Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Orlando, Florida, USA
Born	(1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 Narrabri, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,305,212
Singles
Career record	303–267 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 19 (31 October 1994)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1988)
French Open	4R (1998)
Wimbledon	SF (1996)
US Open	3R (1988, 1995, 1996)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	121–126 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 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]

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 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.

Singles finals: 13 (4–9)

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

Doubles finals: 11 (5–6)

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

References

External links

• Jason Stoltenberg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jason Stoltenberg at the International Tennis Federation
• Jason Stoltenberg at the Davis Cup