Scott Draper


SCOTT DRAPER comes from a sporty family, including his cousin, the now retired elite swimmer Petria Thomas. Scott became a tennis professional in 1993, reaching a career high rank of 42 in the ATP singles. Prior to this, he was ranked No. 5 in the junior double rankings after winning the Wimbledon junior doubles title. In 2005 he qualified to play on Australia's professional golf tour and had to juggle sports over the last four days of the Australian Open, playing in his first pro golf event on Friday morning and winning his mixed doubles semifinal with Samantha Stosur that Friday afternoon. They went on to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title. Scott is now concentrating on making the cut as a professional golfer and has temporarily taken on the role of Lleyton Hewitt’s coach through the Australian Open. SUZI PETKOVSKI was editor of Australian Tennis Magazine when she first met Scott Draper in 1994. Their paths have crossed several times since, thanks to the meddling of sports psychologist Michael Fox. No longer a tennis editor but forever a tennis tragic, Suzi is an appalling baseline basher, a freelance sport and travel writer and, not least, a cherry and chestnut grower. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and son. Tennis was the first passion of MICHAEL FOX. He entered university on an athletic scholarship and studied psychology. During the Vietnam War, he served as a Captain in the US Air Force. After leaving the military, he took a position at the ANU where he specialized specifically on the effects of performance and stress. He now has a private psychology and sports psychology practice. What has united all that he has done is his performance orientation.
TOO GOOD: THE SCOTT DRAPER STORY
ISBN: 9781741665062
174166506X
Format: Trade Paperback
Imprint: Random House Austral
RRP: $34.95
Release: 01/03/2007
Subject: Autobiography/Biography



Scott Draper


Too Good: The Scott Draper Story
Trade Paperback