Zizou Bergs and Jesper De Jong will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 PM on Court 7. 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.33
Jesper De Jong -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Jesper De Jong
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Jesper De Jong play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bergs won 5-3 ret. in the 2nd round in M15+H Bressuire back in 2021.
Zizou Bergs
24 - 21win/loss
41
33
LWWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-25 | 13-13 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-29 | 20-16 | 2-5 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37, Zizou got to the 2nd round after beating Carlos Taberner 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Taberner (6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Bergs scored 111 points vs Taberner’s 86. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs recorded 11 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (42/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (27/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zizou broke Taberner 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Bergs has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (352-226). 9-10 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has an overall 107-73 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Eastbourne where he defeated Ugo Humbert in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4.
Bergs has an aggregate 23-21 win-loss record in 2026, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2025. See his history.
Jesper De Jong
25 - 25win/loss
102
71
LLWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-27 | 5-11 | 20-13 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 100, De got to the 2nd round after beating Francesco Passaro 2-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Jesper had a tough win against Passaro to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (2-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match De scored 149 points vs Passaro’s 133. Jesper was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, De managed to score 14 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 15 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, De put 48% of his first serves in, winning 82% (53/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (32/71) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Passaro 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Cattolica Challenger where he overcame Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 6-3 6-2.
Jesper has an overall 25-24 win-loss record in 2026, 3-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 43 |
| Pts | 111-86 | 149-133 |
| Total Points | 197 | 282 |
| Winners | 42 | 53 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Bergs and De played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Zizou Bergs dropped 1 set, while Jesper De Jong surrendered 2 sets. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than De (4 vs 5). Therefore, Bergs played 9 games less than De. The Belgian scored 42 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch bagged 53 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 14 |
| 1st in | 51/100 | 65/136 |
| %1st in | 51% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 53/65 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 27/49 | 32/71 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 45% |
Bergs made 11 aces . De struck 14 aces . Bergs won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, De won 82% 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 | Bergs | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 86% | 37% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||
| R1 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 111-86 | 111-86 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 51/100 | 51/100 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 42/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| De | |||
| R1 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 43 | 43 | |
| pts | 149-133 | 149-133 | |
| Total points | 282 | 282 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 15 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 65/136 | 65/136 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 53/65 | 53/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/71 | 32/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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