Jack Draper and Brandon Nakashima meet in the quarterfinals of the 2025 HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club. The match is scheduled for Friday, June 20. Here’s our Jack Draper vs Brandon Nakashima prediction. This preview will also include a Jack Draper vs Brandon Nakashima pick.

Jack Draper Preview
Jack Draper began his grass swing in his home tournament at Queen’s Club in London. The British lefty is the second seed in this tournament, behind only Carlos Alcaraz among the top-ranked players. Draper started the event with a clinical 6-3, 6-1 win against American Jenson Brooksby.

Draper then overcame a sterner test in the round of 16, recovering from a set down to beat Alexei Popyrin in three sets. Popyrin saved two match points at 4-5 in the third set and forced a deciding set tie-break, but Draper just edged it in the end 7-5.

Draper finished with an 8-2 record on grass last year, and reached the quarterfinals of this tournament after upsetting Alcaraz. But this time, Draper is expected to march into the final after a career-best season saw him break into the top 5 of the ATP rankings.


Brandon Nakashima Preview
Brandon Nakashima is unseeded at Queen’s and started the tournament with a massive win over big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Nakashima needed three and a half hours to see off the Frenchman 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.

In the second round, Nakashima defeated Dan Evans, who earlier in the tournament accounted for a win over Frances Tiafoe, clearing Nakashima’s path. The American won 7-5, 7-6 in almost two hours. He hammered eight aces and won 79% of first serve points (42/53) in the match.

Nakashima’s win is a reward in the last eight at Queen’s for the first time. Last year, he compiled a 9-5 record on grass. This year, he’s made it to his second grass-court quarterfinal. He lost in this stage in Stuttgart this past week.

Jack Draper vs Brandon Nakashima Head-To-Head
Draper and Nakashima have met three times at all levels. Draper leads 2-1 and won their only Tour-level meeting on grass at the 2024 Stuttgart in straight sets. The only time Nakashima beat Draper was at the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals.

Jack Draper vs Brandon Nakashima Prediction
The odds tell the full story here. Draper is odds-on to march to the semifinals and rightly so. He’s been in sensational form this season, and grass is probably his best surface, given how his strengths become more amplified. Nakashima is equally adept at firing winners at will, but Draper just edges this in my book.

Nur Said's Pick: Jack Draper in three sets