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Jonathan Stark

b. 1971

American tennis player

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Born 1971. Jonathan Stark is an American tennis player.

Jonathan Stark (born April 3, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles (the 1994 French Open Men's Doubles and the 1995 Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles). Stark reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.

Early life Stark was born in Medford, Oregon. He reached the finals of the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship Boys' 18 singles, losing to Chuck Adams. In college, he played for Stanford University, where he was a singles and doubles All-American in 1990 and 1991. 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 two 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, He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (2–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (2–0)

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

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Championship Series (4) ATP Tour (11) Titles by surface Hard (11) Clay (3) Grass (1) Carpet (4) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent ScoreWin 1. Jan 1992 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Jared Palmer Michiel Schapers Daniel Vacek 6–3, 6–3Win 2. Oct 1992 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Patrick McEnroe Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 6–2, 6–3Win 3. May 1993 Coral Springs, U.S. Clay Patrick McEnroe Paul Annacone Doug Flach 6–4, 6–3Win 4. Jun 1993 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Patrick McEnroe David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6, 1–6, 6–4Win 5. Oct 1993 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Byron Black Brad Pearce David Randall 3–6, 7–5, 6–3Win 6. Oct 1993 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Byron Black David Prinosil Udo Riglewski 7–5, 7–6Win 7. Oct 1993 Vienna, Austria Carpet Byron Black Mike Bauer David Prinosil 6–3, 7–6Win 8. Nov 1993 Paris, France Carpet Byron Black Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 4–6, 7–5, 6–2Win 9. Feb 1994 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Byron Black Jim Grabb Jared Palmer 7–6, 6–4Win 10. Jun 1994 French Open, Paris Clay Byron Black Jan Apell Jonas BjΓΆrkman 6–4, 7–6Win 11. Aug 1994 Montreal, Canada Hard Byron Black Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer 6–6, 6–4Win 12. Feb 1995 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet Jim Grabb Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 6–7, 6–3Win 13. Apr 1995 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard Mark Knowles John Fitzgerald Anders JΓ€rryd 6–3, 3–6, 7–6Win 14. May 1995 Bologna, Italy Clay Byron Black Libor Pimek Vince Spadea 7–5, 6–3Win 15. Apr 1996 Seoul, South Korea Hard Rick Leach Kent Kinnear Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 6–4Win 16. Nov 1996 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin Chris Woodruff 7–6, 6–4Win 17. Nov 1997 Doubles Championships, Hartford Carpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(3)Win 18. Aug 2000 Long Island, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries 6–4, 6–4Win 19. Aug 2001 Long Island, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett LeoΕ‘ Friedl Radek Ε tΔ›pΓ‘nek 6–1, 6–4

Runner-ups (21)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent ScoreLoss 1. Aug 1992 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Patrick McEnroe Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss 2. Oct 1992 Brisbane, Australia Hard (i) Patrick McEnroe Steve DeVries David Macpherson 4–6, 4–6Loss 3. Feb 1993 San Francisco, U.S. Hard (i) Patrick McEnroe Scott Davis Jacco Eltingh 1–6, 6–4, 5–7Loss 4. Mar 1993 Miami, U.S. Hard Patrick McEnroe Richard Krajicek Jan Siemerink 7–6, 4–6, 6–7Loss 5. Jan 1994 Oahu, U.S. Hard Alex O'Brien Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 4–6, 4–6Loss 6. Jan 1994 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Byron Black Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6Loss 7. Feb 1994 San Jose, U.S. Hard (i) Byron Black Rick Leach Jared Palmer 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Loss 8. Feb 1994 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Byron Black Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 5–7, 3–6Loss 9. Oct 1994 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Byron Black Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 4–6, 6–7Loss 10. Oct 1994 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Hard Byron Black Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 11. Nov 1994 Paris, France Carpet Byron Black Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–7, 5–7Loss 12. Feb 1996 San Jose, U.S. Hard (i) Richey Reneberg Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 13. Jan 1997 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Rick Leach Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 4–6, 6–4, 6–7Loss 14. Feb 1997 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Rick Leach Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 2–6, 3–6Loss 15. Oct 1997 Singapore Carpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 4–6, 4–6Loss 16. Oct 1997 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Rick Leach Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 3–6, 3–6Loss 17. Nov 1997 Paris, France Carpet Rick Leach Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 2–6, 6–7Loss 18. Mar 1998 Miami, U.S. Hard Alex O’Brien Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 2–6, 4–6Loss 19. Jun 2000 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Eric Taino Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(1)Loss 20. Feb 2001 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Alex O’Brien Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–7(3)Loss 21. Mar 2001 San Jose, U.S. Hard (i) Jan-Michael Gambill Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie 3–6, 6–7

Mixed doubles: 1 (1-0) ResultYearChampionshipPartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1995Wimbledon Martina Navratilova Gigi FernΓ‘ndez Cyril Suk 6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (2–0) LegendATP Challenger (2–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 3 (2–1) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)

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Doubles

Mixed doubles

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Stanford University, South Medford High School

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