Jonathan Stark (tennis)

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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.

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
Singles
Career record	136–151
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 36 (28 February 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1994, 1998)
French Open	2R (1994, 1997)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)
US Open	2R (1992, 1998)
Doubles
Career record	303–186
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1 August 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1994)
French Open	W (1994)
Wimbledon	QF (1992, 1993)
US Open	QF (1995)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1995)
Wimbledon	W (1995)
US Open	QF (1995)
Last updated on: 18 December 2021.

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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1989	US Open	Hard	Nicklas Kulti	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1987	French Open	Clay	Jim Courier	Franco Davin Guillermo Perez-Roldan	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	1988	US Open	Hard	John Yancey	Massimo Boscatto Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 7–5
Win	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Jared Palmer	John-Laffnie De Jager Wayne Ferreira	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1992	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Michael Stich	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Oct 1993	Bolzano, Italy	World Series	Carpet	Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Oct 1996	Singapore, Singapore	World Series	Carpet	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–4

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)

Result	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1995	Wimbledon	Martina Navratilova	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	6–4, 6–4

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1991	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Kelly Evernden	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–0	Oct 1993	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Guillaume Raoux	7–6, 6–3

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1998	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	Doug Flach Mark Merklein	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–0	Oct 1998	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	Michael Hill Scott Humphries	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jun 2000	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Jared Palmer	Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska	6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)

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

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q2	0 / 6	4–6	40%
French Open	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	A	2R	Q2	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	Q3	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	Q3	0 / 6	4–6	40%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q2	0 / 7	2–7	22%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	4–4	2–4	1–4	2–3	2–4	2–2	0–0	0 / 23	14–23	38%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	Q3	2R	3R	Q2	Q1	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Miami	A	A	A	4R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	Q1	0 / 7	7–7	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	3R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q3	2R	A	Q1	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q3	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	1–3	4–4	2–3	2–2	4–5	1–2	0–0	0 / 23	19–23	45%

Doubles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	QF	3R	F	1R	A	SF	3R	QF	A	2R	1R	0 / 9	20–9	69%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	W	2R	SF	QF	1R	3R	1R	A	A	1 / 8	16–7	70%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	3R	3R	2R	3R	A	3R	1R	2R	A	0 / 9	16–9	64%
US Open	1R	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 13	13–13	50%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	8–3	5–4	15–3	6–4	6–3	9–4	3–3	8–4	0–3	3–3	0–1	1 / 39	65–38	63%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify						RR	DNQ		W	Did not qualify					1 / 2	5–3	63%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	F	2R	2R	QF	SF	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 10	11–10	52%
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	F	SF	SF	2R	QF	F	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 10	18–10	64%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Canada	A	A	A	A	2R	A	W	2R	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	1 / 5	7–4	64%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	F	QF	QF	SF	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 7	10–7	59%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	W	F	2R	1R	F	SF	2R	A	A	A	1 / 7	15–6	71%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	12–3	14–4	5–5	2–4	14–7	10–4	4–7	2–3	0–3	0–0	2 / 46	68–44	61%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	QF	A	2R	W	QF	A	A	A	1R	1 / 5	13–4	76%
US Open	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Win–loss	3–1	0–0	1–1	8–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1 / 8	16–7	70%

References

1. "Jonathan Stark". Tennis Players. ATP World Tour. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
2. "1989 Draw Sheet, USTA Boys' 16 & Boys' 18 National Championship" web.archive.org retrieved May 16, 2023
3. Associated Press (November 29, 1997). "Americans on brink of defeat". Eugene Register-Guard. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
4. "Jonathan Stark – Oregon Elite Tennis". www.oregonelitetennis.com. Retrieved July 9, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. Pfenning, Cliff. "Hall Passes". OregonSports.com. Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

External links

• Jonathan Stark at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jonathan Stark at the International Tennis Federation
• Jonathan Stark at the Davis Cup

1. ATP Doubles Ranking