Jack Draper (tennis)

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Jack Draper
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Draper in 2018
Full nameJack Alexander Draper
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon, United Kingdom
Born (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 19)
Sutton, London, UK
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRyan Jones
Prize money$194,554
Singles
Career record2–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 250 (21 June 2021)
Current rankingNo. 268 (13 September 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 739 (22 February 2021)
Current rankingNo. 754 (12 July 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2019)
Last updated on: 12 July 2021.

Jack Alexander Draper (born 22 December 2001) is a British tennis player from England. He was runner-up in the 2018 Wimbledon Championships Boys' singles achieving a career-high junior ranking of No. 7. On the professional tour, Draper has won seven ITF titles. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 250 in the ATP rankings achieved on 21 June 2021.[1] His father is Roger Draper, former chief executive of Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association, and he attended Reed's School, Cobham.

Professional career[]

As a junior[]

Draper was a runner-up in the boys singles at Wimbledon 2018.[citation needed]

2021: ATP and top 250 debut[]

Draper made his ATP Tour main draw debut in singles as a wildcard at the 2021 Miami Open but had to retire after he collapsed on the court due to heat-related illness.[2]

At the 2021 Queen's Club Championships in London in June 2021, Draper secured the biggest win of his career to date with a victory over World No. 23 Jannik Sinner as a wildcard.[3] 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. He is the youngest British ATP quarterfinalist since Andy Murray in 2006, having been a runner-up as a Junior in 2018 at Wimbledon.[4] With this most successful run thus far, he guaranteed himself a career-high ranking in the top 250.

He received a wildcard into the main draw of the men's singles at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.[5] In the first round, he played defending champion Novak Djokovic. Djokovic won the match in four sets, Draper won the first set 6-4.[6]

Singles performance timeline[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (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)
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 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 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 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 3 3
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–3
Year-end ranking 561 338 303

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

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

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner–ups)[]

Legend
M25 tournaments
M15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2018 Great Britain F4, Nottingham Futures Hard United Kingdom Andrew Watson 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Win 2–0 Sep 2018 Great Britain F5, Roehampton Futures Hard Sweden Filip Bergevi 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Oct 2018 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard France Tom Jomby 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jul 2019 M25 Great Britain, Roehampton World Tennis Tour Hard Israel Daniel Cukierman 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–0 Aug 2019 M25 Great Britain, Chiswick World Tennis Tour Hard Netherlands Igor Sijsling 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 5–1 Aug 2019 M15 Israel, Kiryat Shmona World Tennis Tour Hard Israel Yshai Oliel 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 6–1 Sep 2019 M25 Great Britain, Shrewsbury World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Italy Julian Ocleppo 6–4, 6–0
Loss 6–2 Feb 2020 M25 Great Britain, Glasgow World Tennis Tour Hard (i) France Lucas Poullain 6–0, 5–7, 3–6
Win 7–2 Feb 2020 M25 Great Britain, Sunderland World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Netherlands Igor Sijsling 6–2, 6–0
Loss 7–3 May 2021 M25 Czech Republic, Prague World Tennis Tour Clay France Manuel Guinard 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)[]

Legend
M25 tournaments
M15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Colombia Nicolás Mejía United States Aron Pierce
United States Noah Schachter 		4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Loss 1–1 Jul 2019 M15 Kiryat Shmona, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Aidan McHugh United States Samuel Beren
Canada Raheel Manji 		4–6, 6–2, [6–10]

References[]

  1. ^ Oxley, Sonia (15 July 2018). "Wimbledon 2018: GB's Jack Draper beaten by Tseng Chun-hsin in boys' final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ Carayol, Tumaini (25 March 2021). "Britain's Jack Draper collapses at Miami Open due to heat-related illness". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Meet Jack Draper: British Tennis' Rising Star". 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Draper advances to Queens Club quarters". 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ "WIMBLEDON 2021 - Andy Murray and Venus Williams Have Both Been Handed Wildcards for This Summer's Tournament". EuroSport. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ Mirza, Raz. "Wimbledon: Jack Draper took a set off top-seed Novak Djokovic and now the teenager has vowed to improve". SkySports.

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