Hubert Hurkacz and Jack Draper will face off in the 2^nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.75
Jack Draper -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jack Draper

This will be the 6^th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Jack Draper clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), but Draper has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Hurkacz won 6-1 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Madrid back in April 2024.

Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs Jack Draper – Madrid 26-April-2024

Hubert Hurkacz

Ranked no. 8, Hubert reached the 2^nd round after beating Marcos Giron 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Pole defeated Giron (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4). During the match, Hurkacz scored 97 points vs Giron’s 85. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hurkacz managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Hubert Hurkacz was very effective on serve to win 82% (46/56) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Pole broke Giron 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (390-229). 17-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hurkacz has an overall 184-88 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Estoril where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

Hurkacz has a compiled 40-17 win-loss record in 2024, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Jack Draper

Ranked no. 20 (career-high), Draper got to the 2^nd round after defeating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Jack had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-4 6-2). During the match Draper scored 60 points vs Bellucci’s 39. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Draper struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jack Draper was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jack broke Bellucci 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Stuttgart where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

Jack has a compiled 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hurkacz	Draper
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	33	18
Pts	97-85	60-39
Total Points	182	99
Winners	46	27
%Winners	47%	45%

Both Hurkacz and Draper played 1 match. At the moment, Hubert Hurkacz surrendered 1 set while Jack Draper hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hurkacz has played 1 set more than Draper (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hurkacz played 15 games more than Draper. Hubert scored 46 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit managed to score 27 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hurkacz	Draper
Aces	17	9
Avg per match	17	9
1st in	56/89	30/45
%1st in	63%	67%
1st pts	46/56	27/30
%1st pts	82%	90%
2nd pts	21/33	10/15
%2nd pts	64%	67%

Hurkacz blasted 17 aces . Draper struck 9 aces . Hurkacz won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Draper won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hurkacz	Draper
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	3	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

Hubert broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hubert conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Draper broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jack was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Hurkacz
	R1 Giron	Total
Score	6-4 6-75 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	97-85	97-85
Total points	182	182
Winners	46	46
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	17	17
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	56/89	56/89
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	46/56	46/56
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	21/33	21/33
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Draper
	R1 Bellucci	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	60-39	60-39
Total points	99	99
Winners	27	27
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	30/45	30/45
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	27/30	27/30
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	10/15	10/15
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Kei Nishikori/Rei SakamotoNishikori/Rei Sakamoto (6-7⁶ 6-4 10-6) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction