Jack Draper tops Karen Khachanov 6-4 7-5 in the final in Vienna on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Jack added € 213,380 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 461,920 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Karen Khachanov Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 68 points vs. Karen’s 57.
Draper
The Brit served extremely well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 39% points (7/18) on his second serve. Draper was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Khachanov
On the other side, Khachanov was struggling when converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Draper and Khachanov is 2-2.
This was the 2nd career title for Jack. (see list of titles and finals). Karen remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jack grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Brit converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, Jack didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Karen (34-25). Jack was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Karen conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Draper conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Brit to win the set as Khachanov succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Jack kept his focus to break Khachanov in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
However also Karen won 5 consecutive games from 0-4 to 5-4
The Brit converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Khachanov converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 6th (1-4 0-40), the 7th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Draper won just 2 more points than the Russian (34-32). The Brit surrendered 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the court, Karen conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).