Tennis Jack Draper

He has been ranked as high as world No. 37 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 4 March 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 477 attained on 14 February 2022. Draper has won five titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and seven on the ITF Tour. As a junior, Draper was the runner-up in his first and only Grand Slam final at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, ending the year at his peak junior ranking of world No. 7.

Jack Draper

Draper at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters
Full name	Jack Alexander Draper
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	London, England
Born	(2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 22) Sutton, London, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	James Trotman
Prize money	$2,197,186
Singles
Career record	52–37 (58.4%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 37 (4 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 43 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	4R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 477 (14 February 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
Last updated on: 2 April 2024.

Draper was born in Sutton, London and brought up in nearby Ashtead. His father is Roger Draper, former chief executive of Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association and his mother is Nicky Draper, a former junior British Tennis Champion. Draper attended Parkside School in Stoke d’Abernon, Cobham, from age four to eleven, whilst being coached by Justin Sherring. He then attended Reed's School, Cobham for two years.

Draper reached his first and only junior Grand Slam final at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to Tseng Chun-hsin in three sets. He closed the year at a career-high junior ranking of No. 7.^{[citation needed]}

2021: ATP, Masters and top 250 debut

Plagued by injuries for most of his career, Draper made his ATP Tour main draw debut in singles as a wildcard at the Miami Open. He had to retire in his first-round match against Mikhail Kukushkin, after he collapsed on the court from heat-related illness.

At the Queen's Club Championships in June, Draper secured the biggest win of his career to date with a victory over world No. 23 Jannik Sinner as a wildcard. He defeated world No. 39 Alexander Bublik in the round of 16 to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career, where he lost to eventual finalist Cameron Norrie. By reaching this stage of the tournament, he became the youngest British ATP quarterfinalist since Andy Murray in 2006 and earned a top 250 debut in the ATP rankings.

He received a wildcard into the singles main draw at the Wimbledon Championships. He drew defending champion Novak Djokovic in the first round, where he claimed the first set 6–4 before losing the next three sets to cede the match.

2022: Four Challengers, Masters quarterfinal & top-10 win, top 50

In January, Draper entered the 2022 Città di Forlì II, an ATP Challenger Tour event, in Forlì, where he was the eighth seed. There, he reached his first Challenger final and won his first title on the tour after defeating compatriot Jay Clarke, 6–3, 6–0. Two weeks later, Draper continued his run of form at the Città di Forlì IV, where he was unseeded and reached his second final to claim his second Challenger title after defeating Tim van Rijthoven, 6–1, 6–2. The win led Draper to debut in the top 200 and reach a new career high of world No. 162. Draper secured his third consecutive Challenger title in his third Forlì tournament at Città di Forlì V the following week after saving four match points in the final to defeat Alexander Ritschard in three sets.

At the Miami Open Draper clinched his first Masters 1000 match win over Gilles Simon as a wildcard. He lost in the second round to Norrie. Draper went on the next week to win his fourth Challenger title at Saint-Brieuc, defeating Zizou Bergs in the final. At the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open on his debut he defeated World No. 27 Lorenzo Sonego as a wildcard for his second win at the Masters level. Draper made his top 100 debut at world no. 99 on 13 June 2022.

At Eastbourne, as a wildcard, Draper beat Jenson Brooksby, 4th seed Diego Schwartzman and fellow wildcard Ryan Peniston to reach the first ATP semifinal of his career. He lost in three sets to Maxime Cressy in the semifinals. He earned a direct entry at a major tournament for the first time at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and won his first Grand Slam match defeating wildcard Zizou Bergs.

Draper qualified for the Canadian Open in Montreal, where, after beating Hugo Gaston in the first round, upset third seed and world no. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets in the second round for his first top-10 win. It was his first third-round showing in his career at a Masters 1000 level. After Gaël Monfils, his third-round opponent, retired due to injury, Draper advanced to his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal. He lost to Pablo Carreño Busta in straight sets, who was the eventual champion.

At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he defeated Fabio Fognini in the second round. Next he defeated former No. 3 and wildcard Dominic Thiem to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to qualifier Marc-Andrea Hüsler in straight sets. At the US Open he reached the third round of a Major for the first time in his career defeating sixth seed and world no. 8 Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets. In the fourth round he retired against Karen Khachanov at one set all.

On 19 October, he qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals, the first Briton to do so. On 24 October he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 45 having reached the top 50 two weeks earlier. At the NextGen Finals he reached the semifinals defeating top seed Lorenzo Musetti.

2023: Top 40, Two Major debuts, return to ATP tour after injuries, first ATP final

Draper started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 1. He lost in the second round to eighth seed and world No. 20, Karen Khachanov. At the Adelaide International 2, he beat eighth seed Tommy Paul in the second round. He then got revenge on third seed and world No. 20, Karen Khachanov, defeating him in the quarterfinals to reach his second ATP semifinal. Despite beating him last week, he lost his semifinal match to lucky loser and eventual champion, Kwon Soon-woo, in a tight three-setter.

Making his debut at the Australian Open, he fell in the first round to top seed, world No. 2, 2009 champion, and defending champion, Rafael Nadal, in four sets while struggling with cramps. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 38 on 16 January 2023.

