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
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

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

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)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1992WimbledonGrassAustralia Steven BaldasIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
India 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1997 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1998 Queen's, United Kingdom World Series Grass Italy Laurence Tieleman 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jul 1998 Washington, United States Championship Series Hard United States 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1998 Newport, United States World Series Grass Australia Jason Stoltenberg United States Doug Flach
Australia 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2005 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard Australia Samantha Stosur Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
South Africa 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1995 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard Japan Shuzo Matsuoka 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win 2–0 Nov 2081 Australia F3, Beaumaris Futures Hard Republic of Ireland Peter Clarke 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–0 Aug 2002 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard United States Paul Goldstein 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Aug 2002 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Australia Peter Luczak 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 5–0 Oct 2002 Fresno, United States Challenger Hard United States 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1994 Adelaide, Australia Challenger Grass Australia Peter Tramacchi India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belgium Dick Norman		 6–7, 6–7
Win 1–1 Jun 1999 Surbiton, United States Challenger Grass Australia Todd Woodbridge United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries		 walkover

Performance timelines
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
Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
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
Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
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
Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
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

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.

Von Nida Tour wins (1)
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 Australia Andrew Bonhomme, Australia Aaron Townsend

References
  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
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