Jesper De Jong and Martin Klizan will square off in the semifinal of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.66
Martin Klizan -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Martin Klizan

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Martin Klizan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 146, Jesper reached the semifinal after defeating Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-3, Ignacio Buse 7-6¹ 6-4 and Alexander Weis 5-7 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter against Weis, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match, De Jong scored 89 points vs Weis’s 82. Jesper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Jong managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. De Jong broke Weis 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

De Jong has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (230-137). 18-10 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, De Jong has an aggregate130-73 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

De Jong has an aggregate 25-15 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Jesper has never competed in this tournament before.

Martin Klizan

Ranked no. 466, the Slovakian got to the semifinal after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-3, Luka Mikrut 6-2 6-7³ 7-6⁵, Giulio Zeppieri 3-3 ret., Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-2 6-2 and Tristan Boyer 7-5 7-5.

In the quarter, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Boyer (7-5 7-5). During the match Klizan scored 72 points vs Boyer’s 59. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Klizan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Martin Klizan was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovakian broke Boyer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Klizan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Martin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Telde,M25 Valldoreix and M25 Reggio Emilia.

The Slovakian has an overall 37-6 win-loss record in 2024, 24-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Jong	Klizan
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	11
Tot Games	70	96
Pts	245-215	324-255
Total Points	460	579
Winners	89	110
%Winners	36%	34%

De Jong played 3 matches while Klizan competed in 5 matches. Klizan 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 conceded 1 set, while Martin Klizan lost 1 set. De Jong has played 4 set(s) less than Klizan (7 vs 11). Therefore, De Jong played 26 games less than Klizan. Jesper scored 89 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Martin managed to score 110 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Jong	Klizan
Aces	11	14
Avg per match	3.7	2.8
1st in	117/233	154/291
%1st in	50%	53%
1st pts	89/117	110/154
%1st pts	76%	71%
2nd pts	59/116	73/137
%2nd pts	51%	53%

De Jong blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Klizan made 14 aces (2.8 per match). De Jong won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Jong	Klizan
Won	12	23
Converted	12/28	23/41
% Converted	43%	56%
Conceded	26	23
Saved	20	12
% Saved	77%	52%
Times Broken	6	11

De Jong broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. De Jong surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Martin broke his opponents 23 times with a 56% conversion rate. Klizan conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.

De Jong
	R1 Muller	R2 Buse	1/4 Weis	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	7-61 6-4	5-7 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	23	30	70
pts	67-53	89-80	89-82	245-215
Total points	120	169	171	460
Winners	21	35	33	89
%Winners	31%	39%	37%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	5	11
Double Faults	5	5	6	16
1st in	28/59	47/86	42/88	117/233
% 1st in	47%	55%	48%	50%
1st pts	21/28	35/47	33/42	89/117
% 1st pts	75%	74%	79%	76%
2nd pts	14/31	21/39	24/46	59/116
% 2nd pts	45%	54%	52%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	2	5	12
Converted	5/12	2/9	5/7	12/28
Converted %	42%	22%	71%	43%
Conceded	7	10	9	26
Saved	5/7	9/10	6/9	20
Saved %	71%	90%	67%	76%
Times Broken	2	1	3	6

Klizan
	Q1 Brancaccio	Q3 Mikrut	R1 Zeppieri	R2 Pablo Ficovich	1/4 Boyer	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-2 6-73 7-65	3-3 ret.	6-2 6-2	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	1	2	2	10
Tot Games	16	34	6	16	24	96
pts	60-40	115-104	24-21	53-31	72-59	324-255
Total points	100	219	45	84	131	579
Winners	16	40	9	19	26	110
%Winners	27%	35%	38%	36%	36%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	2	5	1	14
Double Faults	3	6	2	3	2	16
1st in	25/50	59/110	12/27	24/41	34/63	154/291
% 1st in	50%	54%	44%	59%	54%	53%
1st pts	16/25	40/59	9/12	19/24	26/34	110/154
% 1st pts	64%	68%	75%	79%	76%	71%
2nd pts	13/25	27/51	4/15	11/17	18/29	73/137
% 2nd pts	52%	53%	27%	65%	62%	53%
Breaks
Won	6	6	2	5	4	23
Converted	6/8	6/11	2/3	5/8	4/11	23/41
Converted %	75%	55%	67%	63%	36%	56%
Conceded	4	10	5	1	3	23
Saved	2/4	6/10	3/5	0/1	1/3	12
Saved %	50%	60%	60%	0%	33%	68%
Times Broken	2	4	2	1	2	11

Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger

• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-7⁴ 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander WeisWeis (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Martin KlizanKlizan – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-7(4) 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander WeisWeis (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Martin KlizanKlizan – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico CoriaCoria – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-3) – H2H and prediction