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Jack Draper vs Matteo Berrettini: ATP Stuttgart – Final
Jack Draper and Matteo Berrettini will face off for the title at the ATP Stuttgart.
Jack Draper Profile
Jack Draper is 40th in the ATP rankings, five spots lower than his career high. The Brit is 17-12 for the season and 4-0 on grass.
He is coming off a 6-3, 6-3 semifinal win over Brandon Nakashima. Previously in the tournament, Draper defeated Frances Tiafoe in the decisive tiebreak and Marcos Giron and Sebastian Ofner in straight sets.
This is the second final of the season for Draper after he lost to Jiri Lehecka in Adelaide at the beginning of the year.
This is his fourth appearance in Stuttgart, and he has made it past the quarterfinal for the first time.
Matteo Berrettini Profile
The former world No. 6 Matteo Berrettini is currently 95th in the rankings. The Italian is 13-3 for the season and 4-0 on grass.
Berrettini is coming off a 6-4, 6-0 semifinal win over Lorenzo Mussti. Previously in the tournament, he defeated James Duckworth Denis Shapovalov and Roman Safiullin.
This is only the fourth tournament for Berrettini this season, and he reached the final in two of them. In Phoenix, he lost to Nuno Borgues, and in Marrakech, he lost to Roberto Carballes Baena.
This is the fourth time for Berrettini to play in Stuttgart, and he won the title there in 2019 and 2022.
Head-to-Head
- This will be the first match between Jack Draper and Matteo Berrettini.
Prediction and Conclusion
It seems like Matteo Berrettini is finally back in full shape after missing significant time with an injury. He is a former Wimbledon finalist and plays very well on grass, just like Jack Draper. The Brit barely made it here after playing a decisive tiebreak in the quarterfinal, while Berrettini has been very dominant. Draper has never won an ATP title, so this is a huge opportunity for him. Berrettini is the favorite, and with the way both of them serve and the stakes so high, we are going with over 0.5 tiebreaks in the match.
