{"id":302740,"date":"2023-12-17T21:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302740"},"modified":"2023-12-17T21:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T21:09:16","slug":"jack-draper-enjoys-biggest-career-payday-with-uts-title-victory-over-holger-rune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/jack-draper-enjoys-biggest-career-payday-with-uts-title-victory-over-holger-rune\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Draper enjoys biggest career payday with UTS title victory over Holger Rune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Draper-UTS-5120214.jpg?r=1702846046628\"><\/p>\n<p>Jack Draper enjoyed the biggest payday of his career as he pocketed \u00a3430,924 ($546,800) for winning the Ultimate Tennis Showdown at London\u2019s ExCel. The British No 4 went undefeated in his debut at the unconventional tournament, where players compete to win as many points as possible over four quarters each lasting eight minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Draper dropped the first quarter to world No 8 Holger Rune in Sunday\u2019s final but stormed back to win the next three, taking the fourth and final quarter by 19 points to seven.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his triumph, the 21-year-old said: \u201cTo finish this strong and play some great tennis in my home country, in my home city is amazing. I think it\u2019s been a really weird format, really fun to play and obviously playing against the best players in the world and getting wins in those matches feels amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, Draper earned his biggest prize money cheque for a single tournament, surpassing the \u00a3223,816 ($284,000) he received for reaching the US Open round of 16 in September. \u201cIt\u2019s no doubt that tennis is a really expensive sport,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Just in <\/strong> <strong>Andrey Rublev makes &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; confession after furious UTS outburst[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5120220.jpg?r=1702846046675\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an individual sport but it is a team sport because there\u2019s so many people helping me on a day-to-day basis, working on my body, working on my tennis and so that money goes a long way into investing in my tennis. I\u2019m not a very materialistic guy, I\u2019ll be putting that money towards becoming a better all-round athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world No 61 isn\u2019t planning any big celebrations following his title win at UTS as he continues his pre-season work ahead of the Australian Open. Draper continued: \u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of our pre-season, we\u2019re working really hard for next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019ll have a day off, try and chill out a bit, this format takes it out of you and then I\u2019ll be back to work on Tuesday to keep on going for next year. Small break for Christmas and then I\u2019m flying to Aus so just keeping up the work from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Rafael Nadal&#8217;s coach voices concern about star&#8217;s performance at Australian Open[EXPERT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Ukrainian tennis star refuses to compete in final against 16-year-old Russian[RECAP] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Holger Rune blasts &#8216;s*** show&#8217; as Andrey Rublev explodes at UTS[REACTION] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5120219.jpg?r=1702846046776\"><\/p>\n<p>Draper had already beaten Rune in the group stage at UTS on Friday and his rival believes he can join him at the top of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time title winner said: \u201cIf he keeps playing like this he can for sure I think go top 15, why not top 10 also? How he\u2019s playing today is for sure top 10 tennis, he can beat almost everyone when he\u2019s playing like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe showed that this week, beating me twice, beating Casper [Ruud], former No.2, so if he keeps playing like this he\u2019s going to be dangerous. The question is if he\u2019s going to do it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1846624\/Jack-Draper-Ultimate-Tennis-Showdown-Holger-Rune-prize-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Draper enjoyed the biggest payday of his career as he pocketed \u00a3430,924 ($546,800) for winning the Ultimate Tennis Showdown <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jack Draper enjoys biggest career payday with UTS title victory over Holger Rune - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/jack-draper-enjoys-biggest-career-payday-with-uts-title-victory-over-holger-rune\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jack Draper enjoys biggest career payday with UTS title victory over Holger Rune - 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