (24 June 2024)
Current ranking
No. 119 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
2R (2024)
2R (2024)
Q3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record
0–2
Career titles
0
Highest ranking
No. 135 (23 May 2022)
Current ranking
No. 554 (24 June 2024)
Last updated on: 24 June 2024.
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 and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 119 on 24 June 2024.[23]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
Current through the 2024 French Open.
SR
W–L
Win %
A
0 / 1
1–1
50%
0 / 1
1–1
50%
0 / 0
0–0
–
0 / 0
0–0
–
Win–loss
0-0
0–0
2–2
0 / 2
2–2
50%
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
NH
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Win–loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0 / 0
0–0
–
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2019
M15 Marburg, Germany
World Tennis Tour
Clay
6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win
1–1
Aug 2019
M15 Oldenzaal, Netherlands
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Amadatus Admiraal
6–0, 6–4
Win
2–1
Sep 2019
M15 Haren, Netherlands
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Juan Ignacio Galarza
7–5, 6–0
Win
3–1
Oct 2019
M25 Fort Worth, United States
World Tennis Tour
Hard
6–2, 6–0
Loss
3–2
Sep 2020
M25 Klosters, Switzerland
World Tennis Tour
Clay
4–6, 2–6
Win
4–2
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Challenger
Clay
6–1, 6–2
Loss
4–3
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Challenger
Clay
1–6, 5–7
Loss
4–4
Sep 2022
M15 Sintra, Portugal
World Tennis Tour
Hard
4–6, 1–6
Loss
4–5
Tigre, Argentina
Challenger
Clay
3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win
5–5
Mar 2023
M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal
World Tennis Tour
Hard
6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss
5–6
Rome, Italy
Challenger
Clay
3–6, 2–6
Win
6–6
Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Challenger
Hard
6–3, 6–3
Win
7–6
Sassuolo, Italy
Challenger
Clay
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (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
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Zizou Bergs
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
2–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Mar 2019
M15 Doha, Qatar
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Michiel De Krom
Arnaud Bovy
Dominik Boehler
6–3, 6–3
Loss
1–2
Mar 2019
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
Apr 2019
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
Jun 2019
M15 Majadahonda, Spain
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Michiel De Krom
6–3, 6–3
Win
3–3
Jul 2019
M15 Den Haag, Netherlands
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Ryan Nijboer
M De Krom
JL Reis da Silva
6–1, 6–4
Loss
3–4
Jul 2019
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Ryan Nijboer
Harri Heliövaara
Emil Ruusuvuori
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–5
Aug 2019
M15 Brussels, Belgium
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Alec Deckers
Nick Hardt
Luca Gelhardt
4–6, 4–6
Loss
3–6
Sep 2019
M15 Pajulahti, Finland
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Ryan Nijboer
Lucas Catarina
Baptiste Crepatte
4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win
4–6
Oct 2019
M25 Waco, United States
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Ryan Nijboer
Mark Whitehouse
Michael Geerts
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win
5–6
Jan 2020
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Luke Johnson
Hugo Voljacques
6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss
5–7
Mar 2020
M25 Sunderland, United Kingdom
World Tennis Tour
Hard
4–6, 4–6
Win
6–7
Nov 2020
M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal
World Tennis Tour
Hard
7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss
6–8
Mar 2021
St. Petersburg, Russia
Challenger
Hard
Roberto Quiroz
Christopher Eubanks
4–6, 3–6
Win
7–8
Mar 2021
St. Petersburg II, Russia
Challenger
Hard
Konstantin Kravchuk
Denis Yevseyev
6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win
8–8
May 2021
Oeiras, Portugal
Challenger
Clay
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win
9–8
June 2021
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Challenger
Clay
Vladyslav Manafov Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss
9–9
Sep 2021
Braga, Portugal
Challenger
Clay
3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10]
Win
10–9
Nov 2021
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Challenger
Clay
Diego Hidalgo
Cristian Rodríguez
7–5, 6–2
Win
11–9
Mar 2022
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Challenger
Clay
Nicolás Barrientos
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win
12–9
Apr 2022
Rome, Italy
Challenger
Clay
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win
13–9
Oct 2022
Lima, Peru
Challenger
Clay
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
Record
Win %
Hard
Clay
Grass
Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
0–1
0%
–
0–1
–
Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6) at 2024 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
0–1
0%
0–1
–
Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 3 ranked players
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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