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Biography of Jason Stoltenberg - Tennis
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Jason Stoltenberg (born April 4 1970, in Narrabri, New South Wales|Narrabri, Australia) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. 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. He turned professional in 1987 and reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at Livingston, New Jersey. Stoltenberg 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. Stoltenberg's best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam event came in 1996, when he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon Championships|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 world rankings were 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. == External links == * http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles /default2.asp?playernumber=S331 Official ATP profile * http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=10 001327 Davis Cup record

