Jack Draper splits with coach just days after appointing Andy Murray ally

Jack Draper has parted ways with his coach of four years, James Trotman. Under Trotman's tutelage, Draper won three ATP Tour titles, including Indian Wells, made it to the semi-finals of the 2024 US Open, and reached No. 4 in the world. But the British tennis coach has decided to step back to prioritise his family.

Draper was forced to end his 2025 season early due to an arm injury. The British No. 1 played just one official match after Wimbledon, reaching the second round of the US Open before pulling out of the tournament. He appointed Andy Murray's former coach, Jamie Delgado, just nine days ago.

Earlier this month, it emerged that Jamie Delgado, the former coach of Murray and Grigor Dimitrov, had joined Draper's camp.

Delgado had already been tipped to spend the majority of weeks on tour with Draper, though there was still expected to be a place for Trotman in the camp.

However, Trotman, who has two young children, does not feel that he can give the world No. 9 what he needs while spending more time with his own family. But he will always be seen as a part of the team, and Draper expressed his gratitude for his long-time coach.

The Brit is expected to return to competition at the UTS London event in December, with Delgado as his head coach. Draper won the Patrick Mouratoglou-founded tournament in 2023, before going on to lift his first two ATP Tour titles the following year.

Delgado spent five years with Murray, joining his team in May 2016. Murray went on to have the best season of his career, winning Wimbledon for the second time, defending his Olympic gold medal in singles, and ending the year as the world No. 1.

The British coach recently spent three years working with former world No. 3 Dimitrov. During their time together, Dimitrov won his first title in more than six years at the Brisbane International, reached two Masters 1000 finals, and returned to the world's top 10.

But Dimitrov picked up a horror injury at Wimbledon this summer while leading top seed Jannik Sinner by two sets to love in the fourth round. The Bulgarian retired in tears and has not played a match since. He parted ways with Delgado last month.

Delgado isn't the only former Murray team member to join Draper's camp. The British No. 1 hired Shane Annun and Matt Little, Murray's former physio and fitness coach, earlier this season.

Draper has been hard at work in the gym at the National Tennis Centre in recent weeks and recently had a brief stint training in the Algarve.