Larry Stefanki (born July 23, 1957), is an American tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

Tennis career He played for nine years starting in 1979, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 35 in singles after winning the Indian Wells Masters at La Quinta in 1985 as well as three in doubles. He is one of three Stefanki brothers to have played on the varsity tennis team at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 until 1979 under coach Bill Wright. As a freshman in 1976 at Foothill College, he won the California Junior College Championship in Singles and Doubles.

Coaching He is more renowned as a tennis coach, having trained such players as John McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Tim Henman amongst others. Ríos and Kafelnikov both achieved their number 1 tennis rankings while under his guidance, and Henman reached a career high of #4 under his tutelage.

Stefanki was also the coach of Fernando González, after taking over this role from Horacio de la Peña in May 2006. Under Stefanki the Chilean reached back-to-back finals in Vienna, the Madrid Masters and Basel in 2006 and the 2007 Australian Open final —a tournament in which he eased past the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Rafael Nadal, and Tommy Haas— which saw González, 26, reach a career high of #5 in the ATP rankings.

Stefanki was the coach of American tennis player Andy Roddick until his retirement in 2012. He is credited with improving Roddick's tactics and all-court game and helping him reach the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open, the fourth round of the 2009 French Open for the first time, the 2009 Wimbledon final for the third time, winning the 2010 Sony Ericsson Masters in Miami and the 2010 Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia. Stefanki has recently been working with Olympic developmental hopefuls in Los Angeles. He and his wife and three sons now live in Encinitas, California.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (1–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0La Quinta, United StatesGrand PrixHard David Pate6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (3–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–2)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–2)Indoors (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnetOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Stuttgart, GermanyGrand PrixCarpet Chris Mayotte Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd4–6, 6–7Loss0–2Canton, ChinaGrand PrixCarpet Andy Kohlberg Ross Case Jaime Fillol2–6, 6–7Win1–2Stowe, United StatesGrand PrixHard Johan Kriek Brian Gottfried Bob Lutz2–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss1–3Tokyo, JapanGrand PrixClay Robert Van't Hof Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy6–3, 2–6, 1–6Loss1–4Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Robert Van't Hof Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith5–7, 6–7Win2–4Taipei, TaiwanGrand PrixCarpet Robert Van't Hof Fred McNair Tim Wilkison6–3, 7–6Win3–4Bristol, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Robert Van't Hof John Alexander John Fitzgerald6–4, 5–7, 9–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Lagos, NigeriaChallengerHard Peter Feigl5–7, 6–3, 6–0

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Lagos, NigeriaChallengerHard Bruce Kleege Ian Harris Craig Wittus6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2R1R1R1RANHAAAAQ30 / 41–4French OpenA1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1WimbledonQ11R3RQ31R1RQ31RAAAA0 / 52–5US OpenA2R2RA1RAAAAAAA0 / 32–3Win–loss0–02–43–30–10–30–10–00–10–00–00–00–00 / 135–13ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1RW2R2RAAAA1 / 48–3MiamiAAAAA1R1RAAAAA0 / 20–2CanadaAAA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiA1RA2R2RAAAAAAA0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–10–01–21–26–11–21–10–00–00–00–01 / 1010–9

Doubles Tournament19801981198219831984198519861987SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2R2R1R1RANHA0 / 41–4French Open1R2RAAAAAA0 / 21–2Wimbledon2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R0 / 86–8US Open1R2R2R2R2RAAA0 / 54–5Win–loss1–33–42–31–32–32–10–11–10 / 1912–19ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsA1RAA2R1R1R1R0 / 51–5MiamiAAAAA1R2RA0 / 21–2Hamburg1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAQF1RAAA0 / 22–2CincinnatiAAAA2RAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–10–10–02–12–30–21–20–10 / 115–11

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