Scott Humphries (born May 26, 1976 in
Greeley, Colorado
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), is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.
Humphries reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 260, achieved on 9 September 1996. He also reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 29, achieved on 30 October 2000.
Humphries won three titles on the
ATP Tour
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across his career with all different partners, in straight sets and on hard courts. Partnering fellow American
Justin Gimelstob
Justin Jeremy Gimelstob (born January 26, 1977) is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, and as of 2009 lived in Santa Monica, California.
He was the top-ranked boy in his age group at the ag ...
, Humphries reached the semi-finals of the
2001 Australian Open
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Seniors
Men's singles
...
doubles event, his best performance at a Grand Slam.
Humphries attended
Stanford University for a year. He resides in
Tampa, Florida
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according to the ATP.
Junior career
As a junior, Humphries reach the doubles finals of two
Grand Slam tournaments and finished runner up in both. At the
1993 Australian Open
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Seniors
Men's ...
alongside compatriot Jimmy Jackson they lost ''7–6, 5–7, 2–6'' to German duo
Lars Rehmann and Christian Tambue, and the then at the
1994 US Open playing with a different compatriot
Paul Goldstein they lost to
Nicolas Lapentti
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and
Ben Ellwood
Ben Ellwood (born 12 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Career
An outstanding junior, Ellwood won the boys' singles at the 1994 Australian Open, defeating Andrew Ilie in the final. He was the boys' doubles cham ...
''0–6, 2–6''. Humphries won the
1994 Wimbledon Championships
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boys' singles title, defeating
Mark Philippoussis of
Australia ''7–6, 3–6, 6–4'' in the championship match.
Junior Grand Slam Finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
ATP Tour career finals
Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runners-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 27 (15–12)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
External links
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1976 births
Living people
American male tennis players
People from Greeley, Colorado
Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players
Tennis people from Colorado
Tennis players from Tampa, Florida
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles