# Jonathan Canter

Jonathan Canter (born June 4, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

## Early years

Canter was born in Los Angeles, where his father, Stanley S. Canter, worked as a film producer. His father, who was also manager of Jimmy Connors for a time, produced films such as Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Tarzan and the Lost City and Hornets' Nest, which he also wrote.
He won the boys 16 and under singles in the 1979 Ojai Tennis Tournament. The promising junior made the quarterfinals of the 1981 US Open and the following year, he reached further quarterfinals at the US Open and French Open. His best performances however came in the doubles. With countryman Michael Kures as his partner, Canter won the boys' doubles title at the 1982 US Open, beating Australians Pat Cash and John Frawley in the final. He also made the doubles semifinals at the 1982 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Chuck Willenborg. At the same event the following year, Canter was once again a singles quarterfinalist.

## Professional career

Canter never made the third round of the singles draw at a Grand Slam. He twice came close, the first time at the 1986 French Open when he squandered a two set lead over Jean-Philippe Fleurian in their second-round encounter. In the US Open that year, after coming from two sets down to defeat Tim Mayotte in his opening match, Canter was again at the wrong end of a second-round match decided in five sets, losing to Dan Goldie.
He did, however, reach the third round on four occasions in the doubles. His biggest win came during the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, where he and partner Bruce Derlin upset reigning champions John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd.
In 1985, Canter won his only Grand Prix/ATP title, at the Melbourne Outdoor tournament. The following year, he would make it to No. 36 in the world. His best results that season were semifinal appearances at Montreal and Toronto. In Montreal, he had a win over world No. 4, Yannick Noah.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1982 | French Open | Clay | Michael Kures | Pat Cash John Frawley | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1982 | US Open | Hard | Michael Kures | Pat Cash John Frawley | 7–6, 6–2 |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 1985 | Melbourne, Australia | Grand Prix | Grass | Peter Doohan | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 2 (0–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1989 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Ramesh Krishnan | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 1993 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Christo Van Rensburg | 2–6, 7–5, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 5 (3–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1989 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Ramesh Krishnan | John Letts Bruce Man-Son-Hing | 5–7, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 1990 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Challenger | Hard | Bruce Derlin | Nduka Odizor Paul Wekesa | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 1990 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Bruce Derlin | Neil Borwick David Lewis | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–2 | Dec 1991 | Guam, United States | Challenger | Hard | Kenny Thorne | David Adams Doug Eisenman | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 1993 | Réunion Island, France | Challenger | Hard | Jeff Tarango | Lan Bale Mark Kaplan | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q3 | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 16 | 6–16 | 27% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Miami | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | 2R | SF | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 7–4 | 64% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 7–3 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 16 | 19–16 | 54% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| French Open | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | Q3 | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 11–11 | 50% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |