Jason Stoltenberg


Jason Stoltenberg is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

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 finals: 13 (4 titles , 9 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.13 August 1989LivingstonHard Brad Gilbert4–6, 4–6
Winner1.21 June 1993ManchesterGrass Wally Masur6–1, 6–3
Winner2.18 April 1994BirminghamClay Gabriel Markus6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2.24 July 1994WashingtonHard Stefan Edberg4–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.31 July 1994TorontoHard Andre Agassi4–6, 4–6
Winner3.20 May 1996Coral SpringsClay Chris Woodruff7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up4.4 May 1997AtlantaClay Marcelo Filippini6–7, 4–6
Winner4.12 May 1997Coral SpringsClay Jonas Björkman6–0, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up5.11 January 1998AdelaideHard Lleyton Hewitt6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up6.8 March 1998ScottsdaleHard Andre Agassi4–6, 6–7
Runner-up7.3 May 1998AtlantaClay Pete Sampras7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up8.16 January 2000SydneyHard Lleyton Hewitt4–6, 0–6
Runner-up9.16 April 2000AtlantaClay Andrew Ilie3–6, 5–7

Doubles finals: 11 (5–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.17 April 1988MadridClay Todd Woodbridge Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up2.22 April 1990SeoulHardcourt Todd WoodbridgeGrant Connell
Glenn Michibata
6–7, 4–6
Winner1.6 May 1990SingaporeHardcourt Mark Kratzmann Brad Drewett
Todd Woodbridge
6–1, 6–0
Winner2.24 June 1990ManchesterGrass Mark Kratzmann Nick Brown
Kelly Jones
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner3.30 September 1990BrisbaneHardcourt Todd Woodbridge Brian Garrow
Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner4.10 February 1991San FranciscoCarpet Wally Masur Ronnie Båthman
Rikard Bergh
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up3.5 January 1992AdelaideHardcourt Mark Kratzmann Goran Ivanišević
Marc Rosset
6–7, 6–7
Winner5.17 January 1993SydneyHardcourt Sandon Stolle Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up4.18 April 1993Hong KongHardcourt Sandon Stolle David Wheaton
Todd Woodbridge
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.23 April 1995BermudaClay Brett Steven Grant Connell
Todd Martin
6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up6.12 July 1998NewportHarcourt Scott Draper Doug Flach
Sandon Stolle
2–6, 6–4, 6–7