Kelly Jones (tennis)

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Kelly Jones (born 31 March 1964, in Fort Gordon, Georgia) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was ranked the World No. 1 men's doubles player in 1992.

Biography

Jones played varsity tennis at Pepperdine University from 1982 to 1985, where he won the NCAA Division 1 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the US Olympic tennis team in 1984.

Jones joined the professional tour in 1986. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1987 at Auckland.

In 1988, Jones finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Gretchen Magers.

Jones was runner-up in the men's doubles at both the Australian Open and the US Open in 1992, partnering Rick Leach. In October that year, he reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking.

After 12 years on the professional tour, Jones retired in 1998. During his career, he won eight top-level doubles titles. Jones also won one tour singles event in Singapore, where he captured the title twice in 1989 and 1990. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event was at the 1993 Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 86 (in 1990). Jones' career prize-money earnings totalled US$1,165,009.

Since retiring from the tour, Jones has coached some high-profile players including Mardy Fish and Xavier Malisse.

Jones is married to another former professional tennis player, Tami Whitlinger.

Career highlights

Singles titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1 May 1989	Singapore	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	6–1, 7–5
2.	7 May 1990	Singapore	Hard	Richard Fromberg	6–4, 2–6, 7–6

Doubles titles (8)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Championship Series (2) ATP Tour (6)

Titles by surface Hard (4) Clay (1) Grass (1) Carpet (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	12 January 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Brad Pearce	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6
2.	11 July 1988	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Peter Lundgren	Scott Davis Dan Goldie	6–3, 7–6
3.	15 January 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Robert Van't Hof	Gilad Bloom Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
4.	12 February 1990	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Van’t Hof	Glenn Layendecker Richey Reneberg	2–6, 7–6, 6–3
5.	22 October 1990	Lyon, France	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Jim Grabb David Pate	7–6, 6–4
6.	13 April 1992	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
7.	24 August 1992	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
8.	26 May 1997	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Scott Melville	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	6–2, 7–6

Doubles runner-ups (10)

'No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	9 February 1987	Lyon, France	Carpet	David Pate	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	19 October 1987	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Patrik Kühnen	Wojtek Fibak Michiel Schapers	6–2, 6–4
3.	20 November 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Joey Rive	Luke Jensen Richey Reneberg	6–0, 6–4
4.	25 June 1990	Manchester, England	Grass	Nick Brown	Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
5.	4 November 1991	Paris, France	Carpet	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	13 January 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Scott Davis	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
7.	27 January 1992	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
8.	14 September 1992	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–3
9.	10 May 1993	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Todd Martin	Jared Palmer Derrick Rostagno	6–3, 6–4
10.	5 May 1997	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Scott Davis	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–2, 7–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	NH	2R	2R	3R	2R	SF	F	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 11	18–11
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	3–6
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 11	4–11
U.S. Open	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	SF	2R	F	3R	3R	QF	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 14	21–14
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 42	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–3	6–4	6–3	12–4	3–3	3–3	6–4	2–4	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	46–42
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990						QF	SF	1R	1R	A	A	1R	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	8–6
Miami							3R	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 7	3–7
Monte Carlo							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Rome							A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Hamburg							A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada							2R	A	SF	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	5–5
Cincinnati							A	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3
Stuttgart (Stockholm)							QF	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Paris							2R	F	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–3
Masters Series SR	N/A						0 / 5	0 / 4	0 / 8	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 5	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 31	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A						6–5	9–4	3–8	0–4	0–0	1–2	4–4	4–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	27–30
Year End Ranking	252	304	94	64	65	135	22	37	5	130	138	87	90	73	–	–	1466	–	–	–	712	967	624	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

External links

• Kelly Jones at the Association of Tennis Professionals