Jonathan Stark (tennis)

Jonathan Stark (born April 3, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles (the 1994 French Open Men's Doubles and the 1995 Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles). Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.

Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971. In college he played tennis 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.

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 (beating Cédric Pioline in the final).

In 1994, Stark captured the men's doubles title at the French Open, partnering Byron Black (the pair were also runners-up at the Australian Open 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 Martina Navratilova.

Stark won his second top-level singles title in 1996 at Singapore (beating Michael Chang in the final). 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 2 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 and lives in Portland, Oregon. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Singles: 3 (2 titles – 1 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 14, 1992	Rosmalen	Grass	Michael Stich	4–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	October 17, 1993	Bolzano	Carpet (i)	Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	October 6, 1996	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–4

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	January 6, 1992	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Jared Palmer	Michiel Schapers Daniel Vacek	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	October 12, 1992	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	May 17, 1993	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Patrick McEnroe	Paul Annacone Doug Flach	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	June 14, 1993	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Patrick McEnroe	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	5.	October 4, 1993	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Byron Black	Brad Pearce David Randall	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	October 11, 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Byron Black	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	7–5, 7–6
Winner	7.	October 25, 1993	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Byron Black	Mike Bauer David Prinosil	6–3, 7–6
Winner	8.	November 8, 1993	Paris, France	Carpet	Byron Black	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	9.	February 14, 1994	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Byron Black	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–4
Winner	10.	June 6, 1994	French Open, Paris	Clay	Byron Black	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–6
Winner	11.	August 1, 1994	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Byron Black	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6–6, 6–4
Winner	12.	February 27, 1995	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	13.	April 17, 1995	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Mark Knowles	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	14.	May 29, 1995	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Byron Black	Libor Pimek Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–3
Winner	15.	April 29, 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Rick Leach	Kent Kinnear Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–4
Winner	16.	November 11, 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Todd Martin Chris Woodruff	7–6, 6–4
Winner	17.	November 23, 1997	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(3)
Winner	18.	August 28, 2000	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6–4, 6–4
Winner	19.	August 27, 2001	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–4

Runners-up (21)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	August 17, 1992	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	October 5, 1992	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	February 8, 1993	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Scott Davis Jacco Eltingh	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	March 22, 1993	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Richard Krajicek Jan Siemerink	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	January 10, 1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	January 31, 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Byron Black	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	February 7, 1994	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Byron Black	Rick Leach Jared Palmer	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	February 14, 1994	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Byron Black	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	October 10, 1994	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Byron Black	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	October 17, 1994	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Hard	Byron Black	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	November 7, 1994	Paris, France	Carpet	Byron Black	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	February 19, 1996	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	January 13, 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Rick Leach	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up	14.	February 24, 1997	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Rick Leach	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	October 13, 1997	Singapore	Carpet	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	October 27, 1997	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	November 3, 1997	Paris, France	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	18.	March 30, 1998	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Alex O’Brien	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	June 19, 2000	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Eric Taino	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–7(1)
Runner-up	20.	February 26, 2001	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Alex O’Brien	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3)
Runner-up	21.	March 5, 2001	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jan-Michael Gambill	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	3–6, 6–7

A = did not attend tournament