{"id":230370,"date":"2025-10-21T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230370\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:44:08","slug":"jack-draper-confirms-if-hell-play-in-atp-tournament-before-the-australian-open-after-injury-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230370\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper confirms if he’ll play in ATP tournament before the Australian Open after injury issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jack Draper should be completely rested and fully fit when 2026 gets underway. <\/p>\n

Draper has made a change to his coaching team<\/a> in recent weeks, and now, he\u2019s back on the courts, hitting some balls ahead of his return. <\/p>\n

Draper will leave the top 10 next week<\/a> following title wins for Casper Ruud<\/a> and Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> in Stockholm and Brussels, respectively. <\/p>\n

Other players have taken inspiration from Draper<\/a> by cutting short their own seasons and with the ATP schedule currently extremely demanding, it might become the norm. <\/p>\n

Tim Henman has given Jack Draper a goal<\/a> for next year and now, it\u2019s starting to become clear what his schedule will look like ahead of the Australian Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"JackPhoto by Ishika Samant\/Getty ImagesJack Draper confirmed for Adelaide International<\/p>\n

Draper has confirmed that he will return to action at the three-day UTS Grand Final in London in December. <\/p>\n

After that, he will play at an exhibition in Macau and then attentions will turn to early-January when the bigger tournaments will be on his radar. <\/p>\n

He might start the season by representing Great Britain at the United Cup but he has also been confirmed for the ATP 500 event in Adelaide. <\/p>\n

The Adelaide International is a tournament that Draper knows well having lost to Jiri Lehecka in the final back in 2024. <\/p>\n

Last year, Auger-Aliassime claimed the title with Draper opting to skip the tournament ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year. <\/p>\n

Draper will hope to prove fitness in 2026<\/p>\n

Despite his tender years, Draper has already encountered a few issues physically. <\/p>\n

Before getting injured at the US Open, Draper pulled out of two tournaments<\/a> after picking up an injury at Wimbledon. <\/p>\n

Draper has even alluded to the fact that he needs to get stronge<\/a>r and there will be hope among his contingent of fans that this break has done him the world of good. <\/p>\n

The youngster reached the semifinal of the US Open in 2024 but was physically sick on the court, with Jannik Sinner<\/a> showcasing just how fit you need to be to compete at the top level. <\/p>\n

However, Draper is definitely going to make waves in the future and it will be fascinating to see what shape he\u2019s in when he returns to action. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Jack Draper should be completely rested and fully fit when 2026 gets underway.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[753,64,63,5874,85,747],"class_list":["post-230370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jack-draper","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}