Owen Thomas "Tripp" Phillips III (born August 26, 1977)Player Bio: Tripp Phillips is an American tennis coach and former professional player who is the associate head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's tennis team.

Early life

Phillips was born in Newport News, Virginia. He started to play tennis at the age of four with his mother Brenda and father O.T. When he was 16, he was among the top 10 in America in boy's 16–18.

He attended Charlotte Country Day School and then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in sports science and was an All-American tennis player his senior year.

Playing career He won two ATP doubles titles in his career. The first was in Tokyo, Japan on October 2, 2006, when he and his partner, Ashley Fisher defeated American duo Paul Goldstein and Jim Thomas in straight sets, 6–2, 7–5. The second was at the 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships when he and Fisher defeated Scott Lipsky and David Martin, 6–3, 3–6, 10–5.

Also, he has won several ITF circuit challengers with Fisher and also in Atlantic City with his partner Ryan Sachire. In 2006 he partnered with Rogier Wassen to win the doubles title at an ITF challenger event in Mexico City.

In 2004, he played his only singles match at the ATP World Tour level. It came at the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he lost to compatriot Robby Ginepri in the first round, 6–2, 6–0.

In 2008, he paired with K. J. Hippensteel to win two matches in doubles qualifying and make the main draw at Wimbledon. They then lost in the first round of the main draw to Ross Hutchins and Stephen Huss, 6–3, 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–2.

Coaching career

Phillips became an assistant coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels under head coach Sam Paul in 2006. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2013.

Personal life

Phillips is married to Laura Zuger and has two sons. ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Japan Open, Japan500 SeriesHard Ashley Fisher Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas6–2, 7–5Win2–0Indianapolis, United States250 SeriesHard Ashley Fisher Scott Lipsky David Martin3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Mixed doubles ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Beijing, ChinaChallengerHard Emmanuelle Gagliardi Justin Gimelstob Jill Craybas6–1, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–9USA F8 MobileFuturesHard Lazar Magdinchev2–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss1–1USA F27 HammondFuturesHard Michael Joyce6–7(8–10), 6–7(1–7)Loss1–2USA F9 ElkinFuturesHard Josh Goffi6–4, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 43 (28–15) LegendATP Challenger (15–8)ITF Futures (13–7)Finals by surfaceHard (26–13)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Mexico F1, ChetumalFuturesHard Andrew Nisker Josef Neštický Jiri Vrbka4–6, 2–6Win1–1Mexico F2, CancúnFuturesHard Andrew Nisker Dimitrio Martinez-Castro Jacobo Hernandez4–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss1–2USA F11, Vero BeachFuturesClay Jeff Laski Daniel Andersson Ryan Sachire4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win2–2Canada F1, MississaugaFuturesHard Andrew Nisker Steve Berke Kyle Porter3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1Loss2–3Canada F2, MontrealFuturesHard Andrew Nisker Bobby Kokavec Nicolas Brochu2–6, 4–6Win3–3USA F24, HattiesburgFuturesHard Andrew Nisker Vikrant Chadha Ryan Sachire4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss3–4New Zealand F2, ChristchurchFuturesHard Doug Root Dirk Stegmann Johan Du Randt6–7(2–7), 6–2, 4–6Loss3–5USA F7, Little RockFuturesHard Oskar Johansson Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire5–7, 2–6Win4–5USA F8, MobileFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery Doug Bohaboy Thomas Blake6–3, 2–6, 7–5Win5–5USA F9, ElkinFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery Rajeev Ram Brian Baker2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win6–5Fresno, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Ignacio Hirigoyen Daniel Melo6–4, 6–3Win7–5USA F25, LubbockFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery F Ventura-Martell Marc Fornell Mestres6–0, 6–2Win8–5USA F26, ArlingtonFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery John Paul Fruttero Jason Marshall6–0, 6–4Win9–5USA F27, HammondFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery Rajeev Ram Brian Baker6–3, 6–1Win10–5USA F2, KissimmeeFuturesHard Ignacio Hirigoyen Felipe Parada Julio Peralta6–4, 6–2Win11–5USA F3, AventuraFuturesHard Ryan Sachire Felipe Parada Julio PeraltawalkoverWin12–5USA F4, BrownsvilleFuturesHard Ryan Sachire Lazar Magdinchev Dušan Vemić6–2, 6–1Win13–5USA F7, PensacolaFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery Paul Goldstein Kiantki Thomas6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5Loss13–6USA F9, ElkinFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery Travis Parrott Josh Goffi6–2, 2–6, 5–7Loss13–7Forest Hills, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries6–7(1–7), 6–3, 4–6Win14–7Atlantic City, United StatesChallengerHard Ryan Sachire Paul Goldstein Brandon Coupe7–5, 6–3Loss14–8Valladolid, SpainChallengerHard Philipp Mukhometov Jun Kato Łukasz Kubot6–4, 0–6, 1–6Win15–8Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Ota Fukárek Emilio Benfele Álvarez Jean-François Bachelot6–4, 7–6(10–8)Loss15–9Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Josh Goffi Lu Yen-hsun Jason Marshall2–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss15–10USA F1, TampaFuturesHard Huntley Montgomery Rajeev Ram Brian Baker3–6, 6–3, 2–6Win16–10USA F2, KissimmeeFuturesHard Ryan Sachire Scott Lipsky David Martin6–4, 1–6, 6–3Win17–10Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Ashley Fisher Rogier Wassen Federico Browne6–4, 2–6, 6–3Loss17–11Leon, MexicoChallengerHard Frédéric Niemeyer Bruno Echagaray Miguel Gallardo Valles4–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss17–12Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Travis Parrott Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský4–6, 4–6Win18–12Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Brandon Coupe Josh Goffi Emilio Benfele Álvarez7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–1)Win19–12Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Diego Ayala Eric Taino7–6(7–3), 7–5Win20–12Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Nathan Healey Rik de Voest7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)Win21–12Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Igor Kunitsyn Uros Vico7–6(8–6), 6–7(8–10), 6–2Win22–12Neijing, ChinaChallengerHard Ashley Fisher Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver7–5, 7–5Loss22–13Homestead, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner7–5, 5–7, 2–6Win23–13Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Ashley Fisher Rajeev Ram Huntley Montgomery7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–3Win24–13Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Huntley Montgomery Alex Bogomolov Jr. Travis Rettenmaier6–3, 6–2Loss24–14Southampton, Great BritainChallengerHard Travis Parrott Rogier Wassen Jeff Coetzee7–6(10–8), 4–6, [4–10]Win25–14Busan 2, South KoreaChallengerHard Ashley Fisher Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana7–5, 6–3Win26–14Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Ashley Fisher Justin Gimelstob Rajeev Ram6–3, 5–7, 6–0Win27–14Orlando, United StatesChallengerHard Ashley Fisher Mischa Zverev Alex KuznetsovdefaultWin28–14Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Rogier Wassen Alexander Waske Michael Kohlmann6–7(4–7), 6–4, [13–11]Loss28–15Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Bobby Reynolds Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner6–3, 3–6, 0–1 ret.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament 20042005200620072008SRW–LWin% Australian OpenA1RA2RA0 / 21–2 French OpenAA1R1RA0 / 20–2 Wimbledon1RQ12R1R1R0 / 41–4 US OpenAASF3RA0 / 26–2Win–loss0–10–15–33–40–10 / 108–10

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