Matteo Arnaldi and Jesper De Jong will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.533
Jesper De Jong -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jesper De Jong
This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Arnaldi and Jesper De Jong play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Arnaldi won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Alicante Challenger back in 2022.
Matteo Arnaldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-13 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 76, Arnaldi will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Bastad where he lost 6-3 4-6 7-6(6) to Musetti in the 2nd round on the 19th of July.
Arnaldi has an aggregate 33-17 win-loss record in 2023, 20-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he overcame Raul Brancaccio in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(4) and the Heilbronn Challenger where he overcame Facundo Diaz Acosta in the final 7-6(4) 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Arnaldi has an overall 169-99 record. He has a positive 112-54 record on clay.
Previously in Umag
Matteo 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. 180, De got to the 1st round after defeating Raul Brancaccio 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Tomas Barrios Vera 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, De had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (6-2 6-4). During the match De scored 58 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 43. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, De blasted 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jesper De Jong was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jesper broke Tomas Barrios Vera 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
De started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Jesper’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Tigre 2 Challenger,M25 Quinta Do Lago and the Rome Challenger.
The Dutch has an overall 43-17 win-loss record in 2023, 30-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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