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 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 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

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1992WimbledonGrass 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jan 1997Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Todd Woodbridge2–6, 1–6
Win1–1Jun 1998Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Laurence Tieleman7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss1–2Jul 1998Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Andre Agassi2–6, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1998Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 2005Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 1995Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Shuzo Matsuoka6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win2–0Nov 2081Australia F3, BeaumarisFuturesHard Peter Clarke6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win3–0Aug 2002Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Paul Goldstein4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win4–0Aug 2002Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Peter Luczak7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win5–0Oct 2002Fresno, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob6–1, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 1994Adelaide, AustraliaChallengerGrass Peter Tramacchi Mahesh Bhupathi
Dick Norman
6–7, 6–7
Win1–1Jun 1999Surbiton, United StatesChallengerGrass Todd Woodbridge Justin Gimelstob
Scott Humphries
walkover

Performance timelines edit

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 edit

Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ1Q1Q11R1R3R2R1R1R1R1R2RA1R0 / 104–1029%
French OpenAAA4R4R1R2R1RA1R1R1RA1R0 / 97–944%
WimbledonAAA1R1R1R2R1RA1R2R2RA1R0 / 93–925%
US OpenAAA3R2R4R1R1RQ3AQ11RAA0 / 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 WellsAAAAQ1Q12R2RAAAQ1AA0 / 22–250%
MiamiAAAA2R3R1R2RAAAQ1AA0 / 44–450%
Monte CarloAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
HamburgAAAQ3A1RAAAAA1RAA0 / 20–20%
RomeAAAAAQFA1RAAAQ1AA0 / 23–260%
CanadaAAA2R1R2R2RAAAA1RAA0 / 53–538%
CincinnatiAAAQ21R2R3RAQ1AA1RAA0 / 43–443%
ParisAAAAQ2AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–01–11–37–54–42–30–00–00–00–30–00–00 / 1915–1944%

Doubles edit

Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open3RQF2R2R2R2R2R1R2RAA0 / 911–955%
French OpenAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon2R1RAAAAAA2RAQ10 / 32–340%
US Open1R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss3–33–31–11–11–11–11–10–12–20–00–00 / 1413–1448%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAQ1AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
MiamiA1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Hamburg1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
CanadaQ1AQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
CincinnatiQ1A1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 30–30%

Mixed Doubles edit

Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open1R1RAAA2R1R1RAW1 / 66–555%
French OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon3RAAAAAAAAA0 / 12–167%
US OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss2–20–10–00–00–01–10–10–10–05–01 / 78–657%

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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
111 Feb 2007Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship−20 (70-66-67-65=268)1 stroke Andrew Bonhomme, Aaron Townsend

References edit

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