Jonathan Stark (tennis)


Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles. Stark reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.

Early life

Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971. In college he played tennis for Stanford University, where he was a singles and doubles All-American in 1990 and 1991. He reached the NCAA doubles final in 1991, partnering Jared Palmer. 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..

Professional tennis

Stark turned professional in 1991 and joined the ATP Tour. In 1992, he won his first tour doubles title at Wellington. His first top-level singles title came in 1993 at Bolzano.
In 1994, Stark captured the men's doubles title at the French Open, partnering Byron Black. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 36 in February. 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. He was a member of the 1997 U.S. Davis Cup team. 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 2 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 and coaches with Portland-based Oregon Elite Tennis. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles – 1 runners-up)


ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.Jun 1992Rosmalen, NetherlandsGrass Michael Stich4–6, 5–7
Win1.Oct 1993Bolzano, ItalyCarpet Cédric Pioline6–3, 6–2
Win2.Oct 1996Singapore, SingaporeCarpet Michael Chang6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 40 (19 titles – 21 runners-up)


OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.January 6, 1992Wellington, New ZealandHard Jared Palmer Michiel Schapers
Daniel Vacek
6–3, 6–3
Winner2.October 12, 1992Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard Patrick McEnroe Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg
6–2, 6–3
Winner3.May 17, 1993Coral Springs, U.S.Clay Patrick McEnroe Paul Annacone
Doug Flach
6–4, 6–3
Winner4.June 14, 1993Rosmalen, NetherlandsGrass Patrick McEnroe David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Winner5.October 4, 1993Basel, SwitzerlandHard Byron Black Brad Pearce
David Randall
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner6.October 11, 1993Toulouse, FranceHard Byron Black David Prinosil
Udo Riglewski
7–5, 7–6
Winner7.October 25, 1993Vienna, AustriaCarpet Byron Black Mike Bauer
David Prinosil
6–3, 7–6
Winner8.November 8, 1993Paris, FranceCarpet Byron Black Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner9.February 14, 1994Memphis, U.S.Hard Byron Black Jim Grabb
Jared Palmer
7–6, 6–4
Winner10.June 6, 1994French Open, ParisClay Byron Black Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
6–4, 7–6
Winner11.August 1, 1994Montreal, CanadaHard Byron Black Patrick McEnroe
Jared Palmer
6–6, 6–4
Winner12.February 27, 1995Philadelphia, U.S.Carpet Jim Grabb Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Winner13.April 17, 1995Tokyo Outdoor, JapanHard Mark Knowles John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Winner14.May 29, 1995Bologna, ItalyClay Byron Black Libor Pimek
Vince Spadea
7–5, 6–3
Winner15.April 29, 1996Seoul, South KoreaHard Rick Leach Kent Kinnear
Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 6–4
Winner16.November 11, 1996Stockholm, SwedenHard Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin
Chris Woodruff
7–6, 6–4
Winner17.November 23, 1997Doubles Championships, HartfordCarpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Winner18.August 28, 2000Long Island, U.S.Hard Kevin Ullyett Jan-Michael Gambill
Scott Humphries
6–4, 6–4
Winner19.August 27, 2001Long Island, U.S.Hard Kevin Ullyett Leoš Friedl
Radek Štěpánek
6–1, 6–4

Runners-up (21)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.August 17, 1992Cincinnati, U.S.Hard Patrick McEnroe Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up2.October 5, 1992Brisbane, AustraliaHard Patrick McEnroe Steve DeVries
David Macpherson
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.February 8, 1993San Francisco, U.S.Hard Patrick McEnroe Scott Davis
Jacco Eltingh
1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up4.March 22, 1993Miami, U.S.Hard Patrick McEnroe Richard Krajicek
Jan Siemerink
7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up5.January 10, 1994Oahu, U.S.Hard Alex O'Brien Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.January 31, 1994Australian Open, MelbourneHard Byron Black Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up7.February 7, 1994San Jose, U.S.Hard Byron Black Rick Leach
Jared Palmer
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up8.February 14, 1994Indian Wells, U.S.Hard Byron Black Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up9.October 10, 1994Sydney Indoor, AustraliaHard Byron Black Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
4–6, 6–7
Runner-up10.October 17, 1994Tokyo Indoor, JapanHard Byron Black Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up11.November 7, 1994Paris, FranceCarpet Byron Black Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up12.February 19, 1996San Jose, U.S.Hard Richey Reneberg Trevor Kronemann
David Macpherson
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up13.January 13, 1997Auckland, New ZealandHard Rick Leach Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith
4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up14.February 24, 1997Memphis, U.S.Hard Rick Leach Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up15.October 13, 1997SingaporeCarpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up16.October 27, 1997Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyCarpet Rick Leach Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up17.November 3, 1997Paris, FranceCarpet Rick Leach Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up18.March 30, 1998Miami, U.S.Hard Alex O’Brien Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up19.June 19, 2000London/Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Eric Taino Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge
7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up20.February 26, 2001Memphis, U.S.Hard Alex O’Brien Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–7
Runner-up21.March 5, 2001San Jose, U.S.Hard Jan-Michael Gambill Mark Knowles
Brian MacPhie
3–6, 6–7

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament
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