Tripp Phillips

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. 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)

Mixed doubles

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)

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)

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline