Jason Stoltenberg

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Jason Stoltenberg
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Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Orlando, Florida, United States
Born (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 (age 54)
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 Open 4R (1988)
French Open 4R (1998)
Wimbledon SF (1996)
US Open 3R (1988, 1995, 1996)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record121–126 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 23 (25 March 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1991, 1996)
French Open QF (1990)
Wimbledon QF (1990)
US Open 2R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1988)
French Open 3R (1993)
Wimbledon QF (1991, 1992)
Last updated on: 3 October 2021.

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

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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: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour World Series (4–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–6)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (4–9)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Aug 1989 Livingston, United StatesGrand PrixHard Flag of the United States.svg Brad Gilbert 4–6, 4–6
Win1–1 Jun 1993 Manchester, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally Masur 6–1, 6–3
Win2–1 Apr 1994 Birmingham, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Markus 6–3, 6–4
Loss2–2 Jul 1994 Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg 4–6, 2–6
Loss2–3 Jul 1994 Toronto, CanadaMasters SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 4–6, 4–6
Win3–3 May 1996 Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg Chris Woodruff 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5
Loss3–4 May 1997 Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Uruguay.svg Marcelo Filippini 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win4–4 May 1997 Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman 6–0, 2–6, 7–5
Loss4–5 Jan 1998 Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss4–6 Mar 1998 Scottsdale, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss4–7 May 1998 Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss4–8 Jan 2000 Sydney, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 0–6
Loss4–9 Apr 2000 Atlanta, United StatesInternational SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Ilie 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (5–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (4–5)
Indoor (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Apr 1988 Madrid, SpainGrand PrixClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sanchez
7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Loss0–2 Apr 1990 Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glenn Michibata
6–7, 4–6
Win1–2 May 1990 Singapore, SingaporeWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Drewett
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
6–1, 6–0
Win2–2 Jun 1990 Manchester, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win3–2 Sep 1990 Brisbane, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of the United States.svg Brian Garrow
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win4–2 Feb 1991 San Francisco, United StatesWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally Masur Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman
Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Bergh
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss4–3 Jan 1992 Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanisevic
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Rosset
6–7, 6–7
Win5–3 Jan 1993 Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle Flag of the United States.svg Luke Jensen
Flag of the United States.svg Murphy Jensen
6–3, 6–4
Loss5–4 Apr 1993 Hong Kong, Hong KongWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle Flag of the United States.svg David Wheaton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
1–6, 3–6
Loss5–5 Apr 1995 Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Steven Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Martin
6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss5–6 Jul 1998 Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Draper Flag of the United States.svg Doug Flach
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
2–6, 6–4, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 1993 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer 6–2, 6–1
Win2–0May 1993 Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Richard Matuszewski 6–0, 6–3
Win3–0Mar 1996 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 1991 Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
6–7, 3–6
Win1–1Feb 1993 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Borwick
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Youl
6–4, 6–3
Loss1–2Mar 1996 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Tramacchi Flag of the United States.svg Brett Hansen-Dent
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Macphie
3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1987 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 7–6
Loss 1987 French Open Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Perez-Roldan 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 1987 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso 6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (5 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Win 1987 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Barr
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryan Roe
6–2, 6–4
Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso
Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Rossi
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 1988 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Fromberg
6–3, 6–2
Win 1988 French Open Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Caratti
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanisevic
7–6, 7–5
Win 1988 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Zdrazila
6–4, 1–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 4R 3R A 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 1311–1346%
French Open AA 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 4R 2R 3R A0 / 1210–1245%
Wimbledon Q1 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R SF 3R 4R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 1420–1459%
US Open A 3R 1R 2R 2R A 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 129–1243%
Win–loss0–16–34–43–33–40–34–43–43–48–43–37–42–42–31–30 / 5150–5150%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NHANot HeldANot Held 2R Not HeldANH0 / 11–150%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAAAA 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R AA0 / 71–713%
Miami Open AAAA 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R A 1R 0 / 107–1041%
Stuttgart NHAAAAAA 2R 1R 1R A 2R AAA0 / 42–433%
Rome AA 1R AAAAA 1R AAA 2R AA0 / 31–325%
Canada Masters AAA 2R A 2R 2R F 2R 2R A 1R 2R AA0 / 811–858%
Cincinnati Masters AAA 2R 2R 1R QF QF 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R AA0 / 1010–1050%
Paris Masters AAAA 2R A 1R 2R Q3 1R A 3R AAA0 / 54–544%
Win–loss0–00–00–12–22–32–37–511–61–64–61–33–63–50–00–10 / 4736–4743%

Doubles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R A QF 2R 1R 1R A QF A 2R AA 2R 0 / 109–1047%
French Open A 3R A QF 1R 1R 1R AA 2R AAAAA0 / 66–650%
Wimbledon A 1R Q3 QF 1R 1R 1R AA 1R 1R AAAA0 / 73–730%
US Open A 1R A 2R 1R AAAAAAAAAA0 / 31–325%
Win–loss0–12–40–17–33–41–30–30–10–04–30–11–10–00–01–10 / 2619–2642%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAA 1R SF QF 2R AAAAAAA0 / 46–460%
Miami Open AA 2R A SF 2R 3R 1R A 1R AAAAA0 / 67–654%
Rome A 2R AA 2R AAAAAAAAAA0 / 22–250%
Canada Masters AAA 2R A QF QF AAAAAAAA0 / 35–363%
Cincinnati Masters AA 1R QF 2R 1R 1R AAA 1R AAAA0 / 63–633%
Paris Masters AAAA 2R AAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–01–11–23–26–56–46–41–20–00–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 2224–2252%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R AAAA0 / 21–233%
French Open 1R A 2R 1R 1R 3R 0 / 53–538%
Wimbledon A 3R 1R QF QF 1R 0 / 58–562%
US Open AAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss1–22–21–23–23–22–20 / 1212–1250%

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