Jack Draper surprises Tommy Paul 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday after playing an impressive match to clash against Alexander Bublik in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 14,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 34,510 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Draper will add $ 24,210 to his earnings to get in total $ 58,720.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Tommy Paul Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, Jack scored 60 points vs. Paul’s 41.
Draper
Draper served pretty well to win 92% of the points (22/24) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Jack didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Paul
On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Draper and Paul is 2-0 for Jack.
Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Alexander Bublik – stats
Draper will face Bublik in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Jack Draper and Alexander Bublik play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Draper and Bublik (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Draper conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Draper managed to boost his lead after breaking Paul in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Jack failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Draper won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Jack converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Draper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Paul (31-15). Jack conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Paul conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Jack conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Jack converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Draper won just 3 more points than the American (29-26). Jack conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). On the other side, Tommy conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Jack DraperDraper – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Alexander BublikBublik (1-1) – H2H details and stats
