Italian Open 2025: Jack Draper features in quarter-finals as three Brits make doubles semis
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It was another impressive week for the Brits on the clay at the ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 Italian Open with British No.1 Jack Draper leading a series of strong results in Rome. Here’s our British rundown of the 2025 Italian Open.
Draper continues form on the clay
Fresh off the back of reaching his first clay court final at the Mutua Madrid Open, Draper once again showed his quality in a quarter-final run in Rome.
The world No.5 opened his account with victories over world No.46 Luca Darderi and Vit Kopriva, before stages a comeback win over Corentin Moutet 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the fourth round.
In the quarter-finals he faced reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz, narrowly losing to the third seed in their third match of the season 6-4, 6-4.
The British star is currently third in the ATP Race to Turin heading into the second Grand Slam of the season at Roland Garros.
Jacob Fearnley lost out in the second round against Matteo Berrettini 6-4, 7-6(0), while Cam Norrie was defeated by Daniil Medvedev in round two as well.
Spain’s Alcaraz eventually took home the Italian Open title after beating world No.1 and home favourite Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(5), 6-1.
Raducanu enjoys fourth round run
Britain’s Emma Raducanu reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 event for the second time this season at the Italian Open.
The former US Open champion began her campaign with a hard-fought victory over Australia’s Maya Joint 7-5, 6-7(1), 6-3 in the first round and continued to up her level as the tournament went on.
In the second round she defeated Swiss star Jil Teichmann and went on to knock out world No.50 Veronika Kudermetova 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 in the third round.
The 22-year-old’s journey came to an end in the fourth round against world No,3 and eventual runner-up Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-2.
Sonay Kartal made the second round before losing out to 30th seed Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-2, while Katie Boulter bowed out in the opening round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Italy’s own Jasmine Paolini was crowned women’s singles champion in Rome after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over fourth seed Gauff.
Brits reach doubles semi-finals
Three British players made the men’s doubles semi-finals in Rome, with second seeds Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara, and GB Davis Cup duo Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury making the final four.
Wimbledon and Australian Open champions Patten and Heliovaara progressed to their third ATP Masters 1000 semi-final of the season before narrowly losing out to Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 7-6(5), 6-4.
Meanwhile, Skupski and Salisbury backed up their final appearance in Barcelona with impressive wins over the likes of former world No.1s Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos at the Italian Open.
However, the duo missed out on a place in the final to top seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic 7-6(2), 6-1.
