The Biofile: Scott Lipsky

The Biofile of Scott Lipsky

Status: 2011 French Open Mixed-Doubles Champion. Winner of six career ATP doubles titles.

Height: 6’1” Weight: 175 lbs.

Date of birth: August 14, 1981 in Merrick, N.Y.

First tennis memory: I’d say hitting balls at the back of the house when I was five.

Tennis inspiration: My favorite player was Pete Sampras.

Nicknames: My nickname is Lipper.

Last book read: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Favorite movies: Any comedy.

Pre-match feeling: I don’t really think about much. Getting ready to play. Just go out there and just do my thing.

Favorite meal: Pasta.

Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate.

Current car: A red Jeep.

First job: This is my only job.

Greatest sports moment: Winning the French Open Mixed-Doubles Title with Casey Dellacqua over Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjic. You watch these matches on television, and you wish that someday you can be there. To be on this stage playing a Grand Slam final, and to come out with a win, and to say now for the rest of my life that I’m a Grand Slam champion, it’s amazing.”

Most painful moment: Losing in the finals of NCAA doubles. We lost to a team from Auburn.

Favorite tournament: Wimbledon.

Closest tennis friends: Any of the Americans.

Funniest player encountered: Jordan Kerr because he says a lot of stupid things [smiles].

Embarrassing tennis memory: Can’t think of any. Never lost love and love.

Best you’ve ever felt on-court: I played a tournament in Barcelona this year and we beat all the good teams. We beat the Bryans (who were on a 10-match win streak) and we beat Jurgen Melzer & Nenad Zimonjic, as well as Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor. Yeah, those were good matches.

Strangest match: I played a match in Kuala Lumpur last year. We won 21-19 in the third set tie-break against Santiago Gonzalez & Travis Rettemaier.

Favorite players to watch: Roger Federer … and I like watching Grigor Dimitrov. He plays a lot like Federer.

Favorite sport outside tennis: Football.

Funny tennis memory: I got one from Wimbledon this year. The baseline umpire fell asleep during the match [smiles].

Favorite TV show: Seinfeld.

Hobbies/interests: I like to watch sports on TV and go to sporting events.

People qualities most admired: Sense of humor.

Education: Stanford University.