Andy Murray will be part of Jack Draper’s coaching set-up for the upcoming grass-court season.
The Britons, who played together for Great Britain at the Davis Cup in 2023, will now reunite in a different scenario as Draper, the current world No50, eyes a comeback after a tricky few months.
Draper, now the British No2 behind Cameron Norrie, has been struggling with a niggling arm injury that saw him pull out of the US Open - where he had reached the semi-finals in 2024 - before the second round last year, and he sat out the Australian Open in January.
He returned briefly for the hard-court swing, reaching the last 16 in Dubai before a run to the quarter-finals at Indian Wells, where he was defending his title from last year.
En route to the last eight, he stunned Novak Djokovic before bowing out to Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.
He was beaten in the opening round of Miami by the big-serving Reilly Opelka, before he was forced to hand Tomas Etcheverry a walkover in his first match on clay this year in Barcelona.
This time, he has been plagued by a knee injury that will see him miss the rest of the clay-court season and the year’s second Grand Slam, Roland-Garros.
It gives him plenty of time to focus on the British grass swing, where he will have two-time Wimbledon champion Murray in his box.
Draper, who was seeded fourth at the All England Club last summer, was beaten comprehensively by the wily veteran Marin Cilic in the second round.
In a brief statement, Draper revealed that Jamie Delgado, a former coach of Murray himself, would be departing his team, and Murray would take his place.
"I am very grateful for everything Jamie Delgado has done for me over these past six months. He is a world-class coach and a great man," Draper said.
"In the interim, I will continue to be supported by the excellent team at the LTA, with the addition of Andy Murray, who will be supporting me throughout the grass-court season."
Draper is entered to play at Queen’s Club this summer ahead of Wimbledon, along with world No2 Carlos Alcaraz, who himself was forced to withdraw from his French Open title defence through injury.
Coaching Draper will not be Murray’s first foray into the business, having helped Novak Djokovic from November 2024 to May 2025.
The pair teamed up following Murray’s retirement after the Paris 2024 Olympics, and they split just before last year’s French Open after a disappointing run of results.
