Jesper De Jong and Alejandro Moro Canas will square off in the quarter of the Rome Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on FUSP 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.56
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 2.29

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Alejandro Moro Canas

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Alejandro Moro Canas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 156, Jesper reached the quarter after defeating Nerman Fatic 3-6 7-6⁶ 4-1 ret. and Marcello Serafini 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Serafini (6-3 6-3). During the match, De Jong scored 64 points vs Serafini’s 42. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Jong managed to score 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jesper broke Serafini 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

De Jong has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (219-131). 7-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, De Jong has an aggregate119-67 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

De Jong has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Alejandro Moro Canas

Ranked no. 218 (career-high), Alejandro got to the quarter after beating Zsombor Piros 6-4 6-3 and Ryan Nijboer 6-7¹ 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Nijboer, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹ 6-4 6-3). During the match Moro Canas scored 119 points vs Nijboer’s 110. Moro Canas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Moro Canas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alejandro Moro Canas lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Moro Canas put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (50/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Moro Canas broke Nijboer 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Moro Canas has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Moro Canas has an overall 14-12 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Jong	Moro Canas
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	5
Tot Games	45	51
Pts	149-126	183-157
Total Points	275	340
Winners	61	75
%Winners	41%	41%

Both De Jong and Moro Canas played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jesper De Jong surrendered 1 set, while Alejandro Moro Canas conceded 1 set. De Jong has played 1 set more than Moro Canas (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that De Jong played 6 games less than Moro Canas. Jesper scored 61 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 75 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Jong	Moro Canas
Aces	8	3
Avg per match	4	1.5
1st in	78/136	106/156
%1st in	57%	68%
1st pts	61/78	75/106
%1st pts	78%	71%
2nd pts	32/58	27/50
%2nd pts	55%	54%

De Jong made 8 aces (4 per match). Moro Canas managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). De Jong won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Moro Canas won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Jong	Moro Canas
Won	5	9
Converted	5/12	9/22
% Converted	42%	41%
Conceded	5	14
Saved	2	11
% Saved	40%	79%
Times Broken	3	3

De Jong broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jesper surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

De Jong
	R1 Fatic	R2 Serafini	Total
Score	3-6 7-66 4-1 ret.	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	18	45
pts	85-84	64-42	149-126
Total points	169	106	275
Winners	38	23	61
%Winners	45%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	49/86	29/50	78/136
% 1st in	57%	58%	57%
1st pts	38/49	23/29	61/78
% 1st pts	78%	79%	78%
2nd pts	19/37	13/21	32/58
% 2nd pts	51%	62%	55%
Breaks
Won	1	4	5
Converted	1/5	4/7	5/12
Converted %	20%	57%	42%
Conceded	3	2	5
Saved	1/3	1/2	2
Saved %	33%	50%	42%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Moro Canas
	R1 Piros	R2 Nijboer	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-71 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	32	51
pts	64-47	119-110	183-157
Total points	111	229	340
Winners	25	50	75
%Winners	39%	42%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	28/43	78/113	106/156
% 1st in	65%	69%	68%
1st pts	25/28	50/78	75/106
% 1st pts	89%	64%	71%
2nd pts	8/15	19/35	27/50
% 2nd pts	53%	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/9	5/13	9/22
Converted %	44%	38%	41%
Conceded	2	12	14
Saved	1/2	10/12	11
Saved %	50%	83%	67%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger

• Lorenzo Rottoli/Samuel Vincent RuggeriRottoli/Samuel Vincent Ruggeri – Julian Cash/Robert GallowayCash/Robert Galloway (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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