Tomas Barrios Vera and Jesper De Jong will square off in the qualifications of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.77
Jesper De Jong -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jesper De Jong
This will be the 3rd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Jesper De Jong fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for De Jong (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, De Jong won 6-1 7-6(0) in the 1st round in the Santiago Challenger back in 2022.
Tomas Barrios Vera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-28 | 5-5 | 43-20 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-28 | 6-5 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Marcelo reached the qualifications after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Marcelo had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-4 6-2). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 65 points vs Serdarusic’s 49. Marcelo was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Tomas Barrios Vera was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chilean broke Serdarusic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (312-170). 35-15 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomas Barrios Vera has a compiled234-123 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat Dominik Koepfer in the final 7-6(6) 7-5 and the Florianopolis Challenger where he beat Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-4 6-4.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a composed 40-18 win-loss record in 2023, 35-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
The Chilean has never competed in this tournament before.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-31 | 8-7 | 20-13 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-25 | 12-5 | 33-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, Jesper got to the qualifications after beating Raul Brancaccio 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Brancaccio, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match De Jong scored 100 points vs Brancaccio’s 91. Jesper was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, De Jong recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve twice and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 63% of his first serves in, winning 71% (49/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Jesper’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Tigre 2 Challenger,M25 Quinta Do Lago and the Rome Challenger.
The Dutch has a composed 42-17 win-loss record in 2023, 29-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 |
| Pts | 65-49 | 100-91 |
| Total Points | 114 | 191 |
| Winners | 30 | 49 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Both Tomas Barrios Vera and De Jong played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jesper De Jong lost 1 set while Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t lost a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 1 set(s) less than De Jong (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 9 games less than De Jong. Tomas Barrios Vera scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch made 49 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 42/55 | 69/109 |
| %1st in | 76% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 49/69 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 18/40 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 45% |
Tomas Barrios Vera bagged 1 ace . De Jong also blasted 2 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, De Jong won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 57% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 75% | 87% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Chilean broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Chilean surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Jesper broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. De Jong conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | |||
| Q1 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| De Jong | |||
| Q1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 100-91 | 100-91 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 69/109 | 69/109 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 13/15 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 87% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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