Mark Draper (tennis) explained

Mark Draper
Birth Date:11 February 1971
Birth Place:Brisbane, Australia
Turnedpro:1989
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$91,212
Singlesrecord:1–4
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 152 (14 September 1998)
Australianopenresult:1R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1998)
Doublesrecord:3–3
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 215 (15 April 1996)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2000)

Mark Draper (born 11 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.[1] Draper competed in the singles draw of three Grand Slams.[2] He lost his opening match at both of his Australian Open appearances, to Nicolas Kiefer in 1998 and Mark Woodforde in 1999.[2] However, in the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, Draper recorded a win over fourth seed Greg Rusedski.[2] Draper had lost the first set of the match but won the second and was a break up in the third when rain intervened.[2] When they returned the following day, Rusedski, who had been playing with an ankle injury from two weeks prior, was forced to withdraw.[3] The Australian was defeated by Todd Martin in the second round.[2] He is the elder brother of fellow tennis professional Scott Draper and the pair reached the doubles quarter-finals at the 1995 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.[2] In the round of 16 they scored an upset win over two time Wimbledon finalists Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith.[2] The brothers were given a wildcard entry in the 2000 Australian Open and they made it into the second round, with a win over South Americans Jaime Oncins and Daniel Orsanic.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000375 ITF Tennis Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Dr/M/Mark-Draper.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  3. Reading Eagle, "Rusedski withdraws because of ankle injury", 24 June 1998