Jason Stoltenberg

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

Jason Stoltenberg
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, United States
Born (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970
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.

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