Jesper De Jong and Alexander Weis will square off in the quarter of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.152
Alexander Weis -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Alexander Weis
This will be the 2nd time that Jesper De Jong and Alexander Weis play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Jong (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, De Jong won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Tunis Challenger back in 2023.
Jesper De Jong
25 - 15win/loss
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103
LWWLLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 31-12 | 7-3 | 14-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, the Dutch reached the quarter after beating Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-3 and Ignacio Buse 7-61 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Buse (7-61 6-4). During the match, De Jong scored 89 points vs Buse’s 80. Jesper was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Jong struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was quite effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dutch broke Buse twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (229-137). 17-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Jong has an overall129-73 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Dutch has an overall 24-15 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
De Jong has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Weis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-35 | 0-0 | 28-35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-37 | 0-2 | 51-33 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 58-30 | 2-3 | 55-24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-31 | 0-0 | 49-30 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 6-2, Blake Mott 6-2 2-6 6-3, Valentin Royer 3-6 6-1 7-65 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexander defeated Agustin Tirante (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Weis scored 87 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 81. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Weis recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Weis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Weis put 52% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (16/43) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Agustin Tirante 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Weis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Weis’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Alexander has a composed 18-18 win-loss record in 2024, 18-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Weis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 97 |
| Pts | 156-133 | 315-275 |
| Total Points | 289 | 590 |
| Winners | 56 | 111 |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% |
De Jong played 2 matches while Weis competed in 4 matches. Weis started his run from the qualifications while De Jong had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Weis surrendered 3 sets while Jesper De Jong hasn’t surrendered a set so far. De Jong has played 7 set(s) less than Weis (4 vs 11). Therefore, De Jong played 57 games less than Weis. Jesper scored 56 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Weis struck 111 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Weis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 75/145 | 150/290 |
| %1st in | 52% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 56/75 | 111/150 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 35/70 | 74/140 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
De Jong managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Weis scored 13 aces (3.3 per match). De Jong won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Weis won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Weis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 17/35 |
| % Converted | 33% | 49% |
| Conceded | 17 | 16 |
| Saved | 14 | 6 |
| % Saved | 82% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
Jesper broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Dutch dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | ||||
| R1 Muller |
R2 Buse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 89-80 | 156-133 | |
| Total points | 120 | 169 | 289 | |
| Winners | 21 | 35 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 28/59 | 47/86 | 75/145 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 55% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 35/47 | 56/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 21/39 | 35/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/9 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 22% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 9/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 90% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Weis | ||||||
| Q1 Piraino |
Q3 Mott |
R1 Royer |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 7-65 | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 97 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 76-70 | 91-85 | 87-81 | 315-275 | |
| Total points | 100 | 146 | 176 | 168 | 590 | |
| Winners | 17 | 21 | 35 | 38 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | 38% | 44% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 30/64 | 51/91 | 47/90 | 150/290 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 47% | 56% | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 21/30 | 35/51 | 38/47 | 111/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 69% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/34 | 24/40 | 16/43 | 74/140 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 50% | 60% | 37% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 50% | 33% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
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