Scott Draper


Scott Dennis Draper 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

French Open: 1R

Wimbledon: 2R

US Open: –

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–11997 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles|Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHarddts|Jun 1998

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–11998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles|Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02005 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles|Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamHard

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (5–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Nagoya, JapanChallengerHarddts|Nov 2001

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Adelaide, AustraliaChallengerGrass

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles

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

Professional wins (1)

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

Personal life

Draper married his first wife, Kellie, in 1998 and she died in 1999 from cystic fibrosis. He has since remarried to Jessica, the mother of his first child, Jayden.