Jonathan Stark (born 3 April 1971, in Medford, Oregon) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles (1994 French Open men's doubles and 1995 Wimbledon mixed doubles). Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.
Early life
Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971. He grew up in Medford and attended South Medford High School. In college he played tennis for Stanford University, where he was a singles and doubles All-American in 1990 and 1991. He reached the NCAA doubles final in 1991, partnering Jared Palmer. On July 17, 1997, he married Dana, and they have two sons and a daughter.
Professional tennis
Stark turned professional in 1991 and joined the ATP Tour. In 1992, he won his first tour doubles title at Wellington. His first top-level singles title came in 1993 at Bolzano (beating Cédric Pioline in the final).
In 1994, Stark captured the men's doubles title at the French Open, partnering Byron Black (the pair were also runners-up at the Australian Open that year). He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 36 in February. The following year, Stark won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title, partnering Martina Navratilova.
Stark won his second top-level singles title in 1996 at Singapore (beating Michael Chang in the final). He was a member of the 1997 U.S. Davis Cup team. 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 2 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 and lives in Seattle, Washington. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
Tour doubles titles (19)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (1) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (1) |
| ATP Masters Series (2) |
| ATP Championship Series (4) |
| ATP Tour (11) |
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| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (11) |
| Clay (3) |
| Grass (1) |
| Carpet (4) |
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| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partnering |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
6 January 1992 |
Wellington, New Zealand |
Hard |
Jared Palmer |
Michiel Schapers
Daniel Vacek |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 2. |
12 October 1992 |
Sydney Indoor, Australia |
Hard (i) |
Patrick McEnroe |
Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 3. |
17 May 1993 |
Coral Springs, U.S. |
Clay |
Patrick McEnroe |
Paul Annacone
Doug Flach |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 4. |
14 June 1993 |
Rosmalen, Netherlands |
Grass |
Patrick McEnroe |
David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy |
7–6, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 5. |
4 October 1993 |
Basel, Switzerland |
Hard (i) |
Byron Black |
Brad Pearce
David Randall |
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 6. |
11 October 1993 |
Toulouse, France |
Hard (i) |
Byron Black |
David Prinosil
Udo Riglewski |
7–5, 7–6 |
| 7. |
25 October 1993 |
Vienna, Austria |
Carpet |
Byron Black |
Mike Bauer
David Prinosil |
6–3, 7–6 |
| 8. |
8 November 1993 |
Paris, France |
Carpet |
Byron Black |
Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk |
7–6, 6–4 |
| 9. |
14 February 1994 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Byron Black |
Jim Grabb
Jared Palmer |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 10. |
6 June 1994 |
French Open, Paris |
Clay |
Byron Black |
Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman |
6–4, 7–6 |
| 11. |
1 August 1994 |
Montreal, Canada |
Hard |
Byron Black |
Patrick McEnroe
Jared Palmer |
7–6, 7–6 |
| 12. |
27 February 1995 |
Philadelphia, U.S. |
Carpet |
Jim Grabb |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |
| 13. |
17 April 1995 |
Tokyo Outdoor, Japan |
Hard |
Mark Knowles |
John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 14. |
29 May 1995 |
Bologna, Italy |
Clay |
Byron Black |
Libor Pimek
Vince Spadea |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 15. |
29 April 1996 |
Seoul, South Korea |
Hard |
Rick Leach |
Kent Kinnear
Kevin Ullyett |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 16. |
11 November 1996 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
Patrick Galbraith |
Todd Martin
Chris Woodruff |
7–6, 6–4 |
| 17. |
23 November 1997 |
Doubles Championships, Hartford |
Carpet |
Rick Leach |
Wayne Ferreira
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
6–3, 6–4, 7–6(3) |
| 18. |
28 August 2000 |
Long Island, U.S. |
Hard |
Kevin Ullyett |
Jan-Michael Gambill
Scott Humphries |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 19. |
27 August 2001 |
Long Island, U.S. |
Hard |
Kevin Ullyett |
Leoš Friedl
Radek Štěpánek |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-ups (21)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partnering |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
17 August 1992 |
Cincinnati, U.S. |
Hard |
Patrick McEnroe |
Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge |
7–6, 6–4 |
| 2. |
5 October 1992 |
Brisbane, Australia |
Hard (i) |
Patrick McEnroe |
Steve DeVries
David Macpherson |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 3. |
8 February 1993 |
San Francisco, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Patrick McEnroe |
Scott Davis
Jacco Eltingh |
6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 4. |
22 March 1993 |
Miami, U.S. |
Hard |
Patrick McEnroe |
Richard Krajicek
Jan Siemerink |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 5. |
