Sarah Stone (tennis)


Sarah Jane Stone is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

A doubles specialist from Melbourne, Stone competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s before her career was cut short due to a right foot and back injury.
Stone won 11 ITF doubles titles during her career, eight of which came in the 2002 season. Stone excelled as a doubles player on the ITF junior world tour where she reached the number 8 ranking in the world.
Her best result on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance partnering Samantha Stosur at the 2002 Tasmanian International.
In 2003 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. She played in the Australian Open as a wildcard pairing with Samantha Stosur, then at Wimbledon, she and Nicole Sewell played as successful qualifiers after defeating Dinara Safina and Maria Elena Camarin.
Between 2006-2008 Stone worked with WTA tour players Anastasia Rodionova, Romina Oprandi, Vasilisa Bardina and Christina Wheeler.
Now based in the United States, she currently coaches American player Alexa Glatch and Serbian world number 39 Aleksandra Krunic. Stone began working with Krunic's team at Indian Wells in 2018. Under Stone's coaching tutilage Krunic won her first WTA tour title at 'S Hertogenbosch defeating Coco Vandeweghe and Kirsten Flipkens along the way. As a result, Krunic reached a career-high ranking of 39 on the WTA tour.
She was previously the coach of her former doubles partner Samantha Stosur for three years during which time Stosur reached the world number one doubles ranking and won three Grand Slam doubles titles.
In 2015 Stone founded the Women's Tennis Coaching Association she currently serves as the CEO of the 501 organization.
Stone is the chairperson of the women's tennis coaching board of the Professional Tennis Registry.
She is currently a WTA Gold level coach and is a coaching consultant to the SBW Tennis academy in Brentwood Los Angeles.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 21 (11-10)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.19 March 2001Wodonga, AustraliaGrass Kristen van Elden Beti Sekulovski
Nicole Sewell
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner2.16 July 2001Frinton, Great BritainGrass Beti Sekulovski Yvonne Doyle
Karen Nugent
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up3.16 September 2001Ibaraki, JapanHard Beti Sekulovski Samantha Stosur
Melissa Dowse
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up4.23 September 2001Osaka, JapanHard Beti Sekulovski Samantha Stosur
Melissa Dowse
7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.3 February 2002Wellington,New ZealandHard Nicole Kriz Chan Chin-wei
Chuang Chia-jung
6–4 6–7 2–6
Winner6.25 February 2002Bendigo, AustraliaHard Samantha Stosur Trudi Musgrave
Cindy Watson
6–4, 6–3
Winner7.4 March 2002Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Samantha Stosur Amanda Augustus
Claire Curran
6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Winner8.11 March 2002Benalla, AustraliaGrass Nicole Kriz Casey Dellacqua
Svenja Weidemann
7–5, 6–1
Winner9.23 March 2002Bendigo, AustraliaGrass Nicole Kriz Rochelle Rosenfield
Madita Suer
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner10.10 June 2002Raalte, NetherlandsClay Jolanda Mens Darya Ivanova
Tiffany Welford
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up11.Alkmaar, NetherlandsClay Jolanda Mens Kim Kilsdonk
Nicole Melch
6–7, 2–6
Runner-up12.8 July 2002Felixstowe, United KingdomGrass Christina Horiatopoulos Amanda Augustus
Nicole Sewell
6–7, 4–6
Runner-up13.29 July 2002Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Samantha Stosur Ľudmila Cervanová
Stanislava Hrozenská
6–7, 4–6
Winner14.5 August 2002Bath, Great BritainHard Samantha Stosur Asimina Kaplani
Maria Pavlidou
6–4, 6–1
Winner15.12 August 2002London, Great BritainHard Elsa O'Riain Michelle Summerside
Anna White
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up16.9 September 2002Bordeaux, FranceClay Samantha Stosur Flavia Pennetta
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up17.17 September 2002Glasgow, ScotlandHard Samantha Stosur Yvonne Doyle
Elsa O'Riain
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up18.14 October 2002Mackay, AustraliaHard Samantha Stosur Natalie Grandin
Nicole Sewell
3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up19.21 October 2002Rockhampton, AustraliaHard Samantha Stosur Evie Dominikovic
Bryanne Stewart
5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner20.28 October 2002Dalby, AustraliaHard Samantha Stosur Evie Dominikovic
Bryanne Stewart
6–3, 6–3
Winner21.7 April 2003Coatzacoalcos, MexicoHard Erica Krauth Helen Crook
Christina Zachariadou
6–4, 4–6, 6–4