Jesper De Jong and Marcello Serafini will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on FUSP CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.46
Marcello Serafini -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Marcello Serafini
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Marcello Serafini since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jesper De Jong
13 - 9win/loss
112
103
LWWLLWWWWL | 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. 156, Jesper reached the 2nd round after defeating Nerman Fatic 3-6 7-66 4-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Fatic, De Jong had a free pass after Fatic retired on a 3-6 7-66 4-1 . scoreline.
De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (218-131). 6-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Jong has an aggregate118-67 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Dutch has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-31 | 0-0 | 19-22 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 405 (career-high), the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 3-6 6-3 5-1 ret., Massimo Giunta 7-67 6-1 and Raul Brancaccio 3-6 7-62 6-4.
In the 1st round against Brancaccio, Marcello recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 6-4).During the match Serafini scored less points (2) than Brancaccio. In fact, the world no. 156 won 94 points vs Brancaccio’s. That means that Serafini was more focused during the important points. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Serafini managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marcello Serafini lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 66% of his first serves in, winning 73% (47/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Marcello broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Serafini has an overall 22-12 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Marcello has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 76 |
| Pts | 85-84 | 258-230 |
| Total Points | 169 | 488 |
| Winners | 38 | 125 |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% |
De Jong played 1 match while Serafini competed in 3 matches. Serafini 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 lost 1 set, while Marcello Serafini lost 2 sets. De Jong has played 5 set(s) less than Serafini (4 vs 9). Therefore, De Jong played 49 games less than Serafini. The Dutch scored 38 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Marcello fired 125 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 49/86 | 169/255 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 125/169 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 39/86 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
De Jong managed to score 3 aces . Serafini recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). De Jong won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 11 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 20% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 21 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Jesper broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The Dutch surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Marcello broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | |||
| R1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 85-84 | 85-84 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/86 | 49/86 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Serafini | |||||
| Q1 Barranco |
Q3 Giunta |
R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 5-1 ret. | 7-67 6-1 | 3-6 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 20 | 32 | 76 | |
| pts | 93-77 | 71-57 | 94-96 | 258-230 | |
| Total points | 170 | 128 | 190 | 488 | |
| Winners | 45 | 33 | 47 | 125 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 63/90 | 42/68 | 64/97 | 169/255 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 62% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 33/42 | 47/64 | 125/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 79% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 16/26 | 13/33 | 39/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 62% | 39% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/5 | 4/7 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 8 | 21 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 2/2 | 4/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 100% | 50% | 223% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
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