Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Tennis career Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics He is married to Czech former player Andrea Strnadová.

Juniors In 1987, he won the Boys' Singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world. He turned professional later that year.

Pro tour Stoltenberg reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at Livingston, New Jersey and won his first top-level title in 1993 at Manchester. He was also part of the Australian team which finished runners-up in that year's Davis Cup, losing in the final to Germany.

Stoltenberg's best performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1996, when he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon, defeating Adrian Voinea, Jiří Novák, Mosé Navarra, Jakob Hlasek and Goran Ivanišević in the quarter-finals, before being knocked-out by eventual champion Richard Krajicek.

During his career, Stoltenberg won four top-level singles titles and five doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 19 in singles and No. 23 in doubles. His career prize money totalled US$3,305,212. His last singles title came in 1997 at Coral Springs, Florida. He retired from the professional tour in 2001.

Coaching career Stoltenberg was the coach of Lleyton Hewitt from December 2001 until June 2003. He resigned as Hewitt's coach after Hewitt lost to Tommy Robredo at the 2003 French Open.

ATP career finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–1)ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Tour World Series (4–7)Titles by surfaceHard (0–6)Clay (3–3)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (4–9)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Livingston, United StatesGrand PrixHard Brad Gilbert4–6, 4–6Win1–1Manchester, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Wally Masur6–1, 6–3Win2–1Birmingham, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Gabriel Markus6–3, 6–4Loss2–2Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Stefan Edberg4–6, 2–6Loss2–3Toronto, CanadaMasters SeriesHard Andre Agassi4–6, 4–6Win3–3Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Chris Woodruff7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5Loss3–4Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Marcelo Filippini6–7(2–7), 4–6Win4–4Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jonas Björkman6–0, 2–6, 7–5Loss4–5Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Lleyton Hewitt6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss4–6Scottsdale, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Andre Agassi4–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss4–7Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Pete Sampras7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss4–8Sydney, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Lleyton Hewitt4–6, 0–6Loss4–9Atlanta, United StatesInternational SeriesClay Andrew Ilie3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0)ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Tour World Series (5–6)Titles by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (0–2)Grass (1–1)Carpet (1–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (4–5)Indoor (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Madrid, SpainGrand PrixClay Todd Woodbridge Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez7–6, 6–7, 4–6Loss0–2Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard Todd Woodbridge Grant Connell Glenn Michibata6–7, 4–6Win1–2Singapore, SingaporeWorld SeriesHard Mark Kratzmann Brad Drewett Todd Woodbridge6–1, 6–0Win2–2Manchester, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Mark Kratzmann Nick Brown Kelly Jones6–3, 2–6, 6–4Win3–2Brisbane, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Todd Woodbridge Brian Garrow Mark Woodforde2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win4–2San Francisco, United StatesWorld SeriesCarpet Wally Masur Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh4–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss4–3Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Mark Kratzmann Goran Ivanisevic Marc Rosset6–7, 6–7Win5–3Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Sandon Stolle Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen6–3, 6–4Loss5–4Hong Kong, Hong KongWorld SeriesHard Sandon Stolle David Wheaton Todd Woodbridge1–6, 3–6Loss5–5Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Brett Steven Grant Connell Todd Martin6–7, 6–2, 5–7Loss5–6Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Scott Draper Doug Flach Sandon Stolle2–6, 6–4, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3–0) LegendATP Challenger (3–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Jared Palmer6–2, 6–1Win2–0Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard Richard Matuszewski6–0, 6–3Win3–0Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Mark Knowles6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (1–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard Mark Kratzmann Kelly Jones Todd Woodbridge6–7, 3–6Win1–1Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Patrick Rafter Neil Borwick Simon Youl6–4, 6–3Loss1–2Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Peter Tramacchi Brett Hansen-Dent Brian Macphie3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1987Australian OpenHard Todd Woodbridge6–2, 7–6Loss1987French OpenClay Guillermo Perez-Roldan3–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss1987WimbledonGrass Diego Nargiso6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (5 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScoreWin1987Australian OpenHard Todd Woodbridge Shane Barr Bryan Roe6–2, 6–4Win1987WimbledonGrass Todd Woodbridge Diego Nargiso Eugenio Rossi6–3, 7–6(7–2)Win1988Australian OpenHard Todd Woodbridge Johan Anderson Richard Fromberg6–3, 6–2Win1988French OpenClay Todd Woodbridge Cristiano Caratti Goran Ivanisevic7–6, 7–5Win1988WimbledonGrass Todd Woodbridge David Rikl Tomas Zdrazila6–4, 1–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R4R3RA2R1R3R2R1R1RA2R2R1R1R0 / 1311–13French OpenAA1R2R2R1R1R1R1R2R2R4R2R3RA0 / 1210–12WimbledonQ12R3R2R1R1R3R3R2RSF3R4R1R1R2R0 / 1420–14US OpenA3R1R2R2RA1R1R3R3R1R1R1RA1R0 / 129–12Win–loss0–16–34–43–33–40–34–43–43–48–43–37–42–42–31–30 / 5150–51Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANot HeldANot Held2RNot HeldANH0 / 11–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAA2R1R1R1R1R1R1RAA0 / 71–7Miami OpenAAAA1R2R3R3R2R2R2R1R3RA1R0 / 107–10StuttgartNHAAAAAA2R1R1RA2RAAA0 / 42–4RomeAA1RAAAAA1RAAA2RAA0 / 31–3Canada MastersAAA2RA2R2RF2R2RA1R2RAA0 / 811–8Cincinnati MastersAAA2R2R1RQFQF1R3R1R1R1RAA0 / 1010–10Paris MastersAAAA2RA1R2RQ31RA3RAAA0 / 54–5Win–loss0–00–00–12–22–32–37–511–61–64–61–33–63–50–00–10 / 4736–47

Doubles Tournament198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1R1RAQF2R1R1RAQFA2RAA2R0 / 109–10French OpenA3RAQF1R1R1RAA2RAAAAA0 / 66–6WimbledonA1RQ3QF1R1R1RAA1R1RAAAA0 / 73–7US OpenA1RA2R1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–12–40–17–33–41–30–30–10–04–30–11–10–00–01–10 / 2619–26ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA1RSFQF2RAAAAAAA0 / 46–4Miami OpenAA2RASF2R3R1RA1RAAAAA0 / 67–6RomeA2RAA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 22–2Canada MastersAAA2RAQFQFAAAAAAAA0 / 35–3Cincinnati MastersAA1RQF2R1R1RAAA1RAAAA0 / 63–6Paris MastersAAAA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–01–11–23–26–56–46–41–20–00–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 2224–22

Mixed doubles Tournament198819891990199119921993SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2R1RAAAA0 / 21–2French Open1RA2R1R1R3R0 / 53–5WimbledonA3R1RQFQF1R0 / 58–5US OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–22–21–23–23–22–20 / 1212–12

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