Sarah Stone

Sarah Jane Stone (born 23 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography A doubles specialist from Melbourne, Stone competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s before her career was cut short due to a right foot and back injury.

Stone won eleven ITF doubles titles during her career, eight of which came in the 2002 season. She excelled as a doubles player on the ITF Junior Circuit where she reached the world No. 8 ranking.

Her best result on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance, partnering Samantha Stosur at the 2002 Tasmanian International.

In 2003, she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. She played in the Australian Open as a wildcard pairing with Samantha Stosur, then at Wimbledon, she and Nicole Sewell played as successful qualifiers, after defeating Dinara Safina and Maria Elena Camarin.

Between 2006 and 2008 Stone worked with WTA Tour players Anastasia Rodionova, Romina Oprandi, Vasilisa Bardina and Christina Wheeler.

Now based in the United States, she coaches American player Alexa Glatch and Serbian world No. 39 Aleksandra Krunić. Stone began working with Krunic's team at Indian Wells in 2018. Under Stone's coaching tutelage Krunić won her first WTA Tour title at 's Hertogenbosch defeating Coco Vandeweghe and Kirsten Flipkens along the way. As a result, Krunić reached a career-high WTA ranking of 39.

She was previously the coach of her former doubles partner Samantha Stosur for three years during which time Stosur reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking and won three Grand Slam doubles titles.

In 2015, Stone founded the Women's Tennis Coaching Association (WTCA), and is the CEO of the 501 (C3) organization. Stone is the chairperson of the women's tennis coaching board of the Professional Tennis Registry.

She is a WTA gold level coach and a coaching consultant to the SBW Tennis Academy in Brentwood Los Angeles.

ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 21 (11-10) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 19 March 2001 Wodonga, Australia Grass Kristen van Elden Beti Sekulovski Nicole Sewell 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4Winner 2. 16 July 2001 Frinton, Great Britain Grass Beti Sekulovski Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent 7–6(5), 6–4Runner-up 3. 16 September 2001 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Beti Sekulovski Samantha Stosur Melissa Dowse 4–6, 7–5, 2–6Runner-up 4. 23 September 2001 Osaka, Japan Hard Beti Sekulovski Samantha Stosur Melissa Dowse 7–5, 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 5. 3 February 2002 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Nicole Kriz Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung 6–4 6–7(3) 2–6Winner 6. 25 February 2002 Bendigo, Australia Hard Samantha Stosur Trudi Musgrave Cindy Watson 6–4, 6–3Winner 7. 4 March 2002 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Samantha Stosur Amanda Augustus Claire Curran 6–0, 4–6, 6–3Winner 8. 11 March 2002 Benalla, Australia Grass Nicole Kriz Casey Dellacqua Svenja Weidemann 7–5, 6–1Winner 9. 23 March 2002 Bendigo, Australia Grass Nicole Kriz Rochelle Rosenfield Madita Suer 3–6, 7–5, 6–3Winner 10. 10 June 2002 Raalte, Netherlands Clay Jolanda Mens Darya Ivanova Tiffany Welford 4–6, 6–3, 6–0Runner-up 11. Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Jolanda Mens Kim Kilsdonk Nicole Melch 6–7(2), 2–6Runner-up 12. 8 July 2002 Felixstowe, UK Grass Christina Horiatopoulos Amanda Augustus Nicole Sewell 6–7(5), 4–6Runner-up 13. 29 July 2002 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Samantha Stosur Ľudmila Cervanová Stanislava Hrozenská 6–7(5), 4–6Winner 14. 5 August 2002 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK Hard Samantha Stosur Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou 6–4, 6–1Winner 15. 12 August 2002 London, England Hard Elsa O'Riain Michelle Summerside Anna White 6–4, 6–2Runner-up 16. 9 September 2002 Bordeaux, France Clay Samantha Stosur Flavia Pennetta Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 3–6, 5–7Runner-up 17. 17 September 2002 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard Samantha Stosur Yvonne Doyle Elsa O'Riain 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 18. 14 October 2002 Mackay, Australia Hard Samantha Stosur Natalie Grandin Nicole Sewell 3–6, 6–1, 4–6Runner-up 19. 21 October 2002 Rockhampton, Australia Hard Samantha Stosur Evie Dominikovic Bryanne Stewart 5–7, 6–4, 5–7Winner 20. 28 October 2002 Dalby, Australia Hard Samantha Stosur Evie Dominikovic Bryanne Stewart 6–3, 6–3Winner 21. 7 April 2003 Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Erica Krauth Helen Crook Christina Zachariadou 6–4, 4–6, 6–4