Jonathan Stark (born April 3, 1971) is a former professional

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player from the United States. During his career he won two

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doubles titles (the

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Men's Doubles and the

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Mixed Doubles). Stark reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.

Early life

Stark was born in

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in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971. In college he played tennis for

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, where he was a singles and doubles

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n in 1990 and 1991. He reached the

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doubles final in 1991, partnering

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. On July 17, 1997, he married Dana, and they have two sons and a daughter. He was coached by Donald Bozarth and became one of the top juniors.

Professional tennis

Stark turned professional in 1991 and joined the

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. In 1992, he won his first tour doubles title at

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. His first top-level singles title came in 1993 at

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(beating

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in the final). In 1994, Stark captured the men's doubles title at the French Open, partnering

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(the pair were also runners-up at the

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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

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. Stark won his second top-level singles title in 1996 at

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(beating

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in the final). He was a member of the 1997 U.S.

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team. In 1997, Stark won the doubles title at the ATP Tour World Championships, partnering

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. The final doubles title of Stark's career came in 2001 at

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. 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, and coaches with Portland-based Oregon Elite Tennis. He was inducted into the

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in 2009.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Runners-up (21)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1-0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 2 (2–0)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stark, Jonathan 1971 births American male tennis players French Open champions French Open junior champions Hopman Cup competitors Living people Sportspeople from Medford, Oregon Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players Tennis people from Oregon US Open (tennis) champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Wimbledon champions Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players