Jesper De Jong and Salvatore Caruso will square off in the 2nd round of the Tenerife 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.27
Salvatore Caruso -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Salvatore Caruso
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Salvatore Caruso 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. 143, De Jong reached the 2nd round after beating August Holmgren 2-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Holmgren, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3).During the match, De Jong scored less points (8) than Holmgren. In fact, the world no. 143 won 88 points vs Holmgren’s. That means that De Jong was more focused during the important points. Jesper was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Jong recorded 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 17 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Holmgren 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (212-126). 7-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, De Jong has an aggregate81-37 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Jesper has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Salvatore Caruso
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 8-9 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 6-6 | 32-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 10-6 | 10-13 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-25 | 9-9 | 7-11 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-20 | 7-8 | 8-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, Caruso got to the 2nd round after beating Oleksii Krutykh 6-2 3-6 6-4 and Mitchell Krueger 6-4 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Salvatore defeated Krueger (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match Caruso scored 110 points vs Krueger’s 100. Salvatore was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Caruso managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Salvatore Caruso was quite effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Caruso broke Krueger 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Italian has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 59 |
| Pts | 88-96 | 199-182 |
| Total Points | 184 | 381 |
| Winners | 43 | 72 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
De Jong played 1 match while Caruso competed in 2 matches. Caruso started his run from the qualifications while De Jong had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jesper De Jong surrendered 1 set, while Salvatore Caruso lost 2 sets. De Jong has played 3 set(s) less than Caruso (3 vs 6). Therefore, De Jong played 32 games less than Caruso. The Dutch scored 43 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Caruso scored 72 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 65/109 | 97/179 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 72/97 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 39/82 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 48% |
De Jong scored 7 aces . Caruso struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). De Jong won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 43% | 64% |
| Conceded | 20 | 17 |
| Saved | 17 | 11 |
| % Saved | 85% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
De Jong broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. De Jong dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Salvatore broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Salvatore conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | |||
| R1 Holmgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-96 | 88-96 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 65/109 | 65/109 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 43/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 20/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 17/20 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Caruso | |||||
| Q1 Krutykh |
Q3 Brancaccio |
R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 32 | 76 | |
| pts | 89-82 | – | 110-100 | 199-182 | |
| Total points | 171 | 0 | 210 | 381 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | 72 | ||
| %Winners | 40% | 0% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 48/85 | / | 49/94 | 97/179 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 0% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | / | 36/49 | 72/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 0% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/37 | / | 25/45 | 39/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 0% | 56% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 4/8 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 0% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/ | 5/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 63% | 130% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Tenerife 2 Challenger
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Steven DiezDiez (7-5 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Giovanni FonioFonio (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Daniel RinconRincon (3-6 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – August HolmgrenHolmgren (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Richard ZusmanZusman (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Daniel RinconRincon (3-6 7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Steven DiezDiez (7-5 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Giovanni FonioFonio (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – August HolmgrenHolmgren (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Jules MarieMarie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