10 January 1994 |
Oahu, U.S. |
Hard |
Alex O'Brien |
Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 6. |
31 January 1994 |
Australian Open, Melbourne |
Hard |
Byron Black |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 7. |
7 February 1994 |
San Jose, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Byron Black |
Rick Leach
Jared Palmer |
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 8. |
14 February 1994 |
Indian Wells, U.S. |
Hard |
Byron Black |
Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith |
3–6, 6–1, 7–6 |
| 9. |
10 October 1994 |
Sydney Indoor, Australia |
Hard (i) |
Byron Black |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
6–4, 7–6 |
| 10. |
17 October 1994 |
Tokyo Indoor, Japan |
Hard |
Byron Black |
Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith |
4–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
| 11. |
7 November 1994 |
Paris, France |
Carpet |
Byron Black |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 12. |
19 February 1996 |
San Jose, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Richey Reneberg |
Trevor Kronemann
David Macpherson |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 13. |
13 January 1997 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Hard |
Rick Leach |
Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6 |
| 14. |
24 February 1997 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Rick Leach |
Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 15. |
13 October 1997 |
Singapore |
Carpet |
Rick Leach |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 16. |
27 October 1997 |
Stuttgart Indoor, Germany |
Carpet |
Rick Leach |
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde |
7–6, 7–6 |
| 17. |
3 November 1997 |
Paris, France |
Carpet |
Rick Leach |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 18. |
30 March 1998 |
Miami, U.S. |
Hard |
Alex O’Brien |
Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach |
6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |
| 19. |
19 June 2000 |
London/Queen's Club, England |
Grass |
Eric Taino |
Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge |
7–6, 6–4 |
| 20. |
26 February 2001 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Alex O’Brien |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 21. |
5 March 2001 |
San Jose, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Jan-Michael Gambill |
Mark Knowles
Brian MacPhie |
6–3, 7–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
Career SR |
Career Win-Loss |
| Grand Slams |
| Australian Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF |
3R |
F |
1R |
A |
SF |
3R |
QF |
A |
2R |
1R |
0 / 9 |
20–9 |
| French Open |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
W |
2R |
SF |
QF |
1R |
3R |
1R |
1R |
A |
1 / 9 |
15–8 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF |
QF |
3R |
3R |
2R |
3R |
A |
3R |
1R |
2R |
A |
0 / 9 |
16–9 |
| U.S. Open |
1R |
1R |
A |
3R |
3R |
1R |
3R |
QF |
2R |
1R |
2R |
2R |
1R |
2R |
A |
0 / 13 |
13–13 |
| Grand Slam SR |
0 / 1 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 4 |
1 / 4 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 1 |
1 / 40 |
N/A |
| Annual Win-Loss |
0–1 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
8–3 |
5–4 |
15–3 |
6–4 |
6–3 |
9–4 |
3–3 |
7–4 |
0–3 |
3–4 |
0–1 |
N/A |
64–39 |
| ATP Masters Series |
| Indian Wells |
NME |
A |
A |
1R |
2R |
F |
2R |
2R |
QF |
SF |
1R |
2R |
1R |
A |
0 / 10 |
11–10 |
| Miami |
NME |
A |
A |
1R |
F |
SF |
SF |
2R |
QF |
F |
3R |
1R |
1R |
A |
0 / 10 |
18–10 |
| Monte Carlo |
NME |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
A |
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| Rome |
NME |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
SF |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 2 |
4–2 |
| Hamburg |
NME |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 1 |
0–1 |
| Canada |
NME |
A |
A |
2R |
A |
W |
2R |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
1 / 5 |
7–4 |
| Cincinnati |
NME |
A |
A |
F |
QF |
QF |
SF |
2R |
1R |
A |
1R |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 7 |
10–7 |
| Stuttgart (Stockholm) |
NME |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
QF |
A |
F |
1R |
1R |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 4 |
4–4 |
| Paris |
NME |
A |
A |
A |
W |
F |
2R |
1R |
F |
SF |
2R |
A |
A |
A |
1 / 7 |
15–6 |
| Masters Series SR |
N/A |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 4 |
1 / 4 |
1 / 5 |
0 / 6 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 7 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 7 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 0 |
2 / 47 |
N/A |
| Annual Win-Loss |
N/A |
0–0 |
0–0 |
5–4 |
12–3 |
14–4 |
6–6 |
2–4 |
14–7 |
10–4 |
4–7 |
2–3 |
0–3 |
0–0 |
N/A |
69–45 |
| Year End Ranking |
935 |
1056 |
– |
138 |
23 |
10 |
4 |
16 |
41 |
13 |
42 |
48 |
97 |
77 |
1137 |
N/A |
A = did not attend tournament
| Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World No. 1 doubles players |
