Gilles Simon and Jesper De Jong will square off in the quarter of the Traralgon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gilles Simon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gilles Simon is the pick to win this match.
Gilles Simon -> 1.61
Jesper De Jong -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gilles Simon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25-29 | 7-6 | 4-10 | 11-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-24 | 2-4 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 4-4 | 1-5 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 28-27 | 8-11 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 35-26 | 8-7 | 10-8 | 13-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, the French player reached the quarter after beating Tim Van Rijthoven 6-0 6-2 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-0 2-1 ret..
In the 3rd round, Gilles had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-0 2-1 ret.). During the match, Simon scored 42 points vs Blancaneaux’s 24. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 8 winners.
Regarding the service games, Simon scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Gilles Simon was quite effective on serve to win 80% (8/10) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Simon has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (244-217). 2-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Simon has an aggregate 80-73 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Gilles has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Traralgon Challenger
Gilles has never competed in this tournament before.
Jesper De Jong
| 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. 226, De got to the quarter after defeating Dominic Stephan Stricker 7-5 6-2 and Jeff Wolf 7-63 7-610.
In the 3rd round, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Wolf (7-63 7-610). During the match De scored 87 points vs Wolf’s 75. Jesper was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, De made 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jesper De Jong was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 82% (18/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
De has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simon | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 46 |
| Pts | 93-46 | 161-136 |
| Total Points | 139 | 297 |
| Winners | 29 | 77 |
| %Winners | 31% | 48% |
Both Simon and De played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Simon has played 1 set more than De (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Simon played 23 games less than De. Simon scored 29 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch bagged 77 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simon | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 97/141 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 77/97 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 27/44 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 61% |
Simon scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). De bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Simon won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, De won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simon | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 4 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Gilles broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Gilles was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. De broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Simon | ||||
| R2 Van Rijthoven |
R3 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-0 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 9 | 23 | |
| pts | 51-22 | 42-24 | 93-46 | |
| Total points | 73 | 66 | 139 | |
| Winners | 21 | 8 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 19% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/37 | 10/21 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 48% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 8/10 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 8/11 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 73% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/7 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 57% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| De | ||||
| R2 Stephan Stricker |
R3 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-63 7-610 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 46 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 87-75 | 161-136 | |
| Total points | 135 | 162 | 297 | |
| Winners | 32 | 45 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 57/79 | 97/141 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 45/57 | 77/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 18/22 | 27/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 82% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 0/2 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 0% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWLLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Traralgon Challenger
- Gilles SimonSimon – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-0 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Jeff WolfWolf (7-63 7-610) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Jeff WolfWolf (7-6(3) 7-6(10)) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gilles SimonSimon – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
