Scott Dennis Draper (born 5 June 1974) is an Australian former

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player and

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er. He won the

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Mixed Doubles with

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in 2005. Draper also reached the fourth round of the 1995 and 1996

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s, and the fourth round of the US Open in 1997. His most significant achievement in singles was winning the 1998

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, the lowest ranked player ever to do so.

Personal life

Draper was born in

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. He married his first wife, Kellie, in 1998 and she died in 1999 from

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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 (

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)
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)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (5–0)

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Golf career

Draper has also played golf professionally. He made his professional debut in the 2005

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, 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 The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005. Roger Federer was unsuccessful in defending his 2004 title, being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Marat Safin ...

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

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on the Von Nida Tour. He finished the four-round event with a score of 268, 20-under-par, one stroke ahead of

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and

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

Professional wins (1)

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Draper, Scott Australian male golfers Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles People educated at Brisbane State High School Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland PGA Tour of Australasia golfers Tennis players from Brisbane Wimbledon junior champions 1974 births Living people 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people