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Draper's rise to world No 5
Since starting 2024 outside the world's top 50, Jack Draper has enjoyed a sensational rise to the top of the game in the last 18 months, now the British No. 1 and ranked fifth in the world.
The 23-year-old has claimed three ATP titles in the last year, the first of which came at the Stuttgart Open in June 2024 as he became the new British No 1.
Draper then triumphed at the Vienna Open in October before winning the biggest title of his career in March as he claimed the ATP Masters 1000 of Indian Wells, which is often dubbed the 'fifth slam'.
Between his first two career wins, Draper became the first British male to reach the semi-finals of the US Open since Andy Murray in 2012.
His run to the final of the Madrid Open at the start of this month saw him break into the world's top five for the first time in his career.
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