Jack Draper has made great strides throughout the course of the 2025 season.
He claimed his biggest title at the Indian Wells Masters and the Brit has reached a career-high ranking of number five.
Now the 23-year-old has begun to show his pedigree on clay after he reached the Madrid Open final.
Jack Draper is looking to build on these results ahead of what he hopes to have a strong French Open campaign.
Jack Draper says the three things he wants to improve on clay before the French Open
Draper’s run to the Madrid Open championship match is the best result of his career on clay.
He aimed to become the first British man since Andy Murray to triumph in the Spanish capital, but Casper Ruud had other ideas as he completed a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win to lift his first Masters 1000 title.
Draper’s performances on clay are a work in progress and after a solid run in Madrid, he identified three things that he wants to improve on the surface with the French Open on the horizon.
“On the clay especially. I’m a lot more comfortable moving on the hard courts and that sort of thing,” he told reporters. “I think on the clay, my movement can be better. I think my serve could definitely be better, my accuracy on my serve. I’m 6′-4″ and it is a weapon, but I think it could be better.
“I think my defense and my attack, the mix of that has got really a lot better, but I think there’s so many chances I’m getting to come forward to the net. I don’t think I utilize that enough. I think I need to keep on coming forward more to finish off the points and put more pressure on my opponents.
“Yeah, I think mentally as well, like more exposure to these big matches and key moments I’m going to get better. I think physically as well. Like, I’m on a journey with that. I’ve definitely been someone who has struggled in the past with injuries and, you know, not lasting as long as I wanted to, but that’s improving all the time as well.
“But again, nowhere near where I want to be, so I think, yeah, there’s plenty of things that are going to keep on improving, and I’m going to keep on getting better and better. I believe that.”
Jack Draper aims for a strong Italian Open
Draper is in Rome preparing to compete in the Italian Open for just the second time in his career.
The World number five has claimed just one match win in Rome, and that came against Borna Coric in the opening round in 2024.
This year Draper will start his campaign in the second round and will take on either home favourite Luciano Darderi or Yunchaokete Bu.
The pair will play one another on Wednesday to determine who Draper’s first opponent of the Italian Open will be.
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