Draper to overlook 2026 Australia swing as a result of harm

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Draper to overlook 2026 Australia swing as a result of harm

Briton recovering from arm harm

December 26, 2025

Jack Draper introduced on social media Friday that he won’t compete in Australia to start his 2026 season due to the arm harm he has been recovering from.

“Sadly me and my group have determined to not head out to Australia this yr. It’s a extremely, actually robust choice, clearly Australia being a Grand Slam, it’s one of many largest tournaments in our sport,” Draper mentioned in a video he posted on X, previously often known as Twitter. “Nonetheless, I’ve had this harm for a very long time. I’m on the very, very finish levels of the method and to step again on court docket into best-of-five-set tennis so quickly simply doesn’t seem to be the smart move proper now for me and my tennis.

“I’ve clearly been by way of a good quantity of setbacks to date. However by far and away this one has been essentially the most troublesome, most complicated one which I’ve had.”

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— jack draper (@jackdraper0) December 26, 2025

The British lefty has performed one tour-level match since Wimbledon, a first-round win on the US Open. Draper then withdrew from the season’s closing main and didn’t compete once more in 2025.

The 24-year-old has been battling an arm harm. The No. 10 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings tallied a 30-9 file in 2025, in accordance with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. He received his first ATP Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells.

“It all the time appears to handle to make me extra resilient, to make me hungrier, to make me simply wish to grow to be the participant I wish to grow to be much more,” Draper mentioned of his harm. “I’m wanting ahead to getting again on the market in 2026 and competing.”