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)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 13 August 1989 | Livingston | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 21 June 1993 | Manchester | Grass | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 18 April 1994 | Birmingham | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 24 July 1994 | Washington | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 31 July 1994 | Toronto | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 20 May 1996 | Coral Springs | Clay | ![]() | 7–6, 2–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 4 May 1997 | Atlanta | Clay | ![]() | 6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 12 May 1997 | Coral Springs | Clay | ![]() | 6–0, 2–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 11 January 1998 | Adelaide | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 8 March 1998 | Scottsdale | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 May 1998 | Atlanta | Clay | ![]() | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 8. | 16 January 2000 | Sydney | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 16 April 2000 | Atlanta | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Doubles finals: 11 (5–6)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 17 April 1988 | Madrid | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 22 April 1990 | Seoul | Hardcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 6 May 1990 | Singapore | Hardcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | 24 June 1990 | Manchester | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 30 September 1990 | Brisbane | Hardcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 10 February 1991 | San Francisco | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 January 1992 | Adelaide | Hardcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 5. | 17 January 1993 | Sydney | Hardcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 18 April 1993 | Hong Kong | Hardcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 April 1995 | Bermuda | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 6–2, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 12 July 1998 | Newport | Harcourt | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, 6–7 |