- Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg (born April 4 1970, in Narrabri,
Australia ) is a former professionaltennis player fromAustralia .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 . In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at theAustralian Open and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. He turned professional later that year, and reached his first tour singles final in 1989 atLivingston, New Jersey .Stoltenberg's first top-level title was won in 1993 at
Manchester . He was also part of the Australian team which finished runners-up in that year'sDavis 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 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.After retiring from the tour, Stoltenberg became the coach of
Lleyton Hewitt .ingles wins
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