

What Time Will Jesper de Jong Play Against Felix Auger-Aliassime?
Jong and Auger-Aliassime are on the Day 6 Schedule at Open Occitanie 2025 on Saturday 1 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
In the semifinal match at the Sud de France Arena, Jesper de Jong from the Netherlands will be facing Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada. This will be their first meeting on the ATP Tour.
Jesper de Jong is 24 years old and currently ranked 131st in the world. He reached his career-high ranking of 103 in August 2024, shortly after winning his third Challenger title in Sassuolo. In his career, he has a record of 5 wins and 8 losses, with one semifinal appearance. In the Montpellier tournament, he has a perfect record of 3 wins and 0 losses in 2025, reaching the semifinals.
De Jong made his ATP Tour debut at the โs-Hertogenbosch tournament in 2022 as a wildcard. He earned his first tour-level win at the 2024 Australian Open, defeating Cachin in the Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier. In the same year, he had a successful run in Grand Slam qualifying, going 9-2 and reaching the second round where he lost to eventual champions Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, respectively. He also has a good record in Challenger events, with a 100-69 overall record and reaching three finals.
As a junior player, de Jong reached a career-high ranking of 38th and had notable performances in all four junior Grand Slam events in 2018. He reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in doubles with Erel and the semifinals at the US Open with Wenger.
If de Jong wins the semifinal match, it will be the biggest win of his career and he will become the first player ranked outside the top 100 to reach an ATP Tour final in 2025. Additionally, he will be the first Dutchman to reach an indoor ATP Tour final since Haase at the 2013 Vienna tournament. His performance in the tournament has already earned him a 22-spot jump in the rankings to No. 109, and with a win in the semifinals, he will secure a place in the top 100 for the first time.
On the other hand, Felix Auger-Aliassime is 24 years old and currently ranked 23rd in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 6 and had a breakout season in 2022, winning three titles and recording a personal-best 60 wins. He had an impressive 16-match win streak during this season, winning titles in Florence, Antwerp, and Basel.
Jessika Ponchet
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Carlos Alcaraz
Alex De Minaur
Cori Gauff
Jasmine Paolini
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Suzan Lamens
Aryna Sabalenka
Elise Mertens
Elina Svitolina
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Jessica Pegula
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Arthur Fils
Moyuka Uchijima
Olga Danilovic
Fabian Marozsan
Zizou Bergs
Alexander Zverev
Tallon Griekspoor
Jelena Ostapenko
Iga Swiatek
In the same year, Auger-Aliassime won the Rotterdam tournament, snapping his 0-8 start to his career in singles finals. He also reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open for the third consecutive time and had successful team performances, winning titles at the ATP Cup, Laver Cup, and Davis Cup.
Auger-Aliassimeโs performance on the ATP Tour in 2022 was highlighted by his dominance on hard courts and indoor surfaces. He led the tour with 45 wins on hard courts and 31 wins on indoor surfaces. He had victories over top-ranked players such as Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal.
In the 2021 US Open, Auger-Aliassime became the first Canadian menโs singles semifinalist in tournament history. In 2024, he also made history by becoming the first Canadian ATP Masters 1000 finalist on clay in the series history at Madrid.
Auger-Aliassime has a strong track record in indoor tournaments since the start of the 2022 season, leading with 51 wins. He has the opportunity to advance to his 17th ATP Tour final and has a record of 6 wins and 10 losses in finals. He aims to become the first player this season to reach multiple tour-level finals, in addition to the Adelaide title he already won. He also boasts a perfect 13-0 record against players ranked outside the top 100 since his loss to No. 119 Mmoh at the 2023 Wimbledon.
The semifinal match between de Jong and Auger-Aliassime will take place at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Jong will win.
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