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.
