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.

Early life Draper was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School. 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) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1992WimbledonGrass Steven Baldas Mahesh Bhupathi Nitten Kirrtane6–1, 4–6, 9–7

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–2)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Todd Woodbridge2–6, 1–6Win1–1Queen's, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Laurence Tieleman7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss1–2Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Andre Agassi2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Jason Stoltenberg Doug Flach Sandon Stolle2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Samantha Stosur Kevin Ullyett Liezel Huber6–2, 2–6, [10–6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (5–0) LegendATP Challenger (4–0)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (5–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Shuzo Matsuoka6–3, 6–7, 6–4Win2–0Australia F3, BeaumarisFuturesHard Peter Clarke6–1, 7–6(7–3)Win3–0Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Paul Goldstein4–6, 6–4, 6–4Win4–0Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Peter Luczak7–6(7–5), 6–4Win5–0Fresno, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Adelaide, AustraliaChallengerGrass Peter Tramacchi Mahesh Bhupathi Dick Norman6–7, 6–7Win1–1Surbiton, United StatesChallengerGrass Todd Woodbridge Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphrieswalkover

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1Q1Q11R1R3R2R1R1R1R1R2RA1R0 / 104–10French OpenAAA4R4R1R2R1RA1R1R1RA1R0 / 97–9WimbledonAAA1R1R1R2R1RA1R2R2RA1R0 / 93–9US OpenAAA3R2R4R1R1RQ3AQ11RAA0 / 66–6Win–loss0–00–00–05–44–45–43–40–40–10–31–32–40–00–30 / 3420–34ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAQ1Q12R2RAAAQ1AA0 / 22–2MiamiAAAA2R3R1R2RAAAQ1AA0 / 44–4Monte CarloAAAAAQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgAAAQ3A1RAAAAA1RAA0 / 20–2RomeAAAAAQFA1RAAAQ1AA0 / 23–2CanadaAAA2R1R2R2RAAAA1RAA0 / 53–5CincinnatiAAAQ21R2R3RAQ1AA1RAA0 / 43–4ParisAAAAQ2AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–01–11–37–54–42–30–00–00–00–30–00–00 / 1915–19

Doubles Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open3RQF2R2R2R2R2R1R2RAA0 / 911–9French OpenAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Wimbledon2R1RAAAAAA2RAQ10 / 32–3US Open1R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss3–33–31–11–11–11–11–10–12–20–00–00 / 1413–14ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAQ1AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0MiamiA1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Hamburg1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaQ1AQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0CincinnatiQ1A1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 30–3

Mixed Doubles Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1RAAA2R1R1RAW1 / 66–5French OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Wimbledon3RAAAAAAAAA0 / 12–1US OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss2–20–10–00–00–01–10–10–10–05–01 / 78–6

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.Dash from course to court for DraperDraper and Stosur take out mixed doubles 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.Scott Draper's dream day

Draper played as a professional golfer from 2005 to 2008 when a back injury ended his professional career.Off course, on to court Although he played tennis left-handed, he played golf right-handed.

Professional wins (1) Von Nida Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning score Margin ofvictoryRunners-up111 Feb 2007Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship−20 (70-66-67-65=268)1 stroke Andrew Bonhomme, Aaron Townsend

Personal life Draper married his first wife, Kellie, in 1998 and she died in 1999 from cystic fibrosis.Out of the crucible He has since remarried to Jessica, the mother of his first child, Jayden (born 3 May 2007).

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