Draper returned to action in March by playing at the BNP Paribas Open. In his debut at this tournament, he defeated 24th seed, world No. 29, and compatriot, Dan Evans in the second round. In the third round, he beat 2009 finalist, former world No. 1 and compatriot, Andy Murray, in straight sets. He was forced to retire from his fourth round match against top seed, world No. 2, and eventual champion, Carlos Alcaraz, due to an abdominal muscle injury. Draper withdrew from the Miami Open due to the fact that he did not want to make his abdominal injury any worse.

He made his debut at the 2023 French Open but was forced to retire from his first round match against Tomás Martín Etcheverry due to a shoulder injury. As a result he announced on 8 June that he will miss the entire grass season.

Draper made his return to the ATP Tour during the US Open where he defeated Radu Albot, 17th seed Hubert Hurkacz and Michael Mmoh to advance to the second week. He was eventually defeated by Andrey Rublev in the fourth round. He reached the Challenger final of the 2023 Open d'Orléans and returned to the top 100 on 2 October 2023. In November, he won his fifth Challenger title, the 2023 Trofeo Faip–Perrel. Ranked No. 82 at the next tournament, the 2023 Sofia Open, he reached his second semifinal of the season defeating top seed Lorenzo Musetti and qualifier Cem Ilkel. He reached his first career final defeating Jan-Lennard Struff. He became the youngest Briton to reach an ATP Tour final since Andy Murray in 2009 Miami.

2024: Second ATP final

Draper reached his second final at the 2024 Adelaide International defeating eight seed Alexander Bublik.

He reached the semifinals at an ATP 500 for the first time at the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco defeating sixth seed Tommy Paul, lucky loser Yoshihito Nishioka and Miomir Kecmanovic without dropping a set. He retired against defending champion and third seed Alex de Minaur. As a result he moved to a new career-high of No. 37 on 4 March 2024.

Current through the 2023 Davis Cup Group stage.

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2023	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Adrian Mannarino	6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2024	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Jiří Lehečka	6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Singles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	Great Britain F4, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Andrew Watson	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Win	2–0	Sep 2018	Great Britain F5, Roehampton	Futures	Hard	Filip Bergevi	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Oct 2018	Nigeria F5, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Tom Jomby	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jul 2019	M25 Great Britain, Roehampton	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cukierman	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	5–0	Aug 2019	M25 Great Britain, Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Igor Sijsling	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	5–1	Aug 2019	M15 Israel, Kiryat Shmona	Futures	Hard	Yshai Oliel	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	6–1	Sep 2019	M25 Great Britain, Shrewsbury	Futures	Hard (i)	Julian Ocleppo	6–4, 6–0
Loss	6–2	Feb 2020	M25 Great Britain, Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Lucas Poullain	6–0, 5–7, 3–6
Win	7–2	Feb 2020	M25 Great Britain, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	6–2, 6–0
Loss	7–3	May 2021	M25 Czech Republic, Prague	Futures	Clay	Manuel Guinard	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–3	Jan 2022	Forlì, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jay Clarke	6–3, 6–0
Win	9–3	Feb 2022	Forlì, Italy (2)	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tim van Rijthoven	6–1, 6–2
Win	10–3	Feb 2022	Forlì, Italy (3)	Challenger	Hard (i)	Alexander Ritschard	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Win	11–3	Apr 2022	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Zizou Bergs	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	11–4	Oct 2023	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tomáš Macháč	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	12–4	Nov 2023	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Goffin	1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2019	M15 Cancún, Mexico	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Mejía	Aron Pierce   Noah Schachter	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2019	M15 Kiryat Shmona, Israel	Futures	Hard	Aidan McHugh	Samuel Beren   Raheel Manji	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Tseng Chun-hsin	1–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6

Draper's record against players who has been ranked in the top 10 in their career, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Andy Murray	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(8–6), 6–2) at 2023 Indian Wells
Novak Djokovic	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6) at 2023 Australian Open
Carlos Alcaraz	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (2–6, 0–2 ret.) at 2023 Indian Wells
Number 2 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2)) at 2021 Queen's Club
Number 3 ranked players
Dominic Thiem	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 6–4) at 2022 Winston-Salem
Stefanos Tsitsipas	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–5, 7–6(7–4)) at 2022 Montreal
Number 5 ranked players
Taylor Fritz	1–1	50%	–	0–1	1–0	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2024 Munich
Andrey Rublev	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6) at 2023 US Open
Number 6 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–4, 6–4) at 2022 US Open
Gaël Monfils	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 0–2 ret.) at 2022 Montreal
Number 8 ranked players
Hubert Hurkacz	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	Won (6–2, 6–4, 7–5) at 2023 US Open
Karen Khachanov	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Won (6–4, 7–6(7–3)) at 2023 Adelaide
Cameron Norrie	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2022 Miami
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 4–6, 6–1) at 2022 Winston-Salem
Alex de Minaur	0–3	0%	0–2	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 2–6, 0–4 ret.) at 2024 Acapulco
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(4–7), 1–6) at 2022 Montreal
Frances Tiafoe	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2022 Paris
Total	10–19	34.48%	8–13 (38.1%)	0–3 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	* Statistics correct as of 19 April 2024.

• He has a 2–3 (40.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	JDR
2022
1.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	Montreal, Canada	Hard	2R	7–5, 7–6(7–4)	82
2.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	8	US Open, United States	Hard	2R	6–4, 6–4, 6–4	53