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.
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 debut 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.
2022–23: ATP Tour debut, top 150 in singles and in doubles Following a semifinal showing at the Challenger in Traralgon, Australia in January, de Jong 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.
De Jong 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.
2024: Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open De Jong 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.
2025–26: Major fourth round, Masters debut & third round, top 100
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).
Performance timeline
Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament20222023202420252026Win % Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ3A2RQ11R0 / 21–2French OpenQ2Q32R2R4R0 / 35–3WimbledonQ1Q2Q22R2R0 / 22–2US OpenQ3Q2Q31R0 / 10–1Win–loss0-00–02–22–34–30 / 88–8ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAQ10 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAQ11R0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAQ23R1R0 / 22–2Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNHAA3R0 / 12–1Paris MastersAAAQ20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–04–20–20 / 44–4
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP 1000 (–)ATP 500 (–)ATP 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (0–1)Grass (–)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Swedish Open, SwedenATP 250Clay Luciano Darderi4–6, 6–3, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (4–5)ITF WTT (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (5–7)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Marburg, GermanyWTTClay Louis Wessels6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)Win1–1M15 Oldenzaal, NetherlandsWTTClay Amadatus Admiraal6–0, 6–4Win2–1M15 Haren, NetherlandsWTTClay Juan Ignacio Galarza7–5, 6–0Win3–1M25 Fort Worth, USAWTTHard Ryan Peniston6–2, 6–0Loss3–2M25 Klosters, SwitzerlandWTTClay Holger Rune4–6, 2–6Win1–0Almaty II, KazakhstanChallengerClay Tomás Barrios Vera6–1, 6–2Loss1–1Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Alejandro Tabilo1–6, 5–7Loss3–3M15 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Elliot Benchetrit4–6, 1–6Loss1–2Tigre II, ArgentinaChallengerClay Juan Manuel Cerúndolo3–6, 6–2, 2–6Win4–3M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHard Naoki Nakagawa6–1, 5–7, 6–4Loss1–3Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Sumit Nagal3–6, 2–6Win2–3Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PolandChallengerHard Benjamin Hassan6–3, 6–3Win3–3Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Altmaier7–6(7–5), 6–1Loss3–4Villa María, ArgentinaChallengerClay Camilo Ugo Carabelli6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–6Loss3–5Murcia, SpainChallengerClay Carlos Taberner 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 2–6Win4–5Cattolica, ItalyChallengerClay Roberto Carballés Baena 6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (8–4)ITF WTT (7–6)Finals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (10–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Doha, QatarWTTHard Arnaud Bovy Zizou Bergs Geoffrey Blancaneaux2–6, 4–6Win1–1M15 Doha, QatarWTTHard Michiel de Krom Arnaud Bovy Dominik Boehler6–3, 6–3Loss1–2M15 Manama, BahrainWTTHard Sidane Pontjodikromo Alexander Igoshin Vijay S. Prashanth7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]Loss1–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Sidane Pontjodikromo Bogdan Bobrov Patrik Niklas-Salminen2–6, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]Win2–3M15 Majadahonda, SpainWTTClay Michiel de Krom Frederico Gil Florian Lakat6–3, 6–3Win3–3M15 Den Haag, NetherlandsWTTClay Ryan Nijboer Michiel de Krom João Lucas Reis da Silva6–1, 6–4Loss3–4M15 Brussels, BelgiumWTTClay Alec Deckers Nick Hardt Luca Gelhardt4–6, 4–6Loss3–5M15 Pajulahti, FinlandWTTHard Ryan Nijboer Lucas Catarina Baptiste Crepatte4–6, 6–1, [5–10]Win4–5M25 Waco, USAWTTHard Ryan Nijboer Mark Whitehouse Michael Geerts7–6(7–4), 6–1Win5–5M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Bart Stevens Luke Johnson Hugo Voljacques6–4, 3–6, [10–8]Loss5–6M25 Sunderland, United KingdomWTTHard Bart Stevens Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński4–6, 4–6Win6–6M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Jelle Sels Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral7–6(7–3), 5–7, [10–8]Win7–6M25 Palmanova, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Max Houkes Alexandru Jecan Kai Wehnelt6–3, 6–4Loss0–1Amersfoort, NetherlandsChallengerClay Ryan Nijboer Harri Heliövaara Emil Ruusuvuori3–6, 4–6Loss0–2St. Petersburg, RussiaChallengerHard Sem Verbeek Roberto Quiroz Christopher Eubanks4–6, 3–6Win1–2St. Petersburg II, RussiaChallengerHard Sem Verbeek Konstantin Kravchuk Denis Yevseyev6–1, 3–6, [10–5]Win2–2Oeiras IV, PortugalChallengerClay Tim van Rijthoven Julian Lenz Roberto Quiroz6–1, 7–6(7–3)Win3–2Almaty, KazakhstanChallengerClay Vitaliy Sachko Vladyslav Manafov Evgenii Tiurnev7–6(7–4), 6–1Loss3–3Braga, PortugalChallengerClay Bart Stevens Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral 3–6, 7–6 (7–4), [5–10]Win4–3Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Bart Stevens Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez7–5, 6–2Win5–3Santa Cruz de la Sierra II, BoliviaChallengerClay Bart Stevens Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–4, 3–6, [10–6]Win6–3Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Bart Stevens Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul3–6, 7–5, [10–8]Win7–3Lima II, PeruChallengerClay Max Houkes Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán7–6(8–6), 3–6, [12–10]Win8–3Kigali, RwandaChallengerClay Max Houkes Geoffrey Blancaneaux Zdeněk Kolář 6–3, 7–5Loss8–4Murcia, SpainChallenger 75Clay Mats Hermans Grégoire Jacq Orlando Luz7–5, 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:
PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast matchNumber 1 ranked players Carlos Alcaraz0–1–0–1–Lost (3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6) at 2024 French OpenNumber 2 ranked players Jannik Sinner0–10–1–Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2024 Australian OpenNumber 3 ranked players Milos Raonic0–10–1–Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2024 RotterdamTotal0–30–2 ()0–1 ()0–0 ()* Statistics correct as of 29 May 2024.
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