Scott Draper

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Scott Draper
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Gold Coast, Australia
Born (1974-06-05) 5 June 1974 (age 50)
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 Open 3R (1997)
French Open 4R (1995, 1996)
Wimbledon 2R (1998, 2002, 2003)
US Open 4R (1997)
Doubles
Career record26–47
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 132 (12 February 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1996)
Wimbledon 2R (1995, 2003)
US Open 1R (1995, 1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open W (2005)
Wimbledon 3R (1996)
Last updated on: 5 June 2022.

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.

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Personal life

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

Tennis career

Juniors

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 1992 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Baldas Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India.svg Nitten Kirrtane 		6–1, 4–6, 9–7

ATP career finals

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jan 1997 Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 2–6, 1–6
Win1–1 Jun 1998 Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Italy.svg Laurence Tieleman 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss1–2 Jul 1998 Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Jul 1998 Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Stoltenberg Flag of the United States.svg Doug Flach
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle 		2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jan 2005 Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett
Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Huber 		6–2, 2–6, [10–6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (5–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 1995 Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Shuzo Matsuoka 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win2–0Nov 2081Australia F3, Beaumaris FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Clarke 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–0Aug 2002 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win4–0Aug 2002 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Luczak 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win5–0Oct 2002 Fresno, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 1994 Adelaide, AustraliaChallengerGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Tramacchi Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman 		6–7, 6–7
Win1–1Jun 1999 Surbiton, United StatesChallengerGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries 		walkover

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 104–1029%
French Open AAA 4R 4R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 97–944%
Wimbledon AAA 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 93–925%
US Open AAA 3R 2R 4R 1R 1R Q3 A Q1 1R AA0 / 66–650%
Win–loss0–00–00–05–44–45–43–40–40–10–31–32–40–00–30 / 3420–3437%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAA Q1 Q1 2R 2R AAA Q1 AA0 / 22–250%
Miami AAAA 2R 3R 1R 2R AAA Q1 AA0 / 44–450%
Monte Carlo AAAAA Q1 AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Hamburg AAA Q3 A 1R AAAAA 1R AA0 / 20–20%
Rome AAAAA QF A 1R AAA Q1 AA0 / 23–260%
Canada AAA 2R 1R 2R 2R AAAA 1R AA0 / 53–538%
Cincinnati AAA Q2 1R 2R 3R A Q1 AA 1R AA0 / 43–443%
Paris AAAA Q2 AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–01–11–37–54–42–30–00–00–00–30–00–00 / 1915–1944%

Doubles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R AA0 / 911–955%
French Open AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon 2R 1R AAAAAA 2R A Q1 0 / 32–340%
US Open 1R 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss3–33–31–11–11–11–11–10–12–20–00–00 / 1413–1448%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A Q1 AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Miami A 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Hamburg 1R AAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Canada Q1 A Q1 AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati Q1 A 1R AAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 30–30%

Mixed Doubles

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R AAA 2R 1R 1R A W 1 / 66–555%
French Open AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon 3R AAAAAAAAA0 / 12–167%
US Open AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss2–20–10–00–00–01–10–10–10–05–01 / 78–657%

Golf career

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)

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
111 Feb 2007 Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship −20 (70-66-67-65=268)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Bonhomme, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Townsend

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