Jack Draper vs Jaume Munar Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Cincinnati Open

Prediction published on 13/08/2024, 09:45  by Steve Ashfield in ATP Cincinnati Open Predictions

Unseeded Jack Draper faces qualifier Jaume Muna in round one of the hard court Cincinnati Masters. The British player is attempting to get back into winning ways after losing his last two matches. Here's our match prediction.

Draper is the world number 28 but was a career-high 26th last month. He lost in round two of the Paris Olympics and last week lost in his first match in the Rogers Cup against Jordan Thompson. In the live rankings, he's up to 27th so should be seeded at the US Open.

The British player has had success on hard courts this year. He reached the final in Adelaide and the last four in Acapulco. If he can win this match, his opponent in round two of this Masters tournament will be either ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or unseeded Jan-Lennard Struff.

This is the first match between world number 89 Jaume Munar and Jack Draper. The Spaniard had to qualify to get into this main draw. He beat Hugo Gaston in straight sets but then had to go to three to get past Lorenzo Sonego, losing the middle one.

Those two wins have taken him up to 81st in the live rankings. Those were welcome wins as he'd lost his previous four matches before this tournament. Munar's best results this year have come on clay  Only two of his eight hard court matches this year had been won before the qualifiers.

We tip Jack Draper to win this in straight sets.