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1973 Billy Martin • 1974 Billy Martin • 1975 Howard Schoenfield • 1976 Ricardo Yzaga • 1977 Van Winitsky • 1978 Per Hjertquist • 1979 Scott Davis • 1980 Mike Falberg • 1981 Thomas Hogstedt • 1982 Pat Cash • 1983 Stefan Edberg • 1984 Mark Kratzmann • 1985 Tim Trigueiro • 1986 Javier Sánchez • 1987 David Wheaton • 1988 Nicolás Pereira • 1989 Jonathan Stark • 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi • 1991 Leander Paes • 1992 Brian Dunn • 1993 Marcelo Ríos • 1994 Sjeng Schalken • 1995 Nicolas Kiefer • 1996 Daniel Elsner • 1997 Arnaud Di Pasquale • 1998 David Nalbandian • 1999 Jarkko Nieminen • 2000 Andy Roddick • 2001 Gilles Müller • 2002 Richard Gasquet • 2003 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga • 2004 Andy Murray • 2005 Ryan Sweeting • 2006 Dušan Lojda • 2007 Ričardas Berankis • 2008 Grigor Dimitrov • 2009 Bernard Tomic • 2010 Jack Sock
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1981 Barry Moir / Michael Robertson • 1982 Pat Cash / John Frawley • 1983 Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl • 1984 Luke Jensen / Patrick McEnroe • 1985 Petr Korda / Cyril Suk • 1986 Franco Davín / Guillermo Pérez-Roldán • 1987 Jim Courier / Jonathan Stark • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1989 Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge • 1990 Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc • 1991 Thomas Enqvist / Magnus Martinelle • 1992 Enrique Abaroa / Grant Doyle • 1993 Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh • 1994 Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti • 1995 Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels • 1996 Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis • 1997 José de Armas / Luis Horna • 1998 José de Armas / Fernando González • 1999 Irakli Labadze / Lovro Zovko • 2000 Marc López / Tommy Robredo • 2001 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca • 2002 Markus Bayer / Philipp Petzschner • 2003 Dudi Sela / Georgy Balazs • 2004 Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers • 2005 Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer • 2006 Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori • 2007 Andrei Karatchenia / Thomas Fabbiano • 2008 Henri Kontinen / Christopher Rungkat • 2009 Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan • 2010 Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz • 2011 Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballes
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1982 Pat Cash / John Frawley • 1983 Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl • 1984 Richard Brown / Robbie Weiss • 1985 Agustín Moreno / Jaime Yzaga • 1986 Tomas Carbonell / Petr Korda • 1987 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1989 Jared Palmer / Jonathan Stark • 1990 Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc • 1991 Karim Alami / Greg Rusedski • 1992 Steven Baldas / Scott Draper • 1993 Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh • 1994 Ben Ellwood / Mark Philippoussis • 1995 Martin Lee / James Trotman • 1996 Daniele Bracciali / Jocelyn Robichaud • 1997 Luis Horna / Nicolás Massú • 1998 Roger Federer / Olivier Rochus • 1999 Guillermo Coria / David Nalbandian • 2000 Dominique Coene / Kristof Vliegen • 2001 Frank Dancevic / Giovanni Lapentti • 2002 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău • 2003 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău • 2004 Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema • 2005 Jesse Levine / Michael Shabaz • 2006 Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg • 2007 Daniel-Alejandro Lopez / Matteo Trevisan • 2008 Yang Tsung-hua / Hsieh Cheng-peng • 2009 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz • 2010 Liam Broady / Tom Farquharson • 2011 George Morgan / Mate Pavić
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1982 Jonathan Canter / Michael Kures • 1983 Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl • 1984 Leonardo Lavalle / Mihnea Nastase • 1985 Joey Blake / Darren Yates • 1986 Tomas Carbonell / Javier Sánchez • 1987 Goran Ivanišević / Diego Nargiso • 1988 Jonathan Stark / Jonathan Yancey • 1989 Wayne Ferreira / Grant Stafford • 1990 Sébastien Leblanc / Greg Rusedski • 1991 Karim Alami / John-Laffnie de Jager • 1992 Jimmy Jackson / Eric Taino • 1993 Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams • 1994 Ben Ellwood / Nicolás Lapentti • 1995 Jong-Min Lee / Jocelyn Robichaud • 1996 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • 1997 Nicolás Massú / Fernando González • 1998 K. J. Hippensteel / David Martin • 1999 Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut • 2000 Lee Childs / James Nelson • 2001 Stéphane Bohli / Tomáš Berdych • 2002 Michel Koning / Bas Van Der Valk • 2004 Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema • 2005 Alex Clayton / Donald Young • 2006 Nathaniel Schnugg / Jamie Hunt • 2007 Jonathan Eysseric / Jérôme Inzerillo • 2008 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe / Niki Moser • 2009 Márton Fucsovics / Hsieh Cheng-peng 2010 Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz
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| Persondata |
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Stark, Jonathan |
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| Date of birth |
3 April 1971 |
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Categories: 1971 births | Living people | American male tennis players | French Open champions | French Open junior champions | People from Medford, Oregon | Stanford Cardinal tennis players | Tennis people from Oregon | United States Open champions (tennis) | United States Open junior tennis champions | Wimbledon champions | Wimbledon junior champions
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