American tennis player
Jonathan Stark Country (sports)
United States Residence
Portland, Oregon , USA Born (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
$ 3,220,867 Career 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
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
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
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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)
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)
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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 2 (2–0)
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)
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
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
Doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
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.