Jonathan Stark (tennis)
Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles. 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. 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. He was coached by Donald Bozarth and became one of the top juniors.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.In 1994, Stark captured the men's doubles title at the French Open, partnering Byron Black. 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. 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 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 Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | [1992 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships|] | Rosmalen, Netherlands | World Series | Grass |  dts|Oct 1993Doubles: 40 (19 titles – 21 runners-up)
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dts|Oct 1993