Draper withdraws from rest of 2025 season due to left arm injury

Jack Draper has withdrawn from the remainder of the 2025 season after medical advice to rest a persistent left arm injury that forced him to pull out of the U.S. Open before his scheduled second round. The 23 year old British number one announced the decision in a social media statement on Monday, saying the injury required rest and would keep him sidelined through the end of the year.

"Unfortunately the injury to my arm is something I have to rest and means I will be sitting out the rest of 2025," Draper wrote. "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."

Draper, who beat Argentine qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez in the U.S. Open opening round but withdrew before facing Belgium’s Zizou Bergs, has been managing a bone bruise in his upper left arm. The condition was diagnosed after his second round loss to Marin Cilic at Wimbledon, according to reports, and has troubled him since the middle of the clay court season. Draper said he will not undergo surgery for the injury, describing it as bone stress and bone bruising in his left humerus.