Jesper De Jong and Gianluca Mager will face off in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.49
Gianluca Mager -> 2.49
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Gianluca Mager
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 7-3 | 20-10 | 0-2 | 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. 234, Jesper reached the 2nd round after defeating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-3 6-2). During the match, De Jong scored 65 points vs Gengel’s 47. Jesper was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Jong bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jesper De Jong lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 53% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. De Jong broke Gengel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
De Jong has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (181-108). 18-7 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Jong has a compiled100-56 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
De Jong’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Tigre 2 Challenger and M25 Quinta Do Lago.
De Jong has a compiled 28-9 win-loss record in 2023, 18-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Gianluca Mager
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-16 | 0-0 | 24-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-20 | 3-5 | 15-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-28 | 2-5 | 17-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-28 | 4-7 | 22-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 1-4 | 10-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 276, Gianluca reached the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Neuchrist 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mager had a good straight sets win against Neuchrist (7-64 6-4). During the match Mager scored 75 points vs Neuchrist’s 63. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Mager recorded 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Gianluca Mager lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mager put 59% of his first serves in, winning 90% (35/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Gianluca broke Neuchrist 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.
Mager has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 65-47 | 75-63 |
| Total Points | 112 | 138 |
| Winners | 21 | 35 |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% |
Both De Jong and Mager played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, De Jong and Mager have played the same amount of sets 2. However, De Jong played 6 games less than Mager. Jesper scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Mager struck 35 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 39/66 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 35/39 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 11/27 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 41% |
De Jong recorded 3 aces . Mager fired 10 aces . De Jong won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jesper dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Mager broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mager conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | |||
| R1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 32/60 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mager | |||
| R1 Neuchrist |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 75-63 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 35/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWWWWLWL
LWLWLLWLLL Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Francesco FortiForti (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Giovanni FonioFonio (2-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Alexander WeisWeis (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-76 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Jelle SelsSels (0-1) – H2H and prediction
