Kelly Jones (born March 31, 1964) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. Jones reached the finals in doubles at the Australian and US Opens in 1992. He was the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 2011 to 2019. He was replaced by former assistant J.J. Whitlinger.

Biography Jones played varsity tennis at Pepperdine University from 1982 to 1985, where he won the NCAA Division 1 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games U.S. tennis team.

Jones joined the professional tour in 1986. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1987 at Auckland.

In 1988, Jones finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Gretchen Magers.

Jones was runner-up in the men's doubles at both the Australian Open and the US Open in 1992, partnering Rick Leach. In October that year, he reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking for 1 week.

After 12 years on the professional tour, Jones retired in 1998. During his career, he won eight top-level doubles titles. Jones also won a tour singles event in Singapore, where he captured the title both in 1989 and 1990. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event was at the 1993 Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 86 (in 1990). Jones' career prize-money earnings totaled US$1,165,009.

Since retiring from the tour, Jones has coached several high-profile players including Mardy Fish, Xavier Malisse and James Blake.

Personal life Jones is married to Tami Whitlinger, a former professional tennis player. They have a daughter, Kenna also a professional tennis player.

Career finals

Singles (2 wins) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 1989 Singapore Hard Amos Mansdorf 6–1, 7–5Win 2–0 May 1990 Singapore Hard Richard Fromberg 6–4, 2–6, 7–6

Doubles (8 wins – 10 losses) Legend Grand Slam (0–2) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–1) ATP Championship Series (2–0) ATP Tour (6–7) Titles by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (1–2) Grass (1–1) Carpet (2–2) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jan 1987 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Brad Pearce Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde 7–6, 7–6Loss 1–1 Feb 1987 Lyon, France Carpet David Pate Guy Forget Yannick Noah 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Loss 1–2 Oct 1987 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Patrik Kühnen Wojtek Fibak Michiel Schapers 2–6, 4–6Win 2–2 Jul 1988 Newport, U.S. Grass Peter Lundgren Scott Davis Dan Goldie 6–3, 7–6Loss 2–3 Nov 1989 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard (i) Joey Rive Luke Jensen Richey Reneberg 0–6, 4–6Win 3–3 Jan 1990 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Robert Van't Hof Gilad Bloom Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 6–0Win 4–3 Feb 1990 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet Robert Van’t Hof Glenn Layendecker Richey Reneberg 2–6, 7–6, 6–3Loss 4–4 Jun 1990 Manchester, England Grass Nick Brown Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg 3–6, 6–2, 4–6Win 5–4 Oct 1990 Lyon, France Carpet Patrick Galbraith Jim Grabb David Pate 7–6, 6–4Loss 5–5 Nov 1991 Paris, France Carpet Rick Leach John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Loss 5–6 Jan 1992 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Scott Davis Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6–3, 1–6, 4–6Loss 5–7 Jan 1992 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Rick Leach Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 4–6, 3–6, 4–6Win 6–7 Apr 1992 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard Rick Leach John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 0–6, 7–5, 6–3Win 7–7 Aug 1992 New Haven, U.S. Hard Rick Leach Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer 7–6, 6–7, 6–2Loss 7–8 Sep 1992 U.S. Open, New York Hard Rick Leach Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6Loss 7–9 May 1993 Tampa, U.S. Clay Todd Martin Jared Palmer Derrick Rostagno 3–6, 4–6Loss 7–10 May 1997 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Scott Davis Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti 2–6, 6–7Win 8–10 May 1997 St. Poelten, Austria Clay Scott Melville Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen 6–2, 7–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 19841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006 Career SR Career win–loss Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAANH2R2R3R2RSFF2R2R2R1R2RAAAAAAAAA0 / 1118–11French OpenAAAAAA2RA1RA1R2R2R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 63–6WimbledonAA1R1R1R1R1R2R3R1RA2R1R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 114–11U.S. Open2R1R3R1R1R1RSF2RF3R3RQF2R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 1421–14Grand Slam SR0 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 42N/AAnnual win–loss1–10–12–21–31–32–36–46–312–43–33–36–42–41–40–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0N/A46–42 ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsThese Tournaments Were NotMasters Series EventsBefore 1990QFSF1R1RAA1RSFAAAAAAAAA0 / 68–6Miami3R2R2R2RA2R2R2RAAAAAAAAA0 / 73–7Monte CarloAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0RomeAA1RAAA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 21–2HamburgAA2RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Canada2RASF1RA1R2R2RAAAAAAAAA0 / 65–5CincinnatiAA2R1RAA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 31–3Stuttgart (Stockholm)QFQFQFAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 34–3Paris2RF2RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 35–3Masters Series SRN/A0 / 50 / 40 / 80 / 40 / 00 / 20 / 50 / 30 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 31N/AAnnual win–lossN/A6–59–43–80–40–01–24–44–30–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0N/A27–30 Year-end ranking25230494646513522375130138879073––1466–––712967624N/A

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