Cincinnati Open 2024: Holger Rune vs Jack Draper preview, head-to-head, prediction and pick
Match details
Fixture: (15) Holger Rune vs Jack Draper
Date: August 17, 2024
Tournament: Cincinnati Open 2024
Round: Quarterfinal
Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Ohio, USA
Category: ATP Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $6,795,555
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Canada - TSN | UK - Sky UK | India - Sony Liv
Holger Rune vs Jack Draper preview
The 2024 Cincinnati Open is all set to have an intriguing quarter-final as Jack Draper and Holger Rune go up against each other on August 17. 2024 has been the season where Draper has made his name, winning his maiden title on the tour and making waves among his competitors.
At the Cincinnati Open, the young Brit has played three successive three-set battles that have been tight and intense. He went past Spain's Jaume Munar in the first round in a third-set tiebreak.
Draper then caused an upset when he won against ninth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas after conceding the first set, and winning the match even though the Greek had the opportunity to serve out for victory in the second round.
Similarly, he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime after dropping the first set in the third round, winning the match 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second quarter-final of his career at a Masters 1000 event.
Holger Rune hasn't had the best of seasons so far in 2024. The World No. 16 has reached one event final at the Brisbane International, and a couple of semi-finals at the Acapulco Open and the BMW Open in Munich but has not put together a series of wins to challenge for a title in the year.
The former World No.4 has given a good account of himself in Cincinnati so far. He defeated an in-form Matteo Berrettini in the first round after dropping a first set. He then successfully went past the challenge of Nuno Borges in the second round, who recently won his maiden ATP career title. The Dane again recovered from being a set down to defeat Gael Monfils in the third round.
Holger Rune vs Jack Draper head-to-head
Draper and Rune are yet to play each other on the ATP Tour.
Holger Rune vs Jack Draper odds
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Jack Draper vs Holger Rune prediction
In his match against Auger-Aliassime, Draper won an impressive 82 percent of his first-serve points, with an over-par 62 percent win on his second serves as well. The Brit mixed up his play well, hitting 21 winners in the match, and approached the net 18 times, winning 78 percent of the net points.
In his match against Monfils, Rune won 69 percent of the total service points, but his returning left room for improvement as he could only win 29 percent of the return points. The Dane could only muster 3 break point opportunities in the match but was able to convert two of them. Rune came to the net an astounding 40 times, winning the point on 80 percent of those occasions.
Return games for both players will be pivotal in deciding the outcome of the match. However, given the overall hard court form of both players, Rune will have a slight advantage going into the match.
Pick- Rune to win in three sets