Scott Lipsky

Scott Lipsky

Scott Lipsky
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Huntington Beach, California, United States
Born	(1981-08-14) August 14, 1981 Merrick, New York, United States
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$US 603,647
Career record	0–1
Doubles
Career record	92–92
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 26 (July 4, 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008 & 2010)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	1R (2007–10)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	N/A
French Open	W (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	N/A
Last updated on: May 11, 2009.

Scott Lipsky (born August 14, 1981, in Merrick, New York) is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist.

As a junior, Lipsky was ranked # 1 in the U.S. in singles in 1995, and # 1 in doubles for three straight years, in 1995–97.

Lipsky turned professional in 2003. He won his first Grand Slam title in 2011, winning the mixed doubles title at the French Open. He reached his career high in doubles, # 26, on July 4, 2011.

Personal and early life

Lipsky's mother, Gail, is a psychologist. His father, Marc, died suddenly in 2001 during his freshman year in college. His grandfather, Jack Sherry, was No. 2 in the world in table tennis. He is Jewish.

Lipsky began hitting tennis balls at age six, and received formal lessons at the Mid-Island Indoor Tennis Courts in Westbury, New York. He attended Birch Elementary School in Merrick, New York, and Merrick Avenue Middle School.

He went to high school at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York, losing only one match in his high school tennis career for the Cougars. He graduated in 1999. On the academic side, he was a member of the National Honor Society.

Lipsky married Marie in July 2010. He currently resides in Huntington Beach, California, as does his doubles partner Martin.

Career

Juniors

Lipsky won the 1995 USTA Boys’ 14s Clay Court Championships in singles. At the age of 16, he was ranked # 1 in the U.S. in singles (defeating Andy Roddick for the 1995 U.S. Junior Open Championship). He was also ranked # 1 in both singles in the 1997 USTA Boys’ 16s. He won the singles championship at the 1997 USTA National Boys’ 16s Clay Court Championships.

Lipsky was also ranked # 1 in doubles for three straight years, in 1995–97, among the more than 10,000 boys in the USTA's boy's division. Lipsky and Jeremy Wurtzman played doubles together and won three USTA National Clay Court Championships; the 1996 and 1997 USTA National Boys’ 16s Championships, and the 1999 USTA National Boys’ 18s Clay Court Championships.

College

Lipsky attended Stanford University, graduating with a 3.0 GPA and a degree in American Studies. From 1999–2003, he won All American honors three times, was a member of the NCAA team champions in 2000, and reached the NCAA doubles finals in 2002 and semi-finals in 2001 and 2003.

He occasionally played first singles at Stanford. He first teamed up with David Martin in doubles in college, finishing their college career ranked as the # 2 team in the nation, and they extended their partnership into their pro careers. His coach described him as versatile with an “incredible top-spin forehand”, a strong kick serve, and “great hands at the net” who plays best on hard-court surfaces.

2003–05

Lipsky and Martin won the doubles title at the Laguna Niguel, California Futures tournament in 2003.

In 2004, he won the first pro singles title of his career at the USTA Futures event in Yuba City, California. In doubles, he and Martin won a number of doubles titles: the USTA Futures events in Costa Mesa, California, and Vero Beach, Florida, the Japan F3 Futures event in Tokyo, Japan, the Japan F1 Futures event in Kofu, Japan, and the Mexico F1 Futures in Chetumal, Mexico, as well as doubles titles in Harlingen, Texas and Key Biscayne, Florida. He also won a doubles title with Lesley Joseph at the USTA Futures event in Auburn, California.

In 2005, he and Martin won doubles titles at USTA Futures events in Costa Mesa, California, McAllen, Texas, and Harlingen, Texas. Lispky also won doubles titles at the Togliatti Challenger in Russia (with Mark Nielsen), the Little Rock, Arkansas Futures (with Tres Davis) the New Zealand F1 Futures in Hamilton, New Zealand (with Alexander Hartman), and the Great Britain F2 Futures event in Devon, Great Britain (with Brian Wilson).

2007–08

With countryman David Martin, Lipsky qualified for the main draw at the 2007 Wimbledon tournament, where the team lost in the third round. The American team then made the final of the tournament located in Los Angeles, California, which was Lipsky's first ATP final.

Lipsky and Martin captured their first ATP title in February 2008 indoor on hard courts in San Jose, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan. They also won the Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger. In May 2008, they won the 2005 Costa Mesa Pro Futures Classic in [[Costa Mesa, California, dropping only one set during the week.

2009–10

In April 2009, Lipsky and Eric Butorac won the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, and in May 2009 they won the outdoor clay court Estoril Open. Then, playing with Rik de Voest, Lipsky won the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger.

In Atlanta in July 2010, partnering with Rajeev Ram, the two won their first doubles title together defeating Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen for the outdoor hard court Atlanta Tennis Championships. The just-married Lipsky had arrived in Atlanta directly after his wedding, and said of his new wife: “She’s pretty understanding. She wasn’t thrilled that I came out this week, but my ranking wasn’t as high as I needed it to be.... She allowed me to come.”

2011; Grand Slam title

Lipsky started 2011 strong taking the indoor hard court San Jose Open and the outdoor hard court Delray Beach titles partnering with Rajeev Ram in February. In March, he and Rajeev Ram won the Challenger of Dallas. He then won his first ATP World Tour 500 title in April, teaming with Santiago Gonzalez and winning the outdoor clay Barcelona Open, again defeating the Bryan brothers as they broke their 10-match winning streak.

He then played in the 2011 French Open. He caused a major upset in the mixed doubles, winning the championship with his partner Casey Dellacqua, defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić the defending champions, despite being unseeded. It was Lipsky's first grand slam title. The winners split a check of $145,000. In men's doubles, he advanced to his first-ever grand slam quarterfinal appearance with Rajeev Ram.

He reached his career high in doubles, # 26, on July 4, 2011.

Doubles titles

Legend (Doubles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)

ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 (1)

ATP Tour / ATP World Tour 250 (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the Final	Score in the Final
1.	February 18, 2008	San Jose, United States	Hard (I)	David Martin	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 7–5
2.	May 3, 2009	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Eric Butorac	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 6–2
3.	July 19, 2010	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Rohan Bopanna Kristof Vliegen	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]
4.	February 4, 2011	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
5.	February 13, 2011	San Jose, United States	Hard (I)	Rajeev Ram	Alejandro Falla Xavier Malisse	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
6.	April 24, 2011	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Santiago González	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2011	French Open	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7]

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

• Scott Lipsky at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lipsky Recent Match Results
• Lipsky World Ranking History
• Article on Scott Lipsky in Long Island Tennis Magazine
• Stanford bio