Jack Draper news, ranking, results and next match on Sky Sports Tennis as British No 1 looks to impress in 2025
Jack Draper aiming to build on breakthrough 2024; British No 1 claimed two ATP Tour titles last year and also reached US Open semi-finals; hip injury has dented left-hander's preparations ahead of Australian Open; watch Draper throughout 2025 live on Sky Sports Tennis
Monday 20 January 2025 13:41, UK
British No 1 Jack Draper enjoyed a breakthrough 2024, winning his first two ATP Tour titles and reaching the US Open semi-finals.
The left-hander from Surrey scooped over £2m in prize money and rose to a career-high 15th in the rankings after 39 victories in his 61 matches.
Draper missed the United Cup due to a hip injury that also prevented him from attending a training camp with four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz but played in the Australian Open in Melbourne.
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When might Draper next be in action on Sky Sports?
The Briton's hip problem affected him during pre-season and delayed his trip Down Under for the Australian Open.
In Melbourne though he was victorious in three five-set matches, reaching the fourth round. But he then had to retire from that match with Alcaraz after two sets.
There is an ATP 250 event in Montpellier starting on January 27, before February sees competitions in Dallas, Rotterdam, Delray Beach, Buenos Aires, Marseilles, Rio de Janeiro, Doha, Dubai, Acapulco and Santiago for Draper to potentially choose from.
March is then dominated by the big hard-court Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami, before the clay-court season features similar-status tournaments in Monte-Carlo, Madrid and Rome, ahead of the French Open from May 25 to June 8.
Wimbledon runs from June 30 to July 15 before Draper will return to Flushing Meadows, live on Sky Sports, for the US Open from August 30 to September 2.
What did Draper achieve in 2024?
Atter suffering a second defeat in as many ATP finals in January - his loss to Jiri Lehecka in the Adelaide International following on from falling short against Adrian Mannarino in Sofia the previous November - Draper won his next two ATP finals in 2024, on the grass in Stuttgart and then the indoor hard court in Vienna.
The Sutton-born player came from a set down to beat Mario Berrettini in Germany in June to claim his maiden ATP 250 title and upgraded that to an ATP 500 trophy four months later when he defeated Karen Khachanov in straight sets in Austria.
Other notable match wins included defeating Alcaraz at Queen's and Alex De Minaur at the US Open, while he also recorded two victories over another pair of top-10 players in Hubert Hurkacz (in Japan) and Taylor Fritz (in Paris).
He battled gamely against world No 1 Jannik Sinner before going down in three sets in the US Open semi-finals, with that run to the last four keeping him in with a chance of reaching the season-ending ATP Tour Finals before those hopes were extinguished by defeat to De Minaur in the last 16 in Paris.
Draper will also be disappointed to have lost in the second round at Wimbledon - beaten by compatriot Cameron Norrie - and perhaps that he was unable to back up his win over Alcaraz at Queen's, falling to Tommy Paul in the next round.
Draper ready to 'shake up' top players in 2025
Draper said: "I've got this inner belief now. I'll go again next year with even bigger motivation to really shake up those guys at the top of the game - the likes of Sinner and Alcaraz.
"Winning my first title, then the US Open, have been huge in really believing that I belong. It's been a snowball effect since then.
"If I can keep on improving physically, and getting more experience at this higher level against top players, I'm going to give myself a shot at competing with those guys. But there's a lot of work to do.
"As a young player, I'm still learning to cope with the demands of playing on the tour, week-in, week-out, against a lot of these guys.
"I've only played 120 matches on the tour. A lot of them have played 400, 500. How much I've improved from a mental, physical, emotional standpoint in the last 40 matches - it's a huge difference.
"So to think that I'm that far behind it, I'm still able to achieve what I've been doing, I think I just need more time."
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