Jack Draper

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jack Draper

Vhughes · Social player

Jack has won another challenger! Hes now up to 124, ahead of Liam!

chocandlolly · Junior player

What a year he is having . Youngest brit too ever win 4 Challengers . Hes playing the Split Challenger in Croatia next on his schedule.

Holding out hope that will be his last Challenger .

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

chocandlolly wrote:
What a year he is having . Youngest brit too ever win 4 Challengers . Hes playing the Split Challenger in Croatia next on his schedule.

Holding out hope that will be his last Challenger .

It wont be - hes in the Rome challenger the following week as well, now. Hes second ranked player in both fields. I think challengers just now for clay is fine, he needs to learn the surface and better doing it a level down than at atp tour level.
He Will be top 100 post Wimbledon , so we will then see him at tour level through the US swing as well as on the grass.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Quite interesting article:

www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/jack-draper-s-coach-james-trotman-reflects-on-phenomenal-start-to-year-on-challenger-tour-and-improv_sto8876037/story.shtml

emmsie69 · Top national player

Coup Droit wrote:
Quite interesting article:

www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/jack-draper-s-coach-james-trotman-reflects-on-phenomenal-start-to-year-on-challenger-tour-and-improv_sto8876037/story.shtml

Interesting that one of the main focuses is building a body that is less prone to injury.

Nix · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
Quite interesting article:

www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/jack-draper-s-coach-james-trotman-reflects-on-phenomenal-start-to-year-on-challenger-tour-and-improv_sto8876037/story.shtml

Really liked his coach's comments. He seems to have both a short term and a long term strategy for Jack's progress, and balances all the elements: s&c, match play, resilience and the mental side of the game.

It did seem that Jack's niggling injuries were hampering his progress and that they're addressing this.

Very encouraging.

-- Edited by Nix on Wednesday 13th of April 2022 08:10:07 AM

Jan · Hall of fame

Thanks, that was an interesting read.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jack is out of Split next week as commented elsewhere - is he injured again or just prepping longer ?

LordBrownof · Futures level

The article suggests he's playing Madrid the following week so maybe going to Spain early to prep.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Possibly , but his current schedule shows him in Rome CHallenger still week after Split and then he is down for Madrid main draw but way down the alt list

www.dartsrankings.com/tennis/schedules/jack-draper

LordBrownof · Futures level

Yes but Tiriac sold Madrid to IMG last year so I suspect Jack has a WC.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

LordBrownof wrote:
Yes but Tiriac sold Madrid to IMG last year so I suspect Jack has a WC.

Oh, ok, had missed Madrid going to IMG (or forgotten). Cool.

GBJ · Club Coach

LordBrownof wrote:
The article suggests he's playing Madrid the following week so maybe going to Spain early to prep.

I would have thought that a bit of challenger level practice would have been the best prep given his lack of recent matches on clay. Tour level seems a tough way find your feet. Would love him to prove me wrong though

flamingowings · All-time great

GBJ wrote:
LordBrownof wrote:
The article suggests he's playing Madrid the following week so maybe going to Spain early to prep.
I would have thought that a bit of challenger level practice would have been the best prep given his lack of recent matches on clay. Tour level seems a tough way find your feet. Would love him to prove me wrong though

Well yes....but it would be difficult to turn down a WC opportunity when your management company owns the tournament.

There was the same discussion last year when Emma got a WC into San Diego? and that had ties to her management company or something.