Flavio Cobolli and Jesper De Jong will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.69
Jesper De Jong -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Jesper De Jong
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Jesper De Jong play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cobolli won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Napoli Challenger back in 2021.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-19 | 14-7 | 8-7 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, Cobolli got to the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-610 4-6 7-61, Francesco Forti 7-5 6-1 and Marco Trungelliti 7-5 7-5.
In the quarter, Cobolli had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (7-5 7-5). During the match, Cobolli scored 89 points vs Trungelliti’s 79. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cobolli fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 49% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Trungelliti 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cobolli has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Cobolli has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (109-88). 14-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cobolli has a compiled83-57 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Flavio’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger.
Flavio has an overall 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
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, the Dutch got to the semifinal after defeating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2, Gianluca Mager 6-0 6-3 and Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, De had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-3 6-4). During the match De scored 74 points vs Agamenone’s 61. Jesper was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, De made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, De put 61% of his first serves in, winning 77% (33/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. De broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Dutch’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tigre 2 Challenger and M25 Quinta Do Lago.
Jesper has a composed 30-9 win-loss record in 2023, 20-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 79 | 51 |
| Pts | 271-243 | 204-149 |
| Total Points | 514 | 353 |
| Winners | 85 | 82 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Both Cobolli and De played 3 matches. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli surrendered 1 set while Jesper De Jong hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cobolli has played 1 set more than De (7 vs 6). Therefore, Cobolli played 28 games more than De. Cobolli scored 85 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Jesper bagged 82 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 118/248 | 111/176 |
| %1st in | 48% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 85/118 | 82/111 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 72/130 | 33/65 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 51% |
Cobolli blasted 15 aces (5 per match). De made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Cobolli won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, De won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/28 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 47% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 4 |
Flavio broke his opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. Flavio lost his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jesper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | |||||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
R2 Forti |
1/4 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-610 4-6 7-61 | 7-5 6-1 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 19 | 24 | 79 | |
| pts | 116-115 | 66-49 | 89-79 | 271-243 | |
| Total points | 231 | 115 | 168 | 514 | |
| Winners | 38 | 16 | 31 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 24% | 35% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 53/106 | 23/56 | 42/86 | 118/248 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 41% | 49% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 16/23 | 31/42 | 85/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 70% | 74% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 22/33 | 20/44 | 72/130 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 67% | 45% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/6 | 5/8 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 83% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 4/5 | 3/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 80% | 50% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| De | |||||
| R1 Gengel |
R2 Mager |
1/4 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-41 | 74-61 | 204-149 | |
| Total points | 112 | 106 | 135 | 353 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 33 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 36/46 | 43/70 | 111/176 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 78% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 28/36 | 33/43 | 82/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 78% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 4/10 | 11/27 | 33/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 40% | 41% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/13 | 4/10 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/5 | 4/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 80% | 67% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Alexander RitschardRitschard (5-7 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Max HoukesHoukes (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul – Inigo Cervantes/Oriol Roca BatallaCervantes/Oriol Roca Batalla (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Alexander RitschardRitschard (5-7 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Max HoukesHoukes (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Jesper De JongDe Jong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
