Jack Draper’s lengthy absence from the ATP Tour is ready to finish on Monday when he competes at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
For the majority of 2025, Draper was nursing a left arm damage, which resulted in him taking part in only one ATP match after the Wimbledon Championships.
Draper made his return to aggressive play earlier this month, serving to Great Britain advance at the Davis Cup.
He then withdrew from the Rotterdam Open, elevating additional considerations about the standing of his arm.
However, he’s lastly set to finish his lengthy absence from the Tour when he performs Quentin Halys in Dubai.
Ahead of the occasion in the UAE, Draper was requested to call his best friends on the Tour.
Jack Draper’s five best friends on the ATP Tour
In a video with the Dubai Tennis Championships, Draper recognized three British gamers as his best friends on the Tour.
The British primary selected doubles star Lloyd Glasspool, British quantity three Jacob Fearnley and teenager Jack Pinnington Jones, who not too long ago made his first ATP Tour quarter-final at the Dallas Open.
Draper additionally named two extra best friends who hail from areas exterior the UK: Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini.
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Other notable ATP stars additionally revealed their best friends on the Tour.
Hubert Hurkacz selected Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov, whereas Felix Auger-Aliassime highlighted Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau.
Stan Wawrinka named Gael Monfils as his best pal, whereas Daniil Medvedev chosen Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.
Rublev selected Medvedev, Khachanov, Alexander Zverev, Sinner, and Carlos Alcaraz. Khachanov selected Rublev, Medvedev and Alexander Bublik.
Jannik Sinner mentioned Jack Draper is one in every of his best friends on Tour
Speaking to The Telegraph forward of his participation in the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, Sinner instructed reporters in London: “You’re lucky to have a player like him [Draper].
“After Andy [Murray], they need someone big. He [Draper] is someone big, and he’s someone who is going to stay there for a very, very long time.
“One of the best friends I have on the tour. We are quite similar in the way we make a lot of sacrifices to be the best we can.
“He came also, when I was banned. He came to Monaco to practise there, and everything was great. But now things are … are a bit different, because, you know, he’s No 4 in the world.”
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