Who Will Win: Draper Vs Rune? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Jack Draper Play Against Holger Rune?

Draper and Rune are on the Day 6 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Saturday 17 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Jack Draper (GBR) will be facing Holger Rune (DEN) in their first meeting. Draper, 22 years old, is currently ranked World No. 28 and has achieved a career-high ranking of No. 26 in July 2024. In 2024, he had a record of 25-16 and won the Stuttgart Title. He also had a perfect record of 3-0 in the Cincinnati tournament, reaching the quarterfinals.

Draper had an impressive rise in his rankings in 2022, achieving a new career-high ranking 22 times. He broke into the Top 200 in February, the Top 100 in June, and the Top 50 in September. He peaked at No. 26 in July 2024 after winning his first ATP Tour title at the 2024 Stuttgart tournament.

During the 2024 grass court season, Draper defeated 2-time champion Berrettini in the Stuttgart final to capture his first ATP Tour title. He also earned the biggest win of his career by defeating No. 2 Alcaraz at the London/Queen’s Club in the second round.

In his career, Draper reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2023 Sofia tournament and reached his second final at the 2024 Adelaide tournament in his following event.

In 2022, Draper advanced to his first ATP Tour semifinal at Eastbourne as a Wild Card. He achieved wins over No. 5 Tsitsipas en route to the Montreal quarterfinals as a Qualifier and defeated No. 8 Auger-Aliassime to reach the third round of the US Open.

Draper achieved his first and second ATP Tour wins of his career by defeating both Sinner and Bublik in two Tiebreaks at the 2021 London/Queen’s Club, where he reached the quarterfinals as the 309th-ranked Wild Card.

During his junior career, Draper achieved a career-high ranking of No. 7 and reached the 2018 Wimbledon boys’ singles final, defeating Mejia 7-6, 6-7, 19-17 in the semifinals.

Draper has a record of 12-20 against Top 20 players, including wins over No. 11 Tsitsipas in the second round and

No. 19 Auger-Aliassime in the third round. He aims to record three Top 20 wins at one event for the first time in his career, which would make him the sixth Brit to reach the ATP Masters 1000 semifinals in series history.

As for Holger Rune, he is 21 years old and currently ranked World No. 16, with a career-high ranking of No. 4 in August 2023. He broke into the Top 100 in January 2022, the Top 50 in May 2022, and the Top 10 in November 2022, becoming the highest-ranked Dane in PIF ATP Rankings history.

Rune captured the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title at the age of 19, becoming the first player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to earn five Top-10 wins at an event other than the Nitto ATP Finals.

From 2022 Paris to 2023 Rome, Rune had a record of 18-5 in six ATP Masters 1000 events. He achieved runner-up results in Monte Carlo, losing to Rublev, and in Rome, losing to Medvedev.

Rune went on a 7-match winning streak against Top 5 opponents but ended the streak with a loss to No. 3 Medvedev at the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome final. He ended the 2022 season on a 19-2 run after struggling with a 1-6 record in January-February and a 0-7 record in June-July.

Notably, Rune upset 2021 finalist Tsitsipas at the 2022 Roland Garros, becoming the first Danish man to reach the quarterfinals in tournament history since 1925 and reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal in the Open Era since 1968.

Rune became the first Danish man to reach the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati tournament in the Open Era. He now seeks to reach his fourth ATP Masters 1000 semifinal, with a perfect 3-0 record, and his first since the 2023 Rome tournament, where he lost to Medvedev in the final. This will be his second semifinal on hard courts, following his victory at the 2022 Paris tournament, where he defeated Djokovic in the final.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Draper will win.
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