Sarah Stone (tennis)

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Sarah Stone
Sarah Stone Tennis.jpg
Full nameSarah Jane Stone
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1982-03-23) 23 March 1982 (age 43)
Melbourne, Australia
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$27,772
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 600 (24 February 2003)
Doubles
Career titles0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 131 (14 July 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2003)
Wimbledon 1R (2003)

Sarah Jane Stone (born 23 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

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Biography

A doubles specialist from Melbourne, Stone competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s before her career was cut short due to a right foot and back injury.

Stone won eleven ITF doubles titles during her career, eight of which came in the 2002 season. She excelled as a doubles player on the ITF Junior Circuit where she reached the world No. 8 ranking.

Her best result on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance, partnering Samantha Stosur at the 2002 Tasmanian International. [1]

In 2003, she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. She played in the Australian Open as a wildcard pairing with Samantha Stosur, then at Wimbledon, she and Nicole Sewell played as successful qualifiers, after defeating Dinara Safina and Maria Elena Camarin. [2]

Between 2006 and 2008 Stone worked with WTA Tour players Anastasia Rodionova, Romina Oprandi, Vasilisa Bardina and Christina Wheeler.

Now based in the United States, she coaches American player Alexa Glatch and Serbian world No. 39 Aleksandra Krunić. Stone began working with Krunic's team at Indian Wells in 2018. Under Stone's coaching tutelage Krunić won her first WTA Tour title at 's Hertogenbosch defeating Coco Vandeweghe and Kirsten Flipkens along the way. [3] As a result, Krunić reached a career-high WTA ranking of 39. [4] [5]

She was previously the coach of her former doubles partner Samantha Stosur for three years during which time Stosur reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking and won three Grand Slam doubles titles.

In 2015, Stone founded [6] the Women's Tennis Coaching Association (WTCA), she currently serves as the CEO of the 501 (C3) organization. Stone is the chairperson of the women's tennis coaching board of the Professional Tennis Registry.

She is currently a WTA gold level coach and is a coaching consultant to the SBW Tennis Academy in Brentwood Los Angeles. [7] [8]

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 21 (11-10)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.19 March 2001 Wodonga, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristen van Elden Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beti Sekulovski
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Sewell
3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
Winner2.16 July 2001 Frinton, Great BritainGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beti Sekulovski Flag of Ireland.svg Yvonne Doyle
Flag of Ireland.svg Karen Nugent
7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up3.16 September 2001 Ibaraki, JapanHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beti Sekulovski Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melissa Dowse
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up4.23 September 2001 Osaka, JapanHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beti Sekulovski Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melissa Dowse
7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.3 February 2002 Wellington,New ZealandHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Kriz Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung
6–4 6–7(3) 2–6
Winner6.25 February 2002 Bendigo, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cindy Watson
6–4, 6–3
Winner7.4 March 2002 Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Augustus
Flag of Ireland.svg Claire Curran
6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Winner8.11 March 2002 Benalla, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Kriz Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua
Flag of Germany.svg Svenja Weidemann
7–5, 6–1
Winner9.23 March 2002Bendigo, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Kriz Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rochelle Rosenfield
Flag of Germany.svg Madita Suer
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner10.10 June 2002 Raalte, NetherlandsClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jolanda Mens Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darya Ivanova
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiffany Welford
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up11.24 June 2002 Alkmaar, NetherlandsClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jolanda Mens Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk
Flag of Austria.svg Nicole Melch
6–7(2), 2–6
Runner-up12.8 July 2002 Felixstowe, UKGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christina Horiatopoulos Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Augustus
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Sewell
6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up13.29 July 2002Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľudmila Cervanová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Stanislava Hrozenská
6–7(5), 4–6
Winner14.5 August 2002 GB Pro-Series Bath, UKHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Greece.svg Asimina Kaplani
Flag of Greece.svg Maria Pavlidou
6–4, 6–1
Winner15.12 August 2002 London, EnglandHard Flag of Ireland.svg Elsa O'Riain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michelle Summerside
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna White
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up16.9 September 2002 Bordeaux, FranceClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up17.17 September 2002 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UKHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Ireland.svg Yvonne Doyle
Flag of Ireland.svg Elsa O'Riain
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up18.14 October 2002 Mackay, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Sewell
3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up19.21 October 2002 Rockhampton, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evie Dominikovic
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryanne Stewart
5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner20.28 October 2002 Dalby, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evie Dominikovic
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryanne Stewart
6–3, 6–3
Winner21.7 April 2003 Coatzacoalcos, MexicoHard Flag of Argentina.svg Erica Krauth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Helen Crook
Flag of Greece.svg Christina Zachariadou
6–4, 4–6, 6–4

References

  1. "Tennis - Thursday's results". ESPN. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. "Q&A with WTA Pro Tennis Coach Sarah Stone". mattspoint.com/. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website".
  4. "Aleksandra Krunic won her first title but how did we get there?". 21 June 2018.
  5. "Sarah Stone - Female Coaching Network". femalecoachingnetwork.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. "Why aren't there more female coaches on tour? Coaches and players weigh in".
  7. "About WTCA".
  8. "Q&A with WTA Pro Tennis Coach Sarah Stone". 16 March 2017.