Jesper De Jong and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on VOLVO ARENA . Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.46
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Jesper De Jong and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Basilashvili won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Murcia Challenger back in March 2024.
Jesper De Jong
32 - 17win/loss
111
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. 112 (career-high), Jesper reached the quarter after beating Gianluca Mager 6-4 7-5 and Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Lucas Reis Da (6-4 6-1). During the match, De Jong scored 64 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 46. The Dutch was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Jong managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. De Jong broke Lucas Reis Da 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jesper hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
De Jong has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (237-139). 24-11 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, De Jong has a composed136-74 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Sassuolo Challenger where he defeated Daniel Altmaier in the final 7-6(5) 6-1.
De Jong has an overall 32-17 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Nikoloz Basilashvili
34 - 21win/loss
215
16
WLWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-31 | 11-7 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 443, Nikoloz got to the quarter after defeating Matteo Sciahbasi 6-2 6-0, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 7-6(3), Adrian Andreev 6-1 ret. and Jacopo Berrettini 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (6-3 6-3). During the match Basilashvili scored 66 points vs Berrettini’s 50. Nikoloz was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nikoloz broke Berrettini 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikoloz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
The Georgean’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.
Nikoloz has an overall 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 23-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 62 |
| Pts | 143-114 | 236-171 |
| Total Points | 257 | 407 |
| Winners | 50 | 85 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
De Jong played 2 matches while Basilashvili competed in 4 matches. Basilashvili started his run from the qualifications while De Jong had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. De Jong has played 4 set(s) less than Basilashvili (4 vs 8). Therefore, De Jong played 23 games less than Basilashvili. Jesper scored 50 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz managed to score 85 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 75/121 | 119/199 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 50/75 | 85/119 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 30/46 | 45/80 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 56% |
De Jong made 10 aces (5 per match). Basilashvili managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). De Jong won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 16 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 16/31 |
| % Converted | 42% | 52% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 73% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Jesper broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. De Jong surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | ||||
| R1 Mager |
R2 Lucas Reis Da |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 64-46 | 143-114 | |
| Total points | 147 | 110 | 257 | |
| Winners | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 30/51 | 75/121 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 22/30 | 50/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 73% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 14/21 | 30/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||||
| Q1 Sciahbasi |
Q3 Pucinelli De Almeida |
R1 Andreev |
R2 Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 7-63 | 6-1 ret. | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 62 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 76-67 | 31-16 | 66-50 | 236-171 | |
| Total points | 101 | 143 | 47 | 116 | 407 | |
| Winners | 18 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 46% | 39% | 30% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 49/72 | 15/26 | 28/55 | 119/199 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 58% | 51% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 35/49 | 12/15 | 20/28 | 85/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 80% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/23 | 6/11 | 15/27 | 45/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 52% | 55% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 5/9 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 50% | 67% | 56% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 100% | 60% | 118% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
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