Tripp Phillips

Tripp Phillips

Phillips with North Carolina in 2026
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Born	(1977-08-27) August 27, 1977 Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$311,162
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	343 (May 19, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	43–53
Career titles	2 15 Challenger, 13 Futures
Highest ranking	29 (October 9, 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	SF (2006)
Mixed doubles
Career record	4–1
Career titles	1 (China '04)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2007)
Last updated on: 30 April 2021.

Owen Thomas "Tripp" Phillips III (born August 26, 1977) 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 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)

Legend Grand 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 surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2006	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Jul 2008	Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Scott Lipsky David Martin	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Mixed doubles

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2004	Beijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Justin Gimelstob Jill Craybas	6–1, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–9	Apr 2002	USA F8 Mobile	Futures	Hard	Lazar Magdinchev	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Nov 2002	USA F27 Hammond	Futures	Hard	Michael Joyce	6–7(8–10), 6–7(1–7)
Loss	1–2	Apr 2003	USA F9 Elkin	Futures	Hard	Josh Goffi	6–4, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 43 (28–15)

Legend ATP Challenger (15–8) ITF Futures (13–7)

Finals by surface Hard (26–13) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2001	Mexico F1, Chetumal	Futures	Hard	Andrew Nisker	Josef Neštický Jiri Vrbka	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2001	Mexico F2, Cancún	Futures	Hard	Andrew Nisker	Dimitrio Martinez-Castro Jacobo Hernandez	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	May 2001	USA F11, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Jeff Laski	Daniel Andersson Ryan Sachire	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2–2	Jun 2001	Canada F1, Mississauga	Futures	Hard	Andrew Nisker	Steve Berke Kyle Porter	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	2–3	Jun 2001	Canada F2, Montreal	Futures	Hard	Andrew Nisker	Bobby Kokavec Nicolas Brochu	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Nov 2001	USA F24, Hattiesburg	Futures	Hard	Andrew Nisker	Vikrant Chadha Ryan Sachire	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	3–4	Mar 2002	New Zealand F2, Christchurch	Futures	Hard	Doug Root	Dirk Stegmann Johan Du Randt	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Apr 2002	USA F7, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Oskar Johansson	Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire	5–7, 2–6
Win	4–5	Apr 2002	USA F8, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Doug Bohaboy Thomas Blake	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win	5–5	Apr 2002	USA F9, Elkin	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Rajeev Ram Brian Baker	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	6–5	Oct 2002	Fresno, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Ignacio Hirigoyen Daniel Melo	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–5	Oct 2002	USA F25, Lubbock	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	F Ventura-Martell Marc Fornell Mestres	6–0, 6–2
Win	8–5	Oct 2002	USA F26, Arlington	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	John Paul Fruttero Jason Marshall	6–0, 6–4
Win	9–5	Nov 2002	USA F27, Hammond	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Rajeev Ram Brian Baker	6–3, 6–1
Win	10–5	Jan 2003	USA F2, Kissimmee	Futures	Hard	Ignacio Hirigoyen	Felipe Parada Julio Peralta	6–4, 6–2
Win	11–5	Feb 2003	USA F3, Aventura	Futures	Hard	Ryan Sachire	Felipe Parada Julio Peralta	walkover
Win	12–5	Feb 2003	USA F4, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Ryan Sachire	Lazar Magdinchev Dušan Vemić	6–2, 6–1
Win	13–5	Apr 2003	USA F7, Pensacola	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Paul Goldstein Kiantki Thomas	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	13–6	Apr 2003	USA F9, Elkin	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Travis Parrott Josh Goffi	6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	13–7	May 2003	Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries	6–7(1–7), 6–3, 4–6
Win	14–7	Jun 2003	Atlantic City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ryan Sachire	Paul Goldstein Brandon Coupe	7–5, 6–3
Loss	14–8	Jul 2003	Valladolid, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Philipp Mukhometov	Jun Kato Łukasz Kubot	6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Win	15–8	Aug 2003	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukárek	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Jean-François Bachelot	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	15–9	Nov 2003	Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Josh Goffi	Lu Yen-hsun Jason Marshall	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	15–10	Jan 2004	USA F1, Tampa	Futures	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Rajeev Ram Brian Baker	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	16–10	Jan 2004	USA F2, Kissimmee	Futures	Hard	Ryan Sachire	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win	17–10	Mar 2004	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Ashley Fisher	Rogier Wassen Federico Browne	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	17–11	Apr 2004	Leon, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Frédéric Niemeyer	Bruno Echagaray Miguel Gallardo Valles	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	17–12	Jun 2004	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Travis Parrott	Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský	4–6, 4–6
Win	18–12	Jul 2004	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Brandon Coupe	Josh Goffi Emilio Benfele Álvarez	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–1)
Win	19–12	Jul 2004	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Diego Ayala Eric Taino	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win	20–12	Aug 2004	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Nathan Healey Rik de Voest	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Win	21–12	Aug 2004	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Igor Kunitsyn Uros Vico	7–6(8–6), 6–7(8–10), 6–2
Win	22–12	Sep 2004	Neijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver	7–5, 7–5
Loss	22–13	Nov 2004	Homestead, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win	23–13	Aug 2005	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Rajeev Ram Huntley Montgomery	7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–3
Win	24–13	Aug 2005	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Huntley Montgomery	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Travis Rettenmaier	6–3, 6–2
Loss	24–14	Oct 2005	Southampton, Great Britain	Challenger	Hard	Travis Parrott	Rogier Wassen Jeff Coetzee	7–6(10–8), 4–6, [4–10]
Win	25–14	Nov 2005	Busan 2, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	7–5, 6–3
Win	26–14	Nov 2005	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Justin Gimelstob Rajeev Ram	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Win	27–14	Dec 2005	Orlando, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Mischa Zverev Alex Kuznetsov	default
Win	28–14	Mar 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Alexander Waske Michael Kohlmann	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [13–11]
Loss	28–15	Apr 2006	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner	6–3, 3–6, 0–1 ret.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	A	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	2R	1R	1R	0 / 4	1–4	20%
US Open	A	A	SF	3R	A	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	5–3	3–4	0–1	0 / 10	8–10	44%

External links

• Tripp Phillips at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tripp Phillips at World Tennis