Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceOrlando, 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 Open4R (1988)
French Open4R (1998)
WimbledonSF (1996)
US Open3R (1988, 1995, 1996)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup1R (1996)
Olympic Games2R (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 OpenQF (1991, 1996)
French OpenQF (1990)
WimbledonQF (1990)
US Open2R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988)
French Open3R (1993)
WimbledonQF (1991, 1992)
Last updated on: 3 October 2021.

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

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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1989 Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard United States Brad Gilbert 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1993 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass Australia Wally Masur 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–1 Apr 1994 Birmingham, United States World Series Clay Argentina Gabriel Markus 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jul 1994 Washington, United States Championship Series Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 1994 Toronto, Canada Masters Series Hard United States Andre Agassi 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 May 1996 Coral Springs, United States World Series Clay United States Chris Woodruff 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5
Loss 3–4 May 1997 Atlanta, United States World Series Clay Uruguay Marcelo Filippini 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 4–4 May 1997 Coral Springs, United States World Series Clay Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–0, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 4–5 Jan 1998 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 4–6 Mar 1998 Scottsdale, United States World Series Hard United States Andre Agassi 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 4–7 May 1998 Atlanta, United States World Series Clay United States Pete Sampras 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 4–8 Jan 2000 Sydney, Australia International Series Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 0–6
Loss 4–9 Apr 2000 Atlanta, United States International Series Clay Australia 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1988 Madrid, Spain Grand Prix Clay Australia Todd Woodbridge Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sanchez
7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 1990 Seoul, South Korea World Series Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata
6–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 May 1990 Singapore, Singapore World Series Hard Australia Mark Kratzmann Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–1, 6–0
Win 2–2 Jun 1990 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass Australia Mark Kratzmann United Kingdom Nick Brown
United States Kelly Jones
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 3–2 Sep 1990 Brisbane, Australia World Series Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge United States Brian Garrow
Australia Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–2 Feb 1991 San Francisco, United States World Series Carpet Australia Wally Masur Sweden Ronnie Båthman
Sweden Rikard Bergh
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Jan 1992 Adelaide, Australia World Series Hard Australia Mark Kratzmann Croatia Goran Ivanisevic
Switzerland Marc Rosset
6–7, 6–7
Win 5–3 Jan 1993 Sydney, Australia World Series Hard Australia Sandon Stolle United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–4 Apr 1993 Hong Kong, Hong Kong World Series Hard Australia Sandon Stolle United States David Wheaton
Australia Todd Woodbridge
1–6, 3–6
Loss 5–5 Apr 1995 Paget, Bermuda World Series Clay Australia Brett Steven Canada Grant Connell
United States Todd Martin
6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 5–6 Jul 1998 Newport, United States World Series Grass Australia Scott Draper United States Doug Flach
Australia 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1993 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard United States Jared Palmer 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–0 May 1993 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard United States Richard Matuszewski 6–0, 6–3
Win 3–0 Mar 1996 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard The Bahamas 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1991 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard Australia Mark Kratzmann United States Kelly Jones
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 1993 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard Australia Patrick Rafter Australia Neil Borwick
Australia Simon Youl
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Mar 1996 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard Australia Peter Tramacchi United States Brett Hansen-Dent
United States Brian Macphie
3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1987 Australian Open Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 7–6
Loss 1987 French Open Clay Argentina Guillermo Perez-Roldan 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 1987 Wimbledon Grass Italy Diego Nargiso 6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (5 titles)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1987 Australian Open Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge Australia Shane Barr
Australia Bryan Roe
6–2, 6–4
Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass Australia Todd Woodbridge Italy Diego Nargiso
Italy Eugenio Rossi
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 1988 Australian Open Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge Australia Johan Anderson
Australia Richard Fromberg
6–3, 6–2
Win 1988 French Open Clay Australia Todd Woodbridge Italy Cristiano Caratti
Croatia Goran Ivanisevic
7–6, 7–5
Win 1988 Wimbledon Grass Australia Todd Woodbridge Czech Republic David Rikl
Czechoslovakia Tomas Zdrazila
6–4, 1–6, 7–5

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 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 4R 3R A 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 13 11–13 46%
French Open A A 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 4R 2R 3R A 0 / 12 10–12 45%
Wimbledon Q1 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R SF 3R 4R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 14 20–14 59%
US Open A 3R 1R 2R 2R A 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 12 9–12 43%
Win–loss 0–1 6–3 4–4 3–3 3–4 0–3 4–4 3–4 3–4 8–4 3–3 7–4 2–4 2–3 1–3 0 / 51 50–51 50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 7 1–7 13%
Miami Open A A A A 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R A 1R 0 / 10 7–10 41%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Rome A A 1R A A A A A 1R A A A 2R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canada Masters A A A 2R A 2R 2R F 2R 2R A 1R 2R A A 0 / 8 11–8 58%
Cincinnati Masters A A A 2R 2R 1R QF QF 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 10 10–10 50%
Paris Masters A A A A 2R A 1R 2R Q3 1R A 3R A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–3 7–5 11–6 1–6 4–6 1–3 3–6 3–5 0–0 0–1 0 / 47 36–47 43%

Doubles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R A QF 2R 1R 1R A QF A 2R A A 2R 0 / 10 9–10 47%
French Open A 3R A QF 1R 1R 1R A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Wimbledon A 1R Q3 QF 1R 1R 1R A A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 7 3–7 30%
US Open A 1R A 2R 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–1 2–4 0–1 7–3 3–4 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 4–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 26 19–26 42%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R SF QF 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Miami Open A A 2R A SF 2R 3R 1R A 1R A A A A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Rome A 2R A A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Canada Masters A A A 2R A QF QF A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Cincinnati Masters A A 1R QF 2R 1R 1R A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Paris Masters A A A A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 6–5 6–4 6–4 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 22 24–22 52%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open 1R A 2R 1R 1R 3R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Wimbledon A 3R 1R QF QF 1R 0 / 5 8–5 62%
US Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 3–2 2–2 0 / 12 12–12 50%

References