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JJ Wolf vs Jesper De Jong: Roland Garros – qualifiers
Two players with a total of one main draw match at the French Open will face each other in the final round of the Roland Garros qualifiers.
JJ Wolf Profile
JJ Wolf is 107th in the ATP rankings, and his career high was No. 39 in the world. The American is 7-13 for the season and 6-7 on clay court.
In the first two rounds of the qualifiers at Roland Garros, Wolf defeated Ryan Peniston 6-1, 6-7, 6-2, and Patrick Kypson 6-3, 6-3.
Last week at the Turin Challenger, Wolf reached the quarterfinal, where he lost to Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-3. The week before, he made it to the main draw at the ATP Rome just to lose to Stefano Napolitano.
Wolf has lost eight opening matches of a tournament this season.
Last year, he played in the main draw in Paris and lost to Yoshihito Nishioka in five sets.
Jesper De Jong Profile
Jesper De Jong is 177th in the rankings, and his career high is No. 135. The Dutch player is 19-13 for the season and 12-8 on clay.
He is coming off a 6-3 win over Dennis Novak in the second qualifying round after he defeated Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-5, 7-6 in the first.
Last week, De Jong lost his first match at the Turin Challenger, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, against Valentin Royer.
His best results of the season were the quarterfinals at the Challengers in Rome and Barcelona.
This is the third consecutive year for De Jong to play the qualifiers in Paris.
Head-to-Head De Jong leads 1-0
- De Jong vs Wolf 7-6, 7-6 (2022 Taralgon Challenger, round of 16)
Prediction and Conclusion
JJ Wolf looked like the new hope of American tennis but has dramatically fallen in the last couple of years. He is a much better player on hard surfaces, but here he is one match away from reaching the main draw against Roland Garros for the second time in his career. Unlike him, De Jong has yet to feel the main draw in Paris after he failed to qualify in the previous two years. Wolf has had a better career so far, but De Jong is better at the moment and prefers playing on clay, which will make the difference, and we will see what the Dutchman goes through.
