Jack Draper ruled out for the rest of the season after US Open withdrawal as British star releases statement

Jack Draper^[1] is out for the rest of the season with the arm injury which forced him to withdraw from the US Open.

The 23-year-old had been struggling with bone bruising on the humerus of his left – playing – arm since the middle of the clay court season. Having played through pain at the French Open^[2], Queen’s and Wimbledon^[3] he took seven weeks off in an effort to be fit for the US Open.

Scans taken before the event suggested the injury was fully healed and Draper reached the semi-finals of the pre-tournament mixed doubles event with Jessica Pegula. He then struggled through his first-round singles match against Argentine Federico Gomez but in the following days his arm pain reappeared.

He and his team took the decision to withdraw before his second-round match and scans were taken. When these tests revealed a recurrence of the injury, Draper took the decision to end his 2025 season to focus on making a complete recovery.

The world No7 posted on social media: ‘Unfortunately, the injury to my arm is something I have to rest and means I’ll be sitting out the rest of 2025. It is very difficult for me to accept as I was building some incredible momentum this year and playing some great stuff. 

‘However I’ve been through this before..and I always come back stronger as I’m so motivated to fulfil my potential as a player.’

Jack Draper is out for the rest of the season with the arm injury which forced him to withdraw from the US Open

For Draper, this is just the latest blow in a career riddled with injury. A dramatic growth spurt as a teenager caused several problems

Draper won the biggest title of his career in Indian Wells in March, then reached a first clay-court final in Madrid in May. He came into Wimbledon as the No4 seed and among the favourites for the title. He looked for a time to be the player hottest on the heels of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, and a virtual certainty to make his debut at the ATP Finals event for the top eight players in the world.

Now all lies in tatters. Draper is very likely to drop out of the world’s top 10 by the end of the year and Alcaraz and Sinner look a country mile ahead of him.

As well as a host of ATP events, Draper has also withdrawn from the Six Kings Slam Netflix exhibition event in Riyadh next month, where he would have earned a minimum of £1million just for showing up.

For Draper, this is just the latest blow in a career riddled with injury. A dramatic growth spurt as a teenager caused several problems, including a shoulder issue, but a largely injury-free 2024 season raised hopes that his body was adjusting to the rigours of the tour.

But he suffered hip pain during pre-season and the Australian Open, and now this long-running arm injury.

The decision to call an end to the season early looks a wise one, however, and Draper remains a player of enormous potential. Now he just needs to find a way to stay on the court. One thing we can be sure of is that this most hard-working of players will leave no stone unturned to do so.