Jack Draper breaks into the ATP top 10 with new career-high ranking
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Jack Draper has ticked off multiple milestones this week – not only winning his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells but also breaking into the ATP top 10 for the first time in his career.
The British No.1 became only the fifth British man to reach the top 10 in the Open Era – joining Greg Rusedski, Tim Henman, Andy Murray and Cam Norrie.
Draper's straight sets final win over Holger Rune meant that the Brit is now up to world No.7 – the highest-ranking British singles player since Murray back in October 2017.
Reflecting on the achievement after his win at Indian Wells, Draper said: “I feel like I deserve it to be honest. The amount of adversity I’ve been through, the amount of sacrifices, the amount of time that the people around me have put into me, the hard work.
“It’s an emotional feeling to know what you’ve gone through and put in and now to be able to say that I’m going to be seven in the world tomorrow – I can’t tell you how much that means to me.”
Draper’s career highlights so far:
- 2021: Records his first ATP Tour win against now world No.1 Jannik Sinner at The Queen’s Club
- 2022: Wins four ATP Challenger titles in the first quarter of the season to break into the top 100
- 2022: Gets his first Grand Slam win at Wimbledon against Zizou Bergs
- 2022: Secures his first top five win over Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Canada Masters
- 2022: Becomes the first Briton to qualify for the ATP Next Gen Finals
- 2023: Makes his Davis Cup debut in Manchester with a victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis
- 2023: Reaches his first ATP Tour level final in Sofia
- 2024: Lifts his first ATP title in Stuttgart after beating Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
- 2024: Becomes British No.1 for the first time in his career
- 2024: Receives the call up for his Olympics debut for Team GB in Paris
- 2024: Reaches his first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open
- 2024: Clinches his first ATP 500 title in Vienna with a final victory over Karen Khachanov
- 2025: Enjoys another ATP 500 final in Doha but loses out to Andrey Rublev
- 2025: Wins the biggest title of his career at Indian Wells – beating Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune along the way
The new career-high ranking comes as the result of years of hard work and determination from his junior days to becoming a top 10 player.
His journey began playing alongside his brother Ben at the Sutton Tennis & Squash club as a child, where his mother Nicky was a coach.
As a promising young junior, Draper worked his through the age groups with the support of coach Justin Sherring – who was with the Briton in Indian Wells last week - and showed huge promise from an early age.
Draper went on to represent GB at junior level and qualified for his first professional tournament back in 2017. It was at this time that Draper was placed on the LTA Pro Scholarship Programme (PSP) the highest level of support for players aged 16-24.
With the support of coach Ryan Jones, he went on to make the final of junior Wimbledon and from there only continued to ascend into his professional career.
After success at the ITF level and with a win against now world No.1 Jannik Sinner on his ATP Tour debut at The Queen’s Club, Draper started working more regularly with LTA’s men’s National Coach James Trotman, who had been part of his support through PSP since 2017.
Trotman has been with Draper throughout his meteoric rise up the ATP rankings and the two have battled through set-backs, injuries and more to become the player we see today.
Since then, he's gone on to achieve several incredible highlights by just the age of 23. Now up at world No.7, Draper is a three-time ATP title winner, an ATP Masters champion in Indian Wells, is a former US Open semi-finalist, has represented his country at both Davis Cup and the Olympics, and has cemented his place amongst the best players in the world.
With many years still ahead of him, the sky is truly the limit for the British No.1.
