

What Time Will Jesper de Jong Play Against Tallon Griekspoor?
Jong and Griekspoor are on the Day 5 Schedule at Nordea Open 2025 on Friday 18 July 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?
Jesper de Jong from the Netherlands will be facing off against his countryman Tallon Griekspoor, who is ranked number 2. De Jong currently leads their head-to-head encounters with a score of 1-0. At the Montpellier tournament held in France on a hard court, Jesper de Jong emerged victorious in the quarterfinals against Griekspoor with a score of 7-6(5) 6-4.
Jesper de Jong, aged 25, holds the 106th spot in the world rankings, reaching a career-high of 87 in May 2025. In 2025, he achieved a record of 10-8 with a semifinal appearance in Montpellier and a quarterfinal finish in Bastad. Breaking into the top 500 in 2019, the top 200 in 2022, and the top 100 in March 2025, de Jong’s rise was propelled by reaching the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Rome.
De Jong’s highlights include defeating fellow Dutchman Griekspoor on his way to his first ATP Tour semifinal at Montpellier in 2025. He also scored a significant victory over the 26th-ranked Davidovich Fokina to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 third round at Rome in the same year. Making his ATP Tour debut in 2022 at ‘s-Hertogenbosch as a wildcard, de Jong claimed his first tour-level win at the 2024 Australian Open, where he beat Cachin.
Having a strong record in Grand Slam qualifying matches, de Jong went 9-2 in 2024, with appearances as a qualifier in both the Australian Open and Roland Garros. Asserting his prowess in Challenger events, he boasts a 108-75 record, winning his first final and title at the 2021 Almaty-2 after coming through the qualifiers.
On the other side, Tallon Griekspoor, aged 29, from the Netherlands, is currently ranked 29th in the world and reached a career-high of 21st in November. In 2025, he has a record of 26-13, including a title win in Mallorca and a quarterfinal finish in Bastad. Griekspoor achieved his highest win count of 36 in 2023 and secured his first ATP Tour title in Pune.
Griekspoor’s performance on home soil has been particularly noteworthy, with a 17-3 record in 2023-24. Wins over top-ranked players on home turf include Hurkacz, Wawrinka, Khachanov, Karatsev, and A. Zverev. Excelling in ATP Challenger Tour events, Griekspoor had a remarkable 42-7 record in 2021, including a perfect 8-0 run in finals and a streak of 25 consecutive wins to close out the season.
As Griekspoor faces de Jong in the quarterfinals, he has shown resilience on the court, saving match points against Pellegrino in the second round. Seeking his 11th ATP Tour semifinal, with five victories on clay, Griekspoor has displayed his prowess against top players, boasting an 18-2 record against players outside the Top 20 on the tour since March. This match marks only the second time in the Open Era that two Dutch players have clashed in the quarterfinal or later stages of a tour-level clay event.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Jong will win.
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