US Open 2024: Jack Draper vs Botic van de Zandschulp preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick
Match Details
Fixture: (25) Jack Draper vs Botic van de Zandschulp
Date: August 31, 2024
Tournament: US Open 2024
Round: Third round (Round of 32)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, United States
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $75,000,000
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Jack Draper vs Botic van de Zandschulp preview
25th-seeded British player Jack Draper will play against Botic van de Zandschulp in the third round of the 2024 US Open. 2024 has been the year when Draper has shown the tennis world what he is capable of. He made it to two tournament finals and won the title in Stuttgart, leading the 22-year-old British player to attain a career-best ranking of 25.
At the US Open, the World No. 25 has had two comfortable victories so far. He got a victory via retirement in the first round, as his opponent Zhang Zhizhen retired with the score reading 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 in Draper's favor. In the second round, the British player notched up another straight-sets victory over Facundo Diaz Acosta to advance to the third round.
Botic van de Zandschulp was having a woeful season in the build-up to the US Open. The Dutchman had a poor 11-18 record for the season and hardly won any matches on the ATP Tour. The former World No. 22 had to resort to the Challenger Tour, where he reached the finals in Luedenscheld and Braunschweig, losing to Raphael Collignon and Roberto Carballes Baena.
However, the Dutchman has played well at the US Open, defeating a former Top 10 player Denis Shapovalov in straight sets in the first round. Zandschulp then shocked the tennis community, defeating third seed and four-time Major champion Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets in the second round.
Jack Draper vs Botic van de Zandschulp head-to-head
This will be the maiden encounter between Draper and Zandschulp on the ATP Tour.
Jack Draper vs Botic van de Zandschulp odds
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Jack Draper vs Botic van de Zandschulp prediction
Draper has a 59 percent win ratio on hard courts in his career. The young British player is yet to win a title on the surface, but he has reached two finals, the last of which was at the Adelaide International this year. The World No. 25 has a 7-2 record at the US Open, with a run to the fourth round last year being his best performance, where he lost to 8th-seeded Andrey Rublev.
Botic van de Zandschulp is yet to win his maiden career title on the ATP Tour and hasn't reached a hard-court final either. The Dutchman has a 6-3 record at Flushing Meadows, with his best performance coming in 2021, when he reached the quarter-final, losing to the eventual champion Daniil Medvedev.
Draper is the on-paper favorite to win this match, but after the win over Alcaraz, Zandschulp will be high on confidence and will challenge his British opponent.
Pick- Draper to win four sets