Daniel Altmaier and Jesper De Jong will play each other in the final of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Altmaier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Altmaier is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Altmaier -> 1.78
Jesper De Jong -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Altmaier vs. Jesper De Jong

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniel Altmaier and Jesper De Jong play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Altmaier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Altmaier won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in the Guayaquil Challenger back in 2022.

Daniel Altmaier

Ranked no. 82, Altmaier reached the final after beating Elias Ymer 6-1 6-0, Stefano Travaglia 6-3 2-6 6-4, Riccardo Bonadio 6-7⁴ 6-2 7-5 and Federico Coria 6-7⁷ 6-4 7-6³.

In the semifinal against Coria, Altmaier recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 6-4 7-6³). During the match, Altmaier scored 136 points vs Coria’s 131. Altmaier was very aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Altmaier fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Daniel Altmaier lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Altmaier put 58% of his first serves in, winning 75% (57/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (19/55) on the 2nd serve. Altmaier broke Coria 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel has lost 3 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Altmaier has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (352-225). 13-13 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Altmaier has an overall 170-108 match record in the last years on clay.

Altmaier’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger and the Sassuolo Challenger.

Altmaier has a compiled 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 146, Jesper got to the final after defeating Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-3, Ignacio Buse 7-6¹ 6-4, Alexander Weis 5-7 6-3 6-3 and Martin Klizan 4-6 6-1 6-0.

In the semifinal against Klizan, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-0). During the match De scored 78 points vs Klizan’s 49. Jesper was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, De struck 17 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was very efficient on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dutch broke Klizan 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Dutch has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Jesper’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.

The Dutch has a compiled 26-15 win-loss record in 2024, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Altmaier	De
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	10
Tot Games	109	93
Pts	402-341	323-264
Total Points	743	587
Winners	151	125
%Winners	38%	39%

Both Altmaier and De played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Altmaier surrendered 3 sets, while Jesper De Jong dropped 2 sets. Altmaier has played 1 set more than De (11 vs 10). Therefore, Altmaier played 16 games more than De. The German scored 151 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, De blasted 125 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Altmaier	De
Aces	27	28
Avg per match	6.8	7
1st in	200/372	158/294
%1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	151/200	125/158
%1st pts	76%	79%
2nd pts	84/172	70/136
%2nd pts	49%	51%

Altmaier struck 27 aces (6.8 per match). De blasted 28 aces (7 per match). Altmaier won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, De won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Altmaier	De
Won	19	17
Converted	19/33	17/36
% Converted	58%	47%
Conceded	34	30
Saved	24	23
% Saved	71%	77%
Times Broken	10	7

Daniel broke his opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Jesper broke his opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. De conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Altmaier
	R1 Ymer	R2 Travaglia	1/4 Bonadio	1/2 Coria	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-3 2-6 6-4	6-74 6-2 7-5	6-77 6-4 7-63
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	13	27	33	36	109
pts	53-18	99-97	114-95	136-131	402-341
Total points	71	196	209	267	743
Winners	18	34	42	57	151
%Winners	34%	34%	37%	42%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	9	8	27
Double Faults	0	5	3	5	13
1st in	19/31	52/110	53/100	76/131	200/372
% 1st in	61%	47%	53%	58%	54%
1st pts	18/19	34/52	42/53	57/76	151/200
% 1st pts	95%	65%	79%	75%	76%
2nd pts	10/12	28/58	27/47	19/55	84/172
% 2nd pts	83%	48%	57%	35%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	5	19
Converted	5/5	4/8	5/9	5/11	19/33
Converted %	100%	50%	56%	45%	58%
Conceded	0	15	7	12	34
Saved	0/0	11/15	5/7	8/12	24
Saved %	–	73%	71%	67%	53%
Times Broken	0	4	2	4	10

De
	R1 Muller	R2 Buse	1/4 Weis	1/2 Klizan	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	7-61 6-4	5-7 6-3 6-3	4-6 6-1 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	17	23	30	23	93
pts	67-53	89-80	89-82	78-49	323-264
Total points	120	169	171	127	587
Winners	21	35	33	36	125
%Winners	31%	39%	37%	46%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	5	17	28
Double Faults	5	5	6	2	18
1st in	28/59	47/86	42/88	41/61	158/294
% 1st in	47%	55%	48%	67%	54%
1st pts	21/28	35/47	33/42	36/41	125/158
% 1st pts	75%	74%	79%	88%	79%
2nd pts	14/31	21/39	24/46	11/20	70/136
% 2nd pts	45%	54%	52%	55%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	2	5	5	17
Converted	5/12	2/9	5/7	5/8	17/36
Converted %	42%	22%	71%	63%	47%
Conceded	7	10	9	4	30
Saved	5/7	9/10	6/9	3/4	23
Saved %	71%	90%	67%	75%	76%
Times Broken	2	1	3	1	7

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