Personal life

Draper was born in Queensland, Australia. His first wife, Kellie, died in 1999 from cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disease affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine...

. He is now married to Jessica and they have two children, a son Jayden Scott Draper (2007) and a daughter, Jaimie Draper (2008).

Tennis career

Draper became a tennis professional in 1993, reaching a career high rank of 42 in the ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

 Singles during October 1998. Prior to this, he was ranked No. 5 in the junior double rankings (1992), after winning the Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

 Junior Doubles title. He played doubles with his brother, Mark Draper, reaching a high rank of 132. He was the first player to be beaten by Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....

 in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the French Open in 2001

2001 French Open - Men's Singles

Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–7, 7–5, 6–2, 6–0, against Àlex Corretja.-Seeds:# Gustavo Kuerten # Marat Safin # Andre Agassi ...

.

In 2005, Draper won the Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

 Mixed Doubles

2005 Australian Open - Mixed Doubles

Samantha Stosur and Scott Draper won in the final 6–2, 2–6, 10–6, against Liezel Huber and Kevin Ullyett.-Seeds:# Rennae Stubbs / Daniel Nestor # Cara Black / Wayne Black # Conchita Martínez / Andy Ram ...

 title with fellow Australian Samantha Stosur

Samantha Stosur

Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...

, defeating Kevin Ullyett

Kevin Ullyett

Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...

 and Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan.  On November 12, 2007,...

 in the final.

Draper was Lleyton Hewitt's coach during the 2007 Australian Open.

Singles titles (5)

Legend (singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (1)

Challengers (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1995	Nagoya	Hard	Shuzo Matsuoka Shuzo Matsuoka , is a former professional tennis player from Japan.-Professional career:Matsuoka turned professional in 1986...	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
2.	1998	Queen's Club	Grass	Laurence Tieleman Laurence Tieleman Laurence Tieleman is a former tennis player from Italy.Turning professional in 1993, Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He won one doubles title during his career...	7–6, 6–4
3.	2002	Lexington Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships The Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's tour. It is held annually at the Hilary J...	Hard	Paul Goldstein	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	2002	Binghamton Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger The Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Binghamton, New York, USA since 1994. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on outdoor hard courts. Former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson won the event in 2007.-Singles:-Doubles:-...	Hard	Peter Luczak Peter Luczak Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....	7–6, 6–4
5.	2002	Fresno Fresno Fresno is the fifth largest city in California.Fresno may also refer to:-Places:Colombia* Fresno, TolimaSpain* Fresno, a ghost village in Nidáliga, Valle de Sedano, Burgos* Aldea del Fresno, Madrid* Fresno de la Vega, Ribera del Esla, León...	Hard	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	6–1, 6–7, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2005 2005 Australian Open The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005.-Men's Singles: Marat Safin def. Lleyton Hewitt, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4...	Australian Open 2005 Australian Open The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005.-Men's Singles: Marat Safin def. Lleyton Hewitt, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4...	Hard	Samantha Stosur Samantha Stosur Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...	Liezel Huber Liezel Huber Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan.  On November 12, 2007,...     Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(6)

Golf career

Draper also plays golf professionally, putting him in that rarest category of athletes who have managed to play more than one professional sport. On 11 February 2007, Draper won the New South Wales PGA Championship on the Von Nida Tour, giving him his first professional golf title.

Lawn Bowls career

Following his short stint as a professional golfer, Draper went on to become the national lawn bowls champion in the 45 years and under category at the Tweed Heads lawn bowls club.

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