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Jack Draper to miss rest of 2026 season with arm injury

Jack Draper will miss the remainder of the 2026 season as he continues to recover from an arm injury, and is aiming to return to the tour at the start of 2027.

  • Draper, 24, will miss the rest of the 2026 season due to an arm injury.
  • He is aiming to return to the tour at the start of 2027.
  • Draper was ranked in the world's top five last summer but is now ranked 143.

Jack Draper will miss the rest of the 2026 season as he continues to recover from an arm injury, the 24-year-old has said.

Draper posted on social media that he is aiming to return to the tour at the start of 2027. He said: "I am taking this time to reset and heal so when I return I am 100 per cent ready to go."

The British player has been troubled by bruising on the bone, which he said has wrecked much of his last 12 months. He recently pulled out of the US Open, meaning he did not play in a grand slam this year.

Draper was ranked in the world's top five last summer but is now down at 143. His arm problems forced him out after Wimbledon last year for seven months, aside from a US Open appearance where he pulled out ahead of the second round.

He then appeared to be back on track, only for a knee problem to surface in the spring and force him out of the French Open. He made another return at Eastbourne ahead of Wimbledon, but more pain in his arm prompted him to miss his home grand slam.

Why this matters: Draper, a former top-five player, will not compete again in 2026 as he recovers from an arm injury that has disrupted his last 12 months.

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