American tennis player
Jonathan Stark Country (sports) United States Residence Portland, Oregon , USABorn (1971-04-03 ) April 3, 1971 (age 53) Medford , Oregon , United States Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 1991 Retired 2001 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 3,220,867Career record 136–151 Career titles 2 2 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 36 (28 February 1994) Australian Open 2R (1994 , 1998 ) French Open 2R (1994 , 1997 ) Wimbledon 3R (1996 ) US Open 2R (1992 , 1998 ) Career record 303–186 Career titles 19 2 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 1 (1 August 1994)Australian Open F (1994 ) French Open W (1994 )Wimbledon QF (1992 , 1993 ) US Open QF (1995 ) French Open 2R (1995 ) Wimbledon W (1995 )US Open QF (1995 ) Last updated on: 18 December 2021.
Jonathan Stark (born April 3, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles (the 1994 French Open Men's Doubles and the 1995 Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles). Stark reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.
Early life [ edit ] Stark was born in Medford, Oregon .[1] He reached the finals of the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship [2] Boys' 18 singles, losing to Chuck Adams . In college, he played for Stanford University , where he was a singles and doubles All-American in 1990 and 1991.[1] He reached the NCAA doubles final in 1991, partnering Jared Palmer .[1] On July 17, 1997, he married Dana, and they have two sons and a daughter. He was coached by Donald Bozarth and became one of the top juniors.[1]
Professional tennis [ edit ] Stark turned professional in 1991 and joined the ATP Tour .[1] In 1992, he won his first tour doubles title at Wellington . His first top-level singles title came in 1993 at Bolzano (beating Cédric Pioline in the final).
In 1994, Stark captured the men's doubles title at the French Open, partnering Byron Black (the pair were also runners-up at the Australian Open that year). He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in February.[1] The following year, Stark won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title, partnering Martina Navratilova .
Stark won his second top-level singles title in 1996 at Singapore (beating Michael Chang in the final). He was a member of the 1997 U.S. Davis Cup team.[3] In 1997, Stark won the doubles title at the ATP Tour World Championships , partnering Rick Leach . The final doubles title of Stark's career came in 2001 at Long Island .
Over the course of his career, Stark won two top-level singles titles and 19 tour doubles titles. His career prize-money totaled US$3,220,867. Stark retired from the professional tour in 2001, lives in Portland, Oregon,[1] and coaches with Portland-based Oregon Elite Tennis.[4] He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.[5]
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ] Doubles: 3 (3 titles) [ edit ] ATP career finals [ edit ] Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (2–1)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (2–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (2–0)
Doubles: 40 (19 titles – 21 runners-up) [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Championship Series (4) ATP Tour (11)
Titles by surface Hard (11) Clay (3) Grass (1) Carpet (4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. January 6, 1992 Wellington , New Zealand Hard Jared Palmer Michiel Schapers Daniel Vacek 6–3, 6–3 Winner 2. October 12, 1992 Sydney Indoor , Australia Hard (i) Patrick McEnroe Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 6–2, 6–3 Winner 3. May 17, 1993 Coral Springs , U.S. Clay Patrick McEnroe Paul Annacone Doug Flach 6–4, 6–3 Winner 4. June 14, 1993 Rosmalen , Netherlands Grass Patrick McEnroe David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6, 1–6, 6–4 Winner 5. October 4, 1993 Basel , Switzerland Hard (i) Byron Black Brad Pearce David Randall 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 Winner 6. October 11, 1993 Toulouse , France Hard (i) Byron Black David Prinosil Udo Riglewski 7–5, 7–6 Winner 7. October 25, 1993 Vienna , Austria Carpet Byron Black Mike Bauer David Prinosil 6–3, 7–6 Winner 8. November 8, 1993 Paris , France Carpet Byron Black Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 Winner 9. February 14, 1994 Memphis , U.S. Hard (i) Byron Black Jim Grabb Jared Palmer 7–6, 6–4 Winner 10. June 6, 1994 French Open , Paris Clay Byron Black Jan Apell Jonas Björkman 6–4, 7–6 Winner 11. August 1, 1994 