Jack Draper Says Tennis Makes It Hard to Have a Girlfriend

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Tennis phenom Jack Draper has turned heads with his play at the French Open.
The British No. 1 tennis player thrilled fans with a close battle against Gael Monfils of France on May 29, 2025.
The victory propelled Draper into the third round and had some fans wondering about his relationship history and whether he has a wife or girlfriend.
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No, Draper is not married. However, he has opened up about dating in interviews. He hasn't named a girlfriend, though.
"He's single, and though he likes going on dates...he doesn't really party, preferring to spend time with friends," Vogue wrote of Draper in March 2025.
"He is, conveniently, single; which means that Draper might be the most eligible bachelor in SW15," Tatler reported in May 2025.
"I'm always on the road. Always playing, always training. It's tough to sustain any form of relationship," he told Tatler, which called him "an eligible bachelor perhaps, but Draper is more of a mummy's boy at heart. She's the first person he calls when he wins; 'a huge mentor' and a former junior tennis champion herself."
Jack Draper of Great Britain celebrates defeating Andy Murray of Great Britain.His brother Ben was described as his "wingman."
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Draper opened up even more in an interview with The Times in January 2025, which reported that he doesn't consider "model looks" a "top priority in a potential partner."
'For me, it's more about someone who has got ambition, their own purpose in life, who's nonjudgmental, someone with good values," he told The Times, admitting he's used dating apps. He"finds them too time-consuming."
'The most important thing to me right now is becoming the best tennis player I can be, especially the way the world is at the moment with all that [app] stuff. I'd rather meet someone out of genuine, almost coincidence, or when I'm focused on something else," he told The Times.
When the news site asked whether he has ever been in love, he said, "My mum."
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According to Vogue, Draper "recently bought his first flat, a three-bedroom apartment in southwest London" where he lives with his brother and friend Paul Jubb, who is also a tennis player.
In the Vogue interview, he explained the toll that playing professional tennis has taken on his life.
In 2021, "when he first played Wimbledon as a wild card...Draper was still living at home, making lonely rounds of Challenger tournaments," the site reported.
'You become very lost. Everyone else is going to university, everyone else is doing their thing," he told Vogue.
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Jack Draper Says Tennis Makes It Hard to Have a Girlfriend first appeared on Men's Journal on May 29, 2025