Jesper De Jong and Egor Agafonov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.111
Egor Agafonov -> 5.85
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Egor Agafonov
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Egor Agafonov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jesper De Jong
35 - 19win/loss
109
103
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 47-24 | 12-5 | 33-15 | 1-3 | 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. 128, Jesper reached the 2nd round after defeating Gabi Adrian Boitan 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Adrian Boitan, Jesper recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, De Jong scored 99 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 77. Jesper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Jong made 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 49% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Adrian Boitan 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).
De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (240-141). 10-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Jong has an aggregate84-39 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Sassuolo Challenger where he beat Daniel Altmaier in the final 7-6(5) 6-1.
The Dutch has an aggregate 35-19 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Egor Agafonov
37 - 22win/loss
489
489
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 42-26 | 34-22 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 35-20 | 23-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 17-15 | 8-9 | 8-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 550, Egor got to the 2nd round after beating Aleksandr Braynin 7-6(3) 6-3, Aleksandre Bakshi 3-6 7-5 6-1 and Yanki Erel 3-6 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round against Erel, Egor recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-64). During the match Agafonov scored 97 points vs Erel’s 94. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Agafonov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Egor Agafonov was very effective on serve to win 72% (44/61) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Agafonov broke Erel 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Egor’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Aktobe.
Agafonov has a composed 37-22 win-loss record in 2024, 29-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Agafonov has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | De Jong | Agafonov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
Tot Games | 24 | 81 |
Pts | 99-77 | 269-240 |
Total Points | 176 | 509 |
Winners | 30 | 115 |
%Winners | 30% | 43% |
De Jong played 1 match while Agafonov competed in 3 matches. Agafonov 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 Egor Agafonov surrendered 2 sets. De Jong has played 5 set(s) less than Agafonov (3 vs 8). Therefore, De Jong played 57 games less than Agafonov. De Jong scored 30 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Agafonov fired 115 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | De Jong | Agafonov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 10 | 10 |
Avg per match | 10 | 3.3 |
1st in | 41/84 | 159/254 |
%1st in | 49% | 63% |
1st pts | 30/41 | 115/159 |
%1st pts | 73% | 72% |
2nd pts | 21/43 | 49/95 |
%2nd pts | 49% | 52% |
De Jong bagged 10 aces . Agafonov struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). De Jong won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Agafonov won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | De Jong | Agafonov |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 11 |
Converted | 6/19 | 11/19 |
% Converted | 32% | 58% |
Conceded | 10 | 20 |
Saved | 7 | 12 |
% Saved | 70% | 60% |
Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
De Jong broke his opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. De Jong dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Egor broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Agafonov conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
De Jong | |||
R1 Adrian Boitan |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
pts | 99-77 | 99-77 | |
Total points | 176 | 176 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 30% | 30% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 10 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 41/84 | 41/84 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
% 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
Converted % | 32% | 32% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Agafonov | |||||
Q1 Braynin |
Q3 Bakshi |
R1 Erel |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-63 6-3 | 3-6 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 28 | 31 | 81 | |
pts | 78-63 | 94-83 | 97-94 | 269-240 | |
Total points | 141 | 177 | 191 | 509 | |
Winners | 33 | 38 | 44 | 115 | |
%Winners | 42% | 40% | 45% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 | |
1st in | 45/72 | 53/83 | 61/99 | 159/254 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 64% | 62% | 63% | |
1st pts | 33/45 | 38/53 | 44/61 | 115/159 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 15/27 | 14/30 | 20/38 | 49/95 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 47% | 53% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 11/19 | |
Converted % | 50% | 56% | 75% | 58% | |
Conceded | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3/6 | 6/9 | 12 | |
Saved % | 60% | 50% | 67% | 177% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Head 2 Head
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