Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 160 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 23 May 2022. De Jong has won one singles and five

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doubles titles.

Professional career

2021: Maiden single Challenger title, top 250 in singles, top 200 in doubles

In March, he won his first Challenger title at the

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with

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. He won his third doubles title at the 2021 Almaty Challenger with

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. As a result, he hit a career-high in doubles of No. 204 on 14 June 2021. A week later, De Jong won also his first singles Challenger at the 2021 Almaty Challenger II defeating

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which resulted in a career-high of No. 260 on 21 June 2021.

2022: Top 160 in singles, top 150 in doubles, ATP debut

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

at the

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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 The 2022 Libéma Open was a professional tennis tournament played on the outdoor grass courts at Autotron Rosmalen in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 6 June to 12 June 2022. It was the 31st edition of the Rosmalen Grass Court Champi ...

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.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Doubles: 22 (13–9)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

''Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying.''

References

External links

* * * 2000 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Sportspeople from Haarlem Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub