Jason Stoltenberg

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Jason Stoltenberg
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Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, United States
Born (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 (age 51)
Narrabri, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,259,607
Singles
Career record303–267 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 19 (31 October 1994)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (1988)
French Open4R (1998)
WimbledonSF (1996)
US Open3R (1988, 1995, 1996)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record121–126 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 23 (25 March 1991)
Last updated on: 23 October 2012.

Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Tennis career[]

Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1] He is married to former Czechoslovakian player Andrea Strnadová.

Juniors[]

In 1987, he won the Boys' Singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world. He turned professional later that year.

Pro tour[]

Stoltenberg reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at Livingston, New Jersey and won his first top-level title in 1993 at Manchester. He was also part of the Australian team which finished runners-up in that year's Davis Cup, losing in the final to Germany.

Stoltenberg's best performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1996, when he reached the semi finals at Wimbledon, defeating Adrian Voinea, Jiří Novák, Mosé Navarra, Jakob Hlasek and Goran Ivanišević in the quarter finals, before being knocked-out by eventual champion Richard Krajicek.

During his career, Stoltenberg won four top-level singles titles and five doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 19 in singles and No. 23 in doubles. His career prize money totalled US$3,305,212. His last singles title came in 1997 at Coral Springs, Florida. He retired from the professional tour in 2001.

Coaching career[]

Stoltenberg was the coach of Lleyton Hewitt from December 2001 until June 2003. He resigned as Hewitt's coach after Hewitt lost to Tommy Robredo at the 2003 French Open.

ATP Career finals[]

Singles finals: 13 (4 titles , 9 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Tour (4–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 13 August 1989 Livingston Hard United States Brad Gilbert 4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 21 June 1993 Manchester Grass Australia Wally Masur 6–1, 6–3
Winner 2. 18 April 1994 Birmingham Clay Argentina Gabriel Markus 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 24 July 1994 Washington Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 31 July 1994 Toronto Hard United States Andre Agassi 4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 20 May 1996 Coral Springs Clay United States Chris Woodruff 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 4 May 1997 Atlanta Clay Uruguay Marcelo Filippini 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner 4. 12 May 1997 Coral Springs Clay Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–0, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 11 January 1998 Adelaide Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 6. 8 March 1998 Scottsdale Hard United States Andre Agassi 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up 7. 3 May 1998 Atlanta Clay United States Pete Sampras 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 8. 16 January 2000 Sydney Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 9. 16 April 2000 Atlanta Clay Australia Andrew Ilie 3–6, 5–7

Doubles finals: 11 (5–6)[]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (5–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 April 1988 Madrid Clay Australia Todd Woodbridge Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 22 April 1990 Seoul Hardcourt Australia Todd Woodbridge CanadaGrant Connell
CanadaGlenn Michibata
6–7, 4–6
Winner 1. 6 May 1990 Singapore Hardcourt Australia Mark Kratzmann Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–1, 6–0
Winner 2. 24 June 1990 Manchester Grass Australia Mark Kratzmann United Kingdom Nick Brown
United States Kelly Jones
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner 3. 30 September 1990 Brisbane Hardcourt Australia Todd Woodbridge United States Brian Garrow
AustraliaMark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 4. 10 February 1991 San Francisco Carpet (i) Australia Wally Masur Sweden Ronnie Båthman
Sweden Rikard Bergh
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 5 January 1992 Adelaide Hardcourt Australia Mark Kratzmann Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Switzerland Marc Rosset
6–7, 6–7
Winner 5. 17 January 1993 Sydney Hardcourt Australia Sandon Stolle United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 18 April 1993 Hong Kong Hardcourt Australia Sandon Stolle United States David Wheaton
Australia Todd Woodbridge
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 23 April 1995 Bermuda Clay New Zealand Brett Steven Canada Grant Connell
United States Todd Martin
6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up 6. 12 July 1998 Newport Harcourt Australia Scott Draper United States Doug Flach
Australia Sandon Stolle
2–6, 6–4, 6–7

References[]

  1. ^ AIS at the Olympics Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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