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British No. 1 Jack Draper enjoyed a breakthrough 2024, winning his first two ATP Tour titles and reaching the semi-finals of the US Open.
The Londoner has won more than £2m in prize money and climbed to a record 15th place in the rankings after 39 wins from 61 matches.
Draper is missing the United Cup with a hip injury – which also kept him out of a training camp with four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz – but hopes to be fit for the Australian Open in Melbourne from January 12.
“To be honest, I couldn’t train the way I wanted. My preparations probably won’t be the best for Australia,” he said.
“But that’s the way it is in sport – you have to deal with ups and downs. I hope to give myself the best chance to play well.”
When could Draper be next in action on Sky Sports?
The left-hander is not expected to play in any tournaments ahead of the first Grand Slam of the season, while he has already decided to skip his country’s Davis Cup match with Japan at the end of January.
The ATP 250 tournament is being held in Montpellier, which starts on January 27, before February competitions in Dallas, Rotterdam, Delray Beach, Buenos Aires, Marseilles, Rio de Janeiro, Doha, Dubai, Acapulco and Santiago for Draper to potentially choose.
March is then dominated by the big Masters 1000 hard-court events in Indian Wells and Miami, before the clay court season includes tournaments of similar status in Monte-Carlo, Madrid and Rome, ahead of the French Open from 25 May to 8 June. .
Wimbledon runs from June 30 to July 15 before Draper returns to Flushing Meadows, live on Sky Sports, for the US Open from August 30 to September 2.
What has Draper accomplished in 2024?
After suffering his second loss in as many ATP finals in January – his loss to Jiri Lehecka at the Adelaide International followed his loss to Adrian Mannarino in Sofia last November – Draper won his next two ATP finals in 2024, on grass in Stuttgart and then indoor hard court in Vienna.
The Sutton-born player came from a run to victory over Mario Berrettini in Germany in June to win his first ATP 250 title and followed it up with an ATP 500 trophy four months later when he defeated Karen Khachanov in straight sets in Austria.
Other notable match wins include defeating Alcaraz at Queen’s and Alex De Minaur at the US Open, while he also recorded two wins over another pair of top 10 players in Hubert Hurkacz (in Japan) and Taylor Fritz (in Paris).
He battled gamely against world number one Jannik Sinner before losing in three sets in the semi-finals of the US Open, and that run to the last four kept him in the running to reach the ATP Tour finals at the end of the season before those hopes were extinguished by losing to De Minaur in the round of 16 in Paris.
Draper will also be disappointed to lose in the second round of Wimbledon – beaten by compatriot Cameron Norrie – and perhaps to fail to confirm his victory over Alcaraz at Queen’s, falling to Tommy Paul in the next round.
Draper ready to shake up top players in 2025
Draper said: “Now I have that inner belief. I’ll go again next year with even more motivation to really shake those guys at the top of the game – like Sinner and Alcaraz.
“Winning my first title, then the US Open, was huge for really believing that I belonged. It’s been a snowball effect since then.
“If I can continue to improve physically and gain more experience at this higher level against the top players, I’ll try to compete with those guys. But there’s still a lot of work to do.
“As a young player, I’m still learning to deal with the demands of playing on tour, week in, week out, against a lot of these guys.
“I’ve only played 120 matches on tour. A lot of them have played 400, 500. How much I’ve improved from a mental, physical, emotional point of view in the last 40 matches – that’s a huge difference.
“So to think that I’m so behind it, I can still achieve what I’ve been doing, I think I just need more time.”
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