Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones (born March 31, 1964) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. Jones reached the finals in doubles at the Australian and US Opens in 1992. He was the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 2011 to 2019. He was replaced by former assistant J.J. Whitlinger.

Biography Jones played varsity tennis at Pepperdine University from 1982 to 1985, where he won the NCAA Division 1 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games U.S. tennis team.

Jones joined the professional tour in 1986. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1987 at Auckland.

In 1988, Jones finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Gretchen Magers.

Jones was runner-up in the men's doubles at both the Australian Open and the US Open in 1992, partnering Rick Leach. In October that year, he reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking for 1 week.

After 12 years on the professional tour, Jones retired in 1998. During his career, he won eight top-level doubles titles. Jones also won a tour singles event in Singapore, where he captured the title both in 1989 and 1990. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event was at the 1993 Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 86 (in 1990). Jones' career prize-money earnings totaled US$1,165,009.

Since retiring from the tour, Jones has coached several high-profile players including Mardy Fish, Xavier Malisse and James Blake.

Personal life Jones is married to Tami Whitlinger, a former professional tennis player. They have a daughter, Kenna also a professional tennis player.

Career finals

Singles (2 wins) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 1989 Singapore Hard Amos Mansdorf 6–1, 7–5Win 2–0 May 1990 Singapore Hard Richard Fromberg 6–4, 2–6, 7–6

Doubles (8 wins – 10 losses) Legend Grand Slam (0–2) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–1) ATP Championship Series (2–0) ATP Tour (6–7) Titles by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (1–2) Grass (1–1) Carpet (2–2)

Doubles performance timeline