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Jesper de Jong

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De Jong at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Netherlands
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
(2000-05-31) 31 May 2000Haarlem, Netherlands
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Bas Van Bentum, Jeroen Benard (-2024)
US $ 1,715,830
20–29
0
No. 71 (5 January 2026)
No. 106 (25 May 2026)
2R (2024)
4R (2026)
2R (2025)
1R (2025)
1–5
0
No. 135 (23 May 2022)
No. 463 (2 February 2026)
1R (2026)
1R (2025)
F (2024)
Last updated on: 29 May 2026.

Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 71, achieved on 5 January 2026, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

In January, 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. Following a final showing at the 2025 Murcia Open, De Jong reached a career-high singles ranking in the top 100 of world No. 98 on 31 March 2025.

De Jong recorded his first ATP win as a top-100 player over Elliot Benchetrit in Marrakesh. De Jong 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. 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.

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. He lost to sixth seed Luciano Darderi in the final. As a result De Jong reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 83 on 21 July 2025. 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, but lost to Carlos Taberner in the quarterfinal.

In October at the 2025 Rolex Shanghai Masters, De Jong reached the third round of a Masters for a second time in the season, upsetting 17th seed Jakub Menšík.

Ranked No. 106, De Jong entered the main draw of the 2026 French Open as a lucky loser. He defeated Stan Wawrinka in the first round (in his farewell match at the event), qualifier Federico Cina and 13th seed Karen Khachanov to reach a Grand Slam fourth round for the first time in his career. He became the third lucky loser in the Open Era to reach this stage at Roland Garros after Stanislav Birner (1978) and David Goffin (2012).

