Jesper De Jong and Karue Sell will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 7. 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 -> 1.32
Karue Sell -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Karue Sell

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Karue Sell since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 128, the Dutch reached the 2^nd round after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-1 7-5). During the match, De Jong scored 71 points vs Couacaud’s 51. De Jong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Jong struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jesper De Jong was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jesper broke Couacaud 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

De Jong has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (243-142). 25-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Jong has an overall137-75 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

The Dutch has a compiled 38-20 win-loss record in 2024, 25-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

Jesper has never competed in this tournament before.

Karue Sell

Ranked no. 299 (career-high), Sell reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tomas Farjat 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Karue had a good straight sets win against Farjat (6-1 6-2). During the match Sell scored 55 points vs Farjat’s 31. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Sell was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Karue Sell was very efficient on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karue broke Farjat 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Karue’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Ithaca,M15 San Diego and M25 Londrina.

The Brazilian has a compiled 47-14 win-loss record in 2024, 17-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Jong	Sell
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	15
Pts	71-51	55-31
Total Points	122	86
Winners	25	17
%Winners	35%	31%

Both De Jong and Sell played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, De Jong and Sell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, De Jong played 4 games more than Sell. The Dutch scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian made 17 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Jong	Sell
Aces	4	0
Avg per match	4	0
1st in	31/57	22/38
%1st in	54%	58%
1st pts	25/31	17/22
%1st pts	81%	77%
2nd pts	16/26	13/16
%2nd pts	62%	81%

De Jong fired 4 aces . Sell didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. De Jong won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sell won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Jong	Sell
Won	4	5
Converted	4/9	5/6
% Converted	44%	83%
Conceded	5	2
Saved	4	2
% Saved	80%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

De Jong broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Dutch surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Karue broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Karue was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

De Jong
	R1 Couacaud	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	71-51	71-51
Total points	122	122
Winners	25	25
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/57	31/57
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	25/31	25/31
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	16/26	16/26
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Sell
	R1 Farjat	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	55-31	55-31
Total points	86	86
Winners	17	17
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	22/38	22/38
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	17/22	17/22
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	13/16	13/16
% 2nd pts	81%	81%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Antofagasta Challenger

• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Jose PereiraPereira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Orlando LuzLuz – Alex BarrenaBarrena (7-6³ 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Matias SotoSoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Ignacio Antonio Becerra OtarolaAntonio Becerra Otarola (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo DellienDellien – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (7-6⁴ 6-7⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Daniel Antonio NunezAntonio Nunez (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Matias SotoSoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-0 6-3) – See score progression

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