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Scott Draper

Scott Dennis Draper (born 5 June 1974) is an Australian former tennis player and golfer. He won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles with Samantha Stosur in 2005. Draper also reached the fourth round of the 1995 and 1996 French Opens, and the fourth round of the US Open in 1997. His most significant achievement in singles was winning the 1998 Queen's Club Championships, the lowest ranked player ever to do so.

Scott Draper
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceGold Coast, Australia
Born (1974-06-05) 5 June 1974 (age 49)
Brisbane, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2005
PlaysLeft-handed (single-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,594,598
Singles
Career record107–129
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 42 (10 May 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1997)
French Open4R (1995, 1996)
Wimbledon2R (1998, 2002, 2003)
US Open4R (1997)
Doubles
Career record26–47
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 132 (12 February 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1996)
Wimbledon2R (1995, 2003)
US Open1R (1995, 1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2005)
Wimbledon3R (1996)
Last updated on: 5 June 2022.

Personal life edit

Draper was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School. He married his first wife, Kellie, in 1998 and she died in 1999 from cystic fibrosis.[1]

He has since remarried to Jessica, the mother of his first child, Jayden (born 3 May 2007).

His younger brother, Mark, reached a singles career-high ranking of No.152 in September 1998 and his sister, Sharon, was a top junior.

Tennis career edit

Juniors edit

Draper reached a high of No. 5 in the junior world doubles rankings in 1992, after winning the Wimbledon Boys' Doubles title.

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: SF (1992)
French Open: 1R (1992)
Wimbledon: 2R (1992)
US Open: –

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1992 Wimbledon Grass   Steven Baldas   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Nitten Kirrtane		 6–1, 4–6, 9–7

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1997 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard   Todd Woodbridge 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1998 Queen's, United Kingdom World Series Grass   Laurence Tieleman 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jul 1998 Washington, United States Championship Series Hard   Andre Agassi 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1998 Newport, United States World Series Grass   Jason Stoltenberg   Doug Flach
  Sandon Stolle 		2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (1–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2005 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Samantha Stosur   Kevin Ullyett
  Liezel Huber 		6–2, 2–6, [10–6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 5 (5–0) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1995 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard   Shuzo Matsuoka 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win 2–0 Nov 2081 Australia F3, Beaumaris Futures Hard   Peter Clarke 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–0 Aug 2002 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard   Paul Goldstein 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Aug 2002 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard   Peter Luczak 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 5–0 Oct 2002 Fresno, United States Challenger Hard   Justin Gimelstob 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1994 Adelaide, Australia Challenger Grass   Peter Tramacchi   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Dick Norman 		6–7, 6–7
Win 1–1 Jun 1999 Surbiton, United States Challenger Grass   Todd Woodbridge   Justin Gimelstob
  Scott Humphries 		walkover

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 10 4–10 29%
French Open A A A 4R 4R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 9 7–9 44%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 9 3–9 25%
US Open A A A 3R 2R 4R 1R 1R Q3 A Q1 1R A A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 4–4 5–4 3–4 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–4 0–0 0–3 0 / 34 20–34 37%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A Q1 Q1 2R 2R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami A A A A 2R 3R 1R 2R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A Q3 A 1R A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A A A A A QF A 1R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Canada A A A 2R 1R 2R 2R A A A A 1R A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Cincinnati A A A Q2 1R 2R 3R A Q1 A A 1R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Paris A A A A Q2 A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 7–5 4–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 19 15–19 44%

Doubles edit

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R A A 0 / 9 11–9 55%
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 2R 1R A A A A A A 2R A Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 3–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 14 13–14 48%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A Q1 A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada Q1 A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Q1 A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%

Mixed Doubles edit

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R A A A 2R 1R 1R A W 1 / 6 6–5 55%
French Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 3R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 5–0 1 / 7 8–6 57%

Golf career edit

Draper has also played golf professionally. He made his professional debut in the 2005 Victorian Open, a 54-hole event played from 28 to 30 January. Draper had accepted an offer from Sam Stosur to play in the mixed doubles at the 2005 Australian Open which also finished on 30 January. Draper and Stosur reached the semi-final, which meant that Draper had to play in the first round of the golf in the morning and the semi-final of the tennis in the afternoon. Draper played his second round on the following day but missed the cut. This meant he was free to compete in the final of the mixed doubles on 30 January.[2][3] On 11 February 2007, Draper won the New South Wales PGA Championship on the Von Nida Tour. He finished the four-round event with a score of 268, 20-under-par, one stroke ahead of Andrew Bonhomme and Aaron Townsend.[4] Draper played as a professional golfer from 2005 to 2008 when a back injury ended his professional career.[5] Although he played tennis left-handed, he played golf right-handed.

Professional wins (1) edit

Von Nida Tour wins (1) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 11 Feb 2007 Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship −20 (70-66-67-65=268) 1 stroke   Andrew Bonhomme,   Aaron Townsend

References edit

  1. ^ Out of the crucible
  2. ^ Dash from course to court for Draper
  3. ^ Draper and Stosur take out mixed doubles
  4. ^ Scott Draper's dream day
  5. ^ Off course, on to court

External links edit

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