H2H, prediction of Jesper De Jong vs Alex Bolt in Ilkley Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th June 2023 – Tennis Tonic

PREVIEW. Ilkley Challenger. De Jong and Bolt will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 18th of June

Jesper De Jong and Alex Bolt will face off in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:30 am on COURT 4. 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.

As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.55
Alex Bolt -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Alex Bolt

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 180, the Dutch reached the qualifications after beating Hyeon Chung 4-1 ret..

In the qualifications against Chung, the Dutch had a free pass after Chung retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.

De Jong has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (193-113). 2-1 on grass in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Jong has a compiled2-4 match record in the last 7 years on grass.

Jesper’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Tigre 2 Challenger,M25 Quinta Do Lago and the Rome Challenger.

De Jong has a composed 40-14 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ilkley Challenger

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 358, Bolt reached the qualifications after beating Bu Yunchaokete 6-1 6-3.

In the qualifications, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Yunchaokete (6-1 6-3). During the match Bolt scored 57 points vs Yunchaokete’s 34. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Bolt blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 85% (11/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bolt broke Yunchaokete 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Alex’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Bakersfield.

Bolt has a composed 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ilkley Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Jong	Bolt
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	5	16
Pts	26-19	57-34
Total Points	45	91
Winners	7	21
%Winners	27%	37%

Both De Jong and Bolt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, De Jong and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, De Jong played 11 games less than Bolt. Jesper scored 7 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Alex made 21 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Jong	Bolt
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	12/24	28/41
%1st in	50%	68%
1st pts	7/12	21/28
%1st pts	58%	75%
2nd pts	6/12	11/13
%2nd pts	50%	85%

De Jong struck 1 ace . Bolt also fired 5 aces . De Jong won 58% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 85% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Jong	Bolt
Won	2	4
Converted	2/5	4/9
% Converted	40%	44%
Conceded	3	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

Jesper broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. De Jong surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bolt broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

De Jong
	Q1 Chung	Total
Score	4-1 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	5	5
pts	26-19	26-19
Total points	45	45
Winners	7	7
%Winners	27%	27%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	12/24	12/24
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	7/12	7/12
% 1st pts	58%	58%
2nd pts	6/12	6/12
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Bolt
	Q1 Yunchaokete	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	57-34	57-34
Total points	91	91
Winners	21	21
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	28/41	28/41
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	21/28	21/28
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	11/13	11/13
% 2nd pts	85%	85%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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