Jesper De Jong and Marat Sharipov will face off in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.43
Marat Sharipov -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Marat Sharipov
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Marat Sharipov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-31 | 8-7 | 20-13 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-25 | 12-5 | 33-15 | 2-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 107, Jesper reached the 2nd round after defeating Aslan Karatsev 2-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the 1st round against Karatsev, De Jong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-62 6-2). During the match, De Jong scored 99 points vs Karatsev’s 90. Jesper was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Jong recorded 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 60% of his first serves in, winning 79% (46/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (16/38) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Karatsev 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
De Jong has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (257-151). 1-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, De Jong has an aggregate87-42 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Dutch’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Montpellier.
The Dutch has an aggregate 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Marat Sharipov
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-26 | 24-11 | 14-9 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-17 | 16-7 | 27-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-18 | 43-4 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-19 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 324, Sharipov got to the 2nd round after beating Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 7-5 6-2, Colin Sinclair 7-6(1) 6-4 and Beibit Zhukayev 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Sharipov had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (6-4 7-64). During the match Sharipov scored 75 points vs Zhukayev’s 67. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Sharipov fired 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marat Sharipov was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Zhukayev once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger and M25 Doha.
Sharipov has a compiled 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 66 |
| Pts | 99-90 | 229-190 |
| Total Points | 189 | 419 |
| Winners | 46 | 98 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
De Jong played 1 match while Sharipov competed in 3 matches. Sharipov started his run from the qualifications while De Jong had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jesper De Jong lost 1 set while Marat Sharipov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. De Jong has played 3 set(s) less than Sharipov (3 vs 6). Therefore, De Jong played 37 games less than Sharipov. The Dutch scored 46 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Marat made 98 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 128/200 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 98/128 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 42/72 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 58% |
De Jong blasted 9 aces . Sharipov scored 31 aces (10.3 per match). De Jong won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Sharipov won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 8/26 |
| % Converted | 27% | 31% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 63% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Jesper broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Jesper conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Sharipov broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. Sharipov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | |||
| R1 Karatsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 99-90 | 99-90 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 58/96 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 46/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 16/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sharipov | |||||
| Q1 Maamoun |
Q3 Sinclair |
R1 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-61 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 23 | 66 | |
| pts | 78-59 | 76-64 | 75-67 | 229-190 | |
| Total points | 137 | 140 | 142 | 419 | |
| Winners | 28 | 36 | 34 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 14 | 9 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/69 | 46/65 | 42/66 | 128/200 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 71% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 36/46 | 34/42 | 98/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 78% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 13/19 | 17/24 | 42/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 68% | 71% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 8/26 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 20% | 20% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-6 7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-61 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-74 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Fajing SunSun (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Pavel KotovKotov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Constant LestienneLestienne (4-6 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
