Jack Draper (tennis)

Jack Alexander Draper (born 22 December 2001) is a British professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 121 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 2 May 2022, and he also attained a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 477 on 14 February 2022.

Jack Draper
Draper in 2018
Full nameJack Alexander Draper
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon, United Kingdom
Born (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001
Sutton, London, UK
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$262,800
Singles
Career record5–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 121 (2 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 121 (2 May 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 477 (14 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 579 (4 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2019)
Last updated on: 03 May 2022.

As a junior, Draper was the runner-up in his first and only Grand Slam final at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, and he closed the year at a career-high junior ranking of No. 7. Since turning professional, Draper has won seven titles on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Men's World Tennis Tour and four on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Early life

Draper was born in Sutton, an area in southwest London.[1] 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 five to twelve, whilst being coached by Justin Sherring. He then attended Reed's School, Cobham for two years.[2][3]

Professional career

As a junior

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.[4]

2021: ATP and top 250 debut

Draper made his ATP Tour main draw debut in singles as a wildcard at the Miami Open, but had to retire in his first-round match against Mikhail Kukushkin, after he collapsed on the court from heat-related illness.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

He received a wildcard into the singles main draw at the Wimbledon Championships.[9] 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.[10]

2022: Four ATP Challenger titles

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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] At the Miami Open Draper clinched his first Masters 1000 match win over Gilles Simon.[14] He lost in the second round to Norrie.[15] Draper went on the next week to win his fourth Challenger title at Saint-Brieuc defeating Zizou Bergs in the final.[16]

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Madrid Open.

Tournament20182019202020212022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Madrid Open A A NH A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 3 2 5
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 4–5
Year-end ranking 561 338 303 265

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend
ATP Challengers (4–0)
ITF Futures (7–3)
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

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
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]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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

Record against top 10 players

Draper's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, 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
Novak Djokovic 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–5, 6–1) at 2022 Miami Open
Number 8 ranked players
Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (6–2, 4–6, 5-7) at 2022 Miami Open
Number 9 ranked players
Jannik Sinner 1–0 100% – – 1–0 Won (7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2)) at 2021 London
Number 10 ranked players
Cameron Norrie 0–2 0% 0–1 – 0–1 Lost (6–7(5–7), 4–6) at 2022 Miami Open
Total 2–4 33.33% 1–1
(50%)		 0–1
(0%)		 1–2
(33.33%)		 * Statistics correct as of 3 May 2022.

References
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