Jack Draper Won’t Play Roland-Garros

Jack Draper will miss Roland-Garros this year, due to the knee injury that he picked up in Barcelona.

“My knee is on the mend and I’ve started back hitting balls, but unfortunately, I have been advised not to play Roland-Garros,” he wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. “As gutting as it is to miss another slam, the advice is not to rush straight back into playing 5 set tennis on clay.  Off the back of the arm injury I sustained last year, I’ve been restricted with my training, and by giving myself the time to heal and build, I can be the player I want to be out there once again.”

Draper has missed out on opportunitie to defend major points during this clay season, and he’s now in danger of dropping out of the Top 100 after last year’s points (400 total) from Rome (quarterfinal) and Roland-Garros (round of 16) drop.

Jack Draper will miss Roland Garros due to the knee tendon issue that has kept him out since Barcelona.

He is aiming to return at the beginning of the grass season.

Draper will likely fall out of the top 100 post-RG after being ranked #4 last June. Just a brutal 11 months.
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) April 29, 2026

The knee injury comes at an excruciating time as Draper was finally working his way back from a six-month hiatus due to a bone bruise in his left arm. He went 5-4 and played an enthralling contest with Novak Djokovic en route to the quarterfinals at Indian Wells.