{"id":297226,"date":"2023-12-17T21:09:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=297226"},"modified":"2023-12-17T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T21:09:11","slug":"jack-draper-enjoys-biggest-career-payday-with-uts-title-victory-over-holger-rune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.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>\n

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

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

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

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

Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just in <\/strong> Andrey Rublev makes ‘unacceptable’ confession after furious UTS outburst[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\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

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

\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