# Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

## Tennis career

Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is married to former Czechoslovakian player Andrea Strnadová.

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

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–1)
* ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Tour World Series (4–7)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–6)
* Clay (3–3)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (4–9)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1989 | Livingston, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | Brad Gilbert | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 1993 | Manchester, United Kingdom | World Series | Grass | Wally Masur | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 1994 | Birmingham, United States | World Series | Clay | Gabriel Markus | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 1994 | Washington, United States | Championship Series | Hard | Stefan Edberg | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 1994 | Toronto, Canada | Masters Series | Hard | Andre Agassi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | May 1996 | Coral Springs, United States | World Series | Clay | Chris Woodruff | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–4 | May 1997 | Atlanta, United States | World Series | Clay | Marcelo Filippini | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | May 1997 | Coral Springs, United States | World Series | Clay | Jonas Björkman | 6–0, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jan 1998 | Adelaide, Australia | World Series | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 4–6 | Mar 1998 | Scottsdale, United States | World Series | Hard | Andre Agassi | 4–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 4–7 | May 1998 | Atlanta, United States | World Series | Clay | Pete Sampras | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 4–8 | Jan 2000 | Sydney, Australia | International Series | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Apr 2000 | Atlanta, United States | International Series | Clay | Andrew Ilie | 3–6, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0)
* ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour World Series (5–6)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (3–3)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (1–1)
* Carpet (1–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (4–5)
* Indoor (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1988 | Madrid, Spain | Grand Prix | Clay | Todd Woodbridge | Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez | 7–6, 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 1990 | Seoul, South Korea | World Series | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | Grant Connell Glenn Michibata | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 1990 | Singapore, Singapore | World Series | Hard | Mark Kratzmann | Brad Drewett Todd Woodbridge | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jun 1990 | Manchester, United Kingdom | World Series | Grass | Mark Kratzmann | Nick Brown Kelly Jones | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 1990 | Brisbane, Australia | World Series | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | Brian Garrow Mark Woodforde | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–2 | Feb 1991 | San Francisco, United States | World Series | Carpet | Wally Masur | Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh | 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jan 1992 | Adelaide, Australia | World Series | Hard | Mark Kratzmann | Goran Ivanisevic Marc Rosset | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 5–3 | Jan 1993 | Sydney, Australia | World Series | Hard | Sandon Stolle | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Apr 1993 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | World Series | Hard | Sandon Stolle | David Wheaton Todd Woodbridge | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Apr 1995 | Paget, Bermuda | World Series | Clay | Brett Steven | Grant Connell Todd Martin | 6–7, 6–2, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Jul 1998 | Newport, United States | World Series | Grass | Scott Draper | Doug Flach Sandon Stolle | 2–6, 6–4, 6–7 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 3 (3–0)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–0)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 1993 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jared Palmer | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 1993 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Richard Matuszewski | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Mar 1996 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | Mark Knowles | 6–4, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 3 (1–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1991 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Mark Kratzmann | Kelly Jones Todd Woodbridge | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 1993 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | Patrick Rafter | Neil Borwick Simon Youl | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 1996 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | Peter Tramacchi | Brett Hansen-Dent Brian Macphie | 3–6, 4–6 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1987 | Australian Open | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1987 | French Open | Clay | Guillermo Perez-Roldan | 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1987 | Wimbledon | Grass | Diego Nargiso | 6–7, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 5 (5 titles)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1987 | Australian Open | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | Shane Barr Bryan Roe | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 1987 | Wimbledon | Grass | Todd Woodbridge | Diego Nargiso Eugenio Rossi | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 1988 | Australian Open | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | Johan Anderson Richard Fromberg | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 1988 | French Open | Clay | Todd Woodbridge | Cristiano Caratti Goran Ivanisevic | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | Todd Woodbridge | David Rikl Tomas Zdrazila | 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |

## Performance timelines

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 4R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 13 | 11–13 | 46% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 3R | A | 0 / 12 | 10–12 | 45% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 14 | 20–14 | 59% |
| US Open | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 12 | 9–12 | 43% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 8–4 | 3–3 | 7–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0 / 51 | 50–51 | 50% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 1–7 | 13% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 0 / 10 | 7–10 | 41% |
| Stuttgart | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Rome | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | F | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 8 | 11–8 | 58% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 10 | 10–10 | 50% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | Q3 | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 7–5 | 11–6 | 1–6 | 4–6 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 47 | 36–47 | 43% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 10 | 9–10 | 47% |
| French Open | A | 3R | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | Q3 | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 26 | 19–26 | 42% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Miami Open | A | A | 2R | A | SF | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Rome | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | 2R | A | QF | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 22 | 24–22 | 52% |

### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | 62% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0 / 12 | 12–12 | 50% |