Montreal , Canada Hard Byron Black Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer 6–6, 6–4 Winner 12. February 27, 1995 Philadelphia , U.S. Carpet Jim Grabb Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 Winner 13. April 17, 1995 Tokyo Outdoor , Japan Hard Mark Knowles John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 Winner 14. May 29, 1995 Bologna , Italy Clay Byron Black Libor Pimek Vince Spadea 7–5, 6–3 Winner 15. April 29, 1996 Seoul , South Korea Hard Rick Leach Kent Kinnear Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 6–4 Winner 16. November 11, 1996 Stockholm , Sweden Hard (i) Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin Chris Woodruff 7–6, 6–4 Winner 17. November 23, 1997 Doubles Championships , Hartford Carpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(3) Winner 18. August 28, 2000 Long Island , U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries 6–4, 6–4 Winner 19. August 27, 2001 Long Island , U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 6–4
Runners-up (21) [ edit ] Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score Runner-up 1. August 17, 1992 Cincinnati , U.S. Hard Patrick McEnroe Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 Runner-up 2. October 5, 1992 Brisbane , Australia Hard (i) Patrick McEnroe Steve DeVries David Macpherson 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 3. February 8, 1993 San Francisco , U.S. Hard (i) Patrick McEnroe Scott Davis Jacco Eltingh 1–6, 6–4, 5–7 Runner-up 4. March 22, 1993 Miami , U.S. Hard Patrick McEnroe Richard Krajicek Jan Siemerink 7–6, 4–6, 6–7 Runner-up 5. January 10, 1994 Oahu , U.S. Hard Alex O'Brien Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 6. January 31, 1994 Australian Open , Melbourne Hard Byron Black Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 Runner-up 7. February 7, 1994 San Jose , U.S. Hard (i) Byron Black Rick Leach Jared Palmer 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 8. February 14, 1994 Indian Wells , U.S. Hard Byron Black Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 5–7, 3–6 Runner-up 9. October 10, 1994 Sydney Indoor , Australia Hard (i) Byron Black Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 4–6, 6–7 Runner-up 10. October 17, 1994 Tokyo Indoor , Japan Hard Byron Black Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 Runner-up 11. November 7, 1994 Paris , France Carpet Byron Black Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 Runner-up 12. February 19, 1996 San Jose , U.S. Hard (i) Richey Reneberg Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 Runner-up 13. January 13, 1997 Auckland , New Zealand Hard Rick Leach Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 Runner-up 14. February 24, 1997 Memphis , U.S. Hard (i) Rick Leach Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 2–6, 3–6 Runner-up 15. October 13, 1997 Singapore Carpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 16. October 27, 1997 Stuttgart Indoor , Germany Carpet Rick Leach Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 3–6, 3–6 Runner-up 17. November 3, 1997 Paris , France Carpet Rick Leach Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 2–6, 6–7 Runner-up 18. March 30, 1998 Miami , U.S. Hard Alex O’Brien Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 2–6, 4–6 Runner-up 19. June 19, 2000 London/Queen's Club , England Grass Eric Taino Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge 7–6(5) , 3–6, 6–7(1) Runner-up 20. February 26, 2001 Memphis , U.S. Hard (i) Alex O’Brien Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–7(3) Runner-up 21. March 5, 2001 San Jose , U.S. Hard (i) Jan-Michael Gambill Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie 3–6, 6–7
Mixed doubles: 1 (1-0) [ edit ] ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals [ edit ] Singles: 2 (2–0) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (2–0) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 3 (2–1) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (2–1) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Performance timelines [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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 [ edit ] Doubles [ edit ] Mixed doubles [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Current ATP world No. 1 in bold, as of week of 27 May 2024[update] ATP rankings was introduced on 1 March 1976 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55 56–60 61–65 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) weeks record underlined.