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Australia · born Brisbane, 1974 · left-handed · Queen's champion 1998 and Wimbledon boys' doubles champion 1992
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108
His ranking when he won Queen's in 1998
1
ATP singles title, Queen's 1998
42
Career-high ranking, May 1999
1992
Wimbledon boys' doubles champion
2005
Australian Open mixed doubles champion with Samantha Stosur
Scott Draper was born in Brisbane in 1974. A left-hander with a one-handed backhand, he won the Wimbledon boys' doubles in 1992 and turned professional in 1993. He reached the fourth round of the French Open in 1995 and 1996 and of the US Open in 1997, and lost the 1997 Adelaide final to Todd Woodbridge.
In June 1998, ranked 108th, he won Queen's for his only ATP singles title, and a month later reached the Washington final, losing to Andre Agassi. He rose to a career high of No. 42 in May 1999. His first wife died of cystic fibrosis in July 1999. He played Davis Cup for Australia in 2002, missed most of 2004 with a knee injury, and in January 2005 won the Australian Open mixed doubles with Samantha Stosur in the same week as his debut as a professional golfer.
He played his last tennis event at Wimbledon in 2005, coached Lleyton Hewitt, and in 2007 won the New South Wales PGA Championship on the Von Nida Tour before a back injury ended his golf career. In 2010 he became head coach of Tennis Australia's national academies.
| Queen's 1998 | Unseeded and ranked 108th, beat the US Open champion Patrick Rafter in the second round and Mark Woodforde in the semi-finals, then the qualifier Laurence Tieleman 7-6, 6-4 in 71 minutes in the final |
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| Wimbledon boys' doubles 1992 | Won with Steven Baldas, seeded third, beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Nitten Kirtane 6-1, 4-6, 9-7 |
| Wimbledon singles | Had lost in the first round on each of his first three visits, twice from two sets up; best result the second round, in 1998, 2002 and 2003. In 1999 he played the defending champion Pete Sampras in the opening match on Centre Court |
| Newport 1998 | Doubles final with Jason Stoltenberg, lost to Doug Flach and Sandon Stolle 2-6, 6-4, 6-7 |
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| 1998 | Men's singles | |
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"You're talking about a guy who is the greatest legend in international tennis, and I'm a no one."
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Queen's Club, June 1998
After a second-round loss at the French Open, with only four wins in the season and a knee injury, he considered skipping Queen's. He won the title without conceding a break point in the final, and said afterwards that he was finally confident of winning a match at Wimbledon.
Source: The Irish Times, June 1998Wimbledon, 2002
Before his match against Tim Henman in 2002, two pranksters in whites and carrying rackets climbed over the barrier and began hitting a ball across the net until a security guard escorted them off.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025Melbourne, January 2005
He partnered Stosur in the Australian Open mixed doubles in the same week as his professional golf debut at the Victorian Open. On the Friday he shot 79 in the morning and played tennis in the afternoon. He missed the cut, and with Stosur won the mixed title over Kevin Ullyett and Liezel Huber.
Source: NBC SportsNew South Wales, February 2007
He took his first golf lesson at 25. Two weeks after leaving his role coaching Hewitt, he won the New South Wales PGA Championship with a final-round 65. "The thing that pleased me most was that coming down the stretch, I actually felt more calm than I normally do on a golf course," he said.
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