Jesper De Jong and Akira Santillan will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on KIA Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.63
Akira Santillan -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Akira Santillan

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Akira Santillan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Jesper De Jong

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Rank
76
High
76
LWLLLWWLWW
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. 226, Jesper will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Traralgon Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Machac in the semifinal on the 8th of January.

Jesper has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Dutch’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Jesper has an overall 132-72 record. He has a positive 46-25 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Jesper has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
De Jong's Record

Akira Santillan

Akira Santillan

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Rank
348
High
144
LWWWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 61-22 33-13 6-2 22-7 0-0 0-0
2024 3-7 3-6 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 39-33 11-13 21-14 7-6 0-0 0-0
2022 37-28 28-19 9-8 0-0 0-0 0-1
2021 20-15 2-5 12-7 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 335, Santillan will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Traralgon Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Machac in the 3rd round on the 6th of January.

Akira has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 204-152 record. He has a positive 135-87 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.

Australian Open
Santillan's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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