Tournament20222023202420252026SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ3A2RQ11R0 / 21–233%
French OpenQ2Q32R2R0 / 22–250%
WimbledonQ1Q2Q22R0 / 11–150%
US OpenQ3Q2Q31R0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0-00–02–22–30–10 / 64–640%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0–
Miami OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0–
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAQ10 / 00–0–
Madrid OpenAAAQ11R0 / 10–10%
Italian OpenAAQ23R1R0 / 22–250%
Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0–
Cincinnati OpenAAAA0 / 00–0–
Shanghai MastersNHAA3R0 / 12–167%
Paris MastersAAAQ20 / 00–0–
Win–loss0–00–00–04–20–20 / 44–450%
LegendFinals by surfaceFinals by setting
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2025Swedish Open, SwedenATP 250ClayLuciano Darderi4–6, 6–3, 3–6
LegendFinals by surface
ATP Challenger Tour (3–5)
ITF WTT (4–3)
Hard (3–1)
Clay (4–7)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2019M15 Marburg, GermanyWTTClayLouis Wessels6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win1–1Aug 2019M15 Oldenzaal, NetherlandsWTTClayAmadatus Admiraal6–0, 6–4
Win2–1Sep 2019M15 Haren, NetherlandsWTTClayJuan Ignacio Galarza7–5, 6–0
Win3–1Oct 2019M25 Fort Worth, USAWTTHardRyan Peniston6–2, 6–0
Loss3–2Sep 2020M25 Klosters, SwitzerlandWTTClayHolger Rune4–6, 2–6
Win1–0Jun 2021Almaty II, KazakhstanChallengerClayTomás Barrios Vera6–1, 6–2
Loss1–1Nov 2021Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClayAlejandro Tabilo1–6, 5–7
Loss3–3Sep 2022M15 Sintra, PortugalWTTHardElliot Benchetrit4–6, 1–6
Loss1–2Jan 2023Tigre II, ArgentinaChallengerClayJuan Manuel Cerúndolo3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win4–3Mar 2023M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHardNaoki Nakagawa6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss1–3Apr 2023Rome, ItalyChallengerClaySumit Nagal3–6, 2–6
Win2–3Aug 2023Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PolandChallengerHardBenjamin Hassan6–3, 6–3
Win3–3Jun 2024Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClayDaniel Altmaier7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss3–4Oct 2024Villa María, ArgentinaChallengerClayCamilo Ugo Carabelli6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6
Loss3–5Mar 2025Murcia, SpainChallengerClayCarlos Taberner6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6
LegendFinals by surface
ATP Challenger Tour (8–4)
ITF WTT (7–6)
Hard (5–5)
Clay (10–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2019M15 Doha, QatarWTTHardArnaud BovyZizou Bergs Geoffrey Blancaneaux2–6, 4–6
Win1–1Mar 2019M15 Doha, QatarWTTHardMichiel de KromArnaud Bovy Dominik Boehler6–3, 6–3
Loss1–2Mar 2019M15 Manama, BahrainWTTHardSidane PontjodikromoAlexander Igoshin Vijay S. Prashanth7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Loss1–3Apr 2019M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClaySidane PontjodikromoBogdan Bobrov Patrik Niklas-Salminen2–6, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]
Win2–3Jun 2019M15 Majadahonda, SpainWTTClayMichiel de KromFrederico Gil Florian Lakat6–3, 6–3
Win3–3Jul 2019M15 Den Haag, NetherlandsWTTClayRyan NijboerMichiel de Krom João Lucas Reis da Silva6–1, 6–4
Loss3–4Aug 2019M15 Brussels, BelgiumWTTClayAlec DeckersNick Hardt Luca Gelhardt4–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Sep 2019M15 Pajulahti, FinlandWTTHardRyan NijboerLucas Catarina Baptiste Crepatte4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win4–5Oct 2019M25 Waco, USAWTTHardRyan NijboerMark Whitehouse Michael Geerts7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win5–5Jan 2020M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHardBart StevensLuke Johnson Hugo Voljacques6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss5–6Mar 2020M25 Sunderland, United KingdomWTTHardBart StevensSzymon Walków Jan Zieliński4–6, 4–6
Win6–6Nov 2020M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHardJelle SelsNuno Borges Francisco Cabral7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]
Win7–6Mar 2023M25 Palmanova, SpainWorld Tennis TourClayMax HoukesAlexandru Jecan Kai Wehnelt6–3, 6–4
Loss0–1Jul 2019Amersfoort, NetherlandsChallengerClayRyan NijboerHarri Heliövaara Emil Ruusuvuori3–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Mar 2021St. Petersburg, RussiaChallengerHardSem VerbeekRoberto Quiroz Christopher Eubanks4–6, 3–6
Win1–2Mar 2021St. Petersburg II, RussiaChallengerHardSem VerbeekKonstantin Kravchuk Denis Yevseyev6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win2–2May 2021Oeiras IV, PortugalChallengerClayTim van RijthovenJulian Lenz Roberto Quiroz6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–2Jun 2021Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClayVitaliy SachkoVladyslav Manafov Evgenii Tiurnev7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss3–3Sep 2021Braga, PortugalChallengerClayBart StevensNuno Borges Francisco Cabral3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10]
Win4–3Nov 2021Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClayBart StevensDiego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez7–5, 6–2
Win5–3Mar 2022Santa Cruz de la Sierra II, BoliviaChallengerClayBart StevensNicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win6–3Apr 2022Rome, ItalyChallengerClayBart StevensSadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win7–3Oct 2022Lima II, PeruChallengerClayMax HoukesGuido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán7–6(8–6), 3–6, [12–10]
Win8–3Mar 2025Kigali, RwandaChallengerClayMax HoukesGeoffrey Blancaneaux Zdeněk Kolář6–3, 7–5
Loss8–4Mar 2025Murcia, SpainChallenger 75ClayMats HermansGrégoire Jacq Orlando Luz7–5, 6–1

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:

PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast match
Number 1 ranked players
Carlos Alcaraz0–10%–0–1–Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6) at 2024 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Jannik Sinner0–10%0–1–Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 3 ranked players
Milos Raonic0–10%0–1–Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2024 Rotterdam
Total0–30%0–2 (0%)0–1 (0%)0–0 ( – )* Statistics correct as of 29 May 2024.
  • Jesper de Jong at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  • Jesper de Jong at the International Tennis Federation
  • Jesper de Jong at the Davis Cup (archived former page)
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