Owen Thomas Phillips III (better known as Tripp Phillips) (born August 26, 1977) is a former American professional tennis player.

Early life

Phillips was born in

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. He started to play tennis at the age of four with his mother Brenda and father O.T. When he was 16, he was among the top 10 in America in boy's 16-18. He attended

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and then the

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, where he majored in sports science and was an All-American his senior year. Phillips is married to Laura Zuger. He is currently an assistant coach for the UNC Tar Heels men's tennis team.UNC Assistant coach profile
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Tennis career

He has won two ATP doubles title in his career, the first was in

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, Japan on October 2, 2006 when he and his partner, Ashley Fisher defeated American duo Paul Goldstein and Jim Thomas in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5. The second was at the 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships when he and Fisher defeated Scott Lipsky and David Martin, 6-3, 3-6, 10-5. Also, he has won several ITF circuit challengers with Fisher and also in Atlantic City with his partner

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. In 2006 he partnered with

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to win the doubles title at an ITF challenger event in

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. In 2004, he played his only singles match at the ATP World Tour level. It came at the

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Tennis Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he lost to compatriot Robby Ginepri in the first round, 6-2, 6-0. In 2008, he paired with

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to win two matches in doubles qualifying and make the main draw at Wimbledon. They then lost in the first round of the main draw to Ross Hutchins and Stephen Huss, 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Mixed doubles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Doubles: 43 (28–15)

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Sources

External links

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