Jesper de Jong

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. 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 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. 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. 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.

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 (–)

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)

Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (8–4)ITF WTT (7–6)Finals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (10–5)

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: