Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg (born April 4 1970, in Narrabri, Australia) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

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April 4 - 1970 - Narrabri - Australia - Tennis

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Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boy's singles title at the Australian 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 at Livingston, New Jersey.

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New South Wales - 1987 - Australian Open - 1989 - Livingston, New Jersey

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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's Davis Cup, losing in the final to Germany.

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1993 - Manchester - Davis Cup - Germany

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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.

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Grand Slam - 1996 - Wimbledon - Richard Krajicek

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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.

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1997 - Coral Springs, Florida - 2001

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After retiring from the tour, Stoltenberg became the coach of Lleyton Hewitt.

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