H2H, prediction of Damir Dzumhur vs Jesper De Jong in Istanbul Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th September 2024

PREVIEW. Istanbul Challenger. Dzumhur and De will play each other in the semifinal of the Istanbul Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 7th of September

Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Jesper De Jong

Damir Dzumhur and Jesper De Jong will square off in the semifinal of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 Jesper De Jong who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.54
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Jesper De Jong

This will be the 2nd time that Damir Dzumhur and Jesper De Jong fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, De won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in the Tunis Challenger back in 2023.

Damir Dzumhur

Damir Dzumhur
Damir Dzumhur

37 - 20win/loss

Hard
9-10
I Hard
4-1
Clay
22-6
Grass
2-3
Rank
103
High
23
LLWLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-27 11-13 22-6 6-5 2-3 0-0
2023 41-34 15-5 18-18 8-9 0-1 0-1
2022 34-28 5-5 19-12 10-11 0-0 0-0
2021 32-32 6-6 17-17 6-6 3-3 0-0
2020 18-15 4-7 6-4 8-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 82, Damir reached the semifinal after defeating Ricardas Berankis 2-2 ret., Dino Prizmic 6-2 6-2 and Jack Pinnington Jones 6-7(6) 6-1 4-0 ret..

In the quarter against Pinnington Jones, the Bosnian had a free pass after Pinnington Jones retired on a 6-76 6-1 4-0 . scoreline.

Dzumhur has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (349-278). 9-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has an aggregate 97-91 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5 and the Zagreb Challenger where he beat Luka Mikrut in the final 7-5 6-0 and the Santo Domingo Challenger where he beat Andres Andrade in the final 6-4 6-4.

Dzumhur has a compiled 37-20 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Dzumhur
Istanbul Challenger
Dzumhur's Record

Jesper De Jong

Jesper De Jong
Jesper De Jong

37 - 19win/loss

Hard
12-4
I Hard
0-2
Clay
24-12
Grass
1-1
Rank
109
High
103
WLLWWWWLWW
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, De reached the semifinal after defeating Gabi Adrian Boitan 3-6 6-2 6-1, Egor Agafonov 4-6 6-1 6-4 and Ilia Simakin 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter against Simakin, De recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-5 6-3). During the match De scored 104 points vs Simakin’s 95. The Dutch was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, De bagged 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 56% (27/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. De broke Simakin 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

De has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

The Dutch has a composed 37-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

De
Istanbul Challenger
De's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Dzumhur
J.De Jong
3h:38
3h:38
Time on court​
!
6h:40
6h:40
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
!
2h:35
2h:35
3
3
Match played
3
3
44
44
Games Played​
85
85
8
8
Set played​​
9
9
169
169
Total points​
292
292
56.3
56.3
Avg point​
97.3
97.3
63
63
Winners
105
105
21
21
Avg Winners​
35
35
37%
37%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
22
22
1
1
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
1
1
Double Faults
11
11
0.3
0.3
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
63/99
63/99
1st won total​
105/137
105/137
64%
64%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
27/43
27/43
2nd won total​
64/120
64/120
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
13/28
13/28
BP won
16/38
16/38
4.3/9.3
4.3/9.3
Avg BP won
5.3/12.7
5.3/12.7
46%
46%
Won
42%
42%
7
7
Conceded
26
26
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
8.7
8.7
4
4
Broken
9
9
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
17
17

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dzumhur De
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 9
Tot Games 44 85
Pts 169-125 292-245
Total Points 294 537
Winners 63 105
%Winners 37% 36%

Both Dzumhur and De played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Damir Dzumhur conceded 1 set, while Jesper De Jong lost 3 sets. Dzumhur has played 1 set(s) less than De (8 vs 9). Therefore, Dzumhur played 41 games less than De. The Bosnian scored 63 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Jesper struck 105 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dzumhur De
Aces 3 22
Avg per match 1 7.3
1st in 99/142 137/257
%1st in 70% 53%
1st pts 63/99 105/137
%1st pts 64% 77%
2nd pts 27/43 64/120
%2nd pts 63% 53%

Dzumhur recorded 3 aces (1 per match). De bagged 22 aces (7.3 per match). Dzumhur won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, De won 77% of the points behind 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 Dzumhur De
Won 13 16
Converted 13/28 16/38
% Converted 46% 42%
Conceded 7 26
Saved 3 17
% Saved 43% 65%
Times Broken 4 9

The Bosnian broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Damir conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. De broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jesper conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
R1
Berankis
R2
Prizmic
1/4
Pinnington
Total
Score 2-2 ret. 6-2 6-2 6-76 6-1 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 1 2 3 6
Tot Games 4 16 24 44
pts 12-11 62-43 95-71 169-125
Total points 23 105 166 294
Winners 5 23 35 63
%Winners 42% 37% 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 1 3
Double Faults 0 1 0 1
1st in 8/10 34/54 57/78 99/142
% 1st in 80% 63% 73% 70%
1st pts 5/8 23/34 35/57 63/99
% 1st pts 63% 68% 61% 64%
2nd pts 1/2 11/20 15/21 27/43
% 2nd pts 50% 55% 71% 63%
Breaks
Won 1 5 7 13
Converted 1/3 5/8 7/17 13/28
Converted % 33% 63% 41% 46%
Conceded 1 2 4 7
Saved 0/1 1/2 2/4 3
Saved % 0% 50% 50% 33%
Times Broken 1 1 2 4
De
R1
Adrian Boitan
R2
Agafonov
1/4
Simakin
Total
Score 3-6 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-73 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 24 27 34 85
pts 99-77 89-73 104-95 292-245
Total points 176 162 199 537
Winners 30 41 34 105
%Winners 30% 46% 33% 36%
SERVE
Aces 10 8 4 22
Double Faults 5 2 4 11
1st in 41/84 48/77 48/96 137/257
% 1st in 49% 62% 50% 53%
1st pts 30/41 41/48 34/48 105/137
% 1st pts 73% 85% 71% 77%
2nd pts 21/43 16/29 27/48 64/120
% 2nd pts 49% 55% 56% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 3 7 16
Converted 6/19 3/9 7/10 16/38
Converted % 32% 33% 70% 42%
Conceded 10 5 11 26
Saved 7/10 4/5 6/11 17
Saved % 70% 80% 55% 68%
Times Broken 3 1 5 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Dzumhur
LLWLLLLWLW
De Jong
WLLWWWWLWW
2024 2023 2022
39 - 26
47 - 24
11-13
Hard
12-5
4-4
I Hard
1-3
22-6
Clay
33-15
2-3
Grass
1-1

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

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