Scott Draper

Scott Draper

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Australia
Born	(1974-06-05) 5 June 1974 (age 50) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2005
Plays	Left-handed (single-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,594,598
Singles
Career record	107–129
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	26–47
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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.

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: –

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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.

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

• Scott Draper at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Scott Draper at the International Tennis Federation
• Scott Draper at Tennis Australia
• Scott Draper at the PGA Tour official site
• Scott Draper at the European Tour official site
• Scott Draper at the Official World Golf Ranking official site