Jesper De Jong and Li Tu will clash against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 6. 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 -> 1.41
Li Tu -> 2.82

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Li Tu

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

Jesper De Jong

Jesper De Jong

34 - 18win/loss

Hard
9-3
I Hard
0-2
Clay
24-12
Grass
1-1
Rank
130
High
103
WWLWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-18 9-3 24-12 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. 130, Jesper reached the qualifications after beating Gustavo Heide 6-3 6-0 and Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-3 6-2). During the match, De Jong scored 59 points vs Yevseyev’s 41. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Jong scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jesper broke Yevseyev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jesper started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 63% of the points he played.

De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (239-140). 9-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, De Jong has an aggregate83-38 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Sassuolo Challenger where he overcame Daniel Altmaier in the final 7-6(5) 6-1.

Jesper has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
De Jong's Record

Li Tu

Li Tu

27 - 19win/loss

Hard
22-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-1
Grass
4-5
Rank
188
High
186
WWLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-19 22-13 1-1 0-0 4-5 0-0
2023 38-32 29-19 0-3 3-6 6-4 0-0
2022 50-25 34-16 15-6 1-3 0-0 0-0
2021 41-7 28-4 0-0 13-3 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 188, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 6-4 and Marco Trungelliti 7-5 7-5.

In the qualifications, Tu had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (7-5 7-5). During the match Tu scored 79 points vs Trungelliti’s 62. Li was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Tu recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Li Tu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tu put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Tu broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Li’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.

Tu has an aggregate 27-19 win-loss record in 2024, 22-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Tu has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Tu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.De Jong
L.Tu
2h:09
2h:09
Time on court​
!
3h:20
3h:20
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
2
2
Match played
2
2
32
32
Games Played​
44
44
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
117
117
Total points​
152
152
58.5
58.5
Avg point​
76
76
44
44
Winners
67
67
22
22
Avg Winners​
33.5
33.5
38%
38%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
13
13
5
5
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
8
8
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3
3
44/56
44/56
1st won total​
67/79
67/79
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
28/48
28/48
2nd won total​
21/45
21/45
58%
58%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
9/11
9/11
BP won
7/16
7/16
4.5/5.5
4.5/5.5
Avg BP won
3.5/8
3.5/8
!
82%
82%
Won
44%
44%
11
11
Conceded
11
11
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
2
2
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
9
9
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points De Jong Tu
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 32 44
Pts 117-70 152-118
Total Points 187 270
Winners 44 67
%Winners 38% 44%

Both De Jong and Tu played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, De Jong and Tu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, De Jong played 12 games less than Tu. The Dutch scored 44 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Li scored 67 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve De Jong Tu
Aces 10 13
Avg per match 5 6.5
1st in 56/104 79/124
%1st in 54% 64%
1st pts 44/56 67/79
%1st pts 79% 85%
2nd pts 28/48 21/45
%2nd pts 58% 47%

De Jong struck 10 aces (5 per match). Tu made 13 aces (6.5 per match). De Jong won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks De Jong Tu
Won 9 7
Converted 9/11 7/16
% Converted 82% 44%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 9 8
% Saved 82% 73%
Times Broken 2 3

Jesper broke his opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. Jesper conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Li broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Tu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

De Jong
Q1
Heide
Q2
Yevseyev
Total
Score 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 17 32
pts 58-29 59-41 117-70
Total points 87 100 187
Winners 25 19 44
%Winners 43% 32% 38%
SERVE
Aces 9 1 10
Double Faults 4 4 8
1st in 30/48 26/56 56/104
% 1st in 63% 46% 54%
1st pts 25/30 19/26 44/56
% 1st pts 83% 73% 79%
2nd pts 9/18 19/30 28/48
% 2nd pts 50% 63% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/6 4/5 9/11
Converted % 83% 80% 82%
Conceded 5 6 11
Saved 4/5 5/6 9
Saved % 80% 83% 82%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Tu
Q1
Moro
Q2
Trungelliti
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 7-5 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 24 44
pts 73-56 79-62 152-118
Total points 129 141 270
Winners 33 34 67
%Winners 45% 43% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 7 13
Double Faults 4 2 6
1st in 37/62 42/62 79/124
% 1st in 60% 68% 64%
1st pts 33/37 34/42 67/79
% 1st pts 89% 81% 85%
2nd pts 12/25 9/20 21/45
% 2nd pts 48% 45% 47%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/9 4/7 7/16
Converted % 33% 57% 44%
Conceded 7 4 11
Saved 6/7 2/4 8
Saved % 86% 50% 68%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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