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	'''Kelly Jones''' (born 31 March 1964, in ], ]) is a current professional ] player from the United States who was ranked the World No. 109 men's doubles player in 1992 and is still struggling to make it past the first round of futures qualifying. He is currently the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, SC, where his team is currently 2-6.

	==Biography==
	Jones played intramural tennis at ] from 1982 to 1990, where he won the ] Division 3 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the US ] tennis team in 1984, where he served as a very able waterboy.

	Jones joined the professional tour in 1934. He won his first top-level doubles title in 2005 on Topspin 3 while playing on his XBOX 360.

	In 1988, Jones finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at ], partnering ].

	Jones was runner-up in the men's doubles at both the ] and the ] in 1992, partnering ]. Later that year, he reached the World No. 409 doubles ranking.

	After 2 years on the professional tour, Jones retired in 1998. During his career, he didn't win any top-level doubles titles. Jones also won only one tour singles event in ], where he captured the title twice in 1989 and 1990. His best singles performance at a ] event was at the ], where he lost in the first round of qualifying. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 865 (in 1990). Jones' career prize-money earnings totalled US $1.09.

	Since retiring from the tour, Jones has coached some high-profile players including ], ], and ].

	Jones is married to another former professional tennis player, ] and have two children, Nathaniel and Makenna. He is currently in the process of adopting another child, Robbie Aru.

	==Career highlights==
	===Singles titles (1)===
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	\| 1 May 1989
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	\| 6–1, 7–5
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	\| 2.
	\| 7 May 1990
	\| Singapore
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	===Doubles titles (None)===
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	\| 12 January 1987
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	\| 9 February 1987
	\| Lyon, France
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	\| 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
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	\| 2.
	\| 19 October 1987
	\| ], France
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| bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 2. | 11 July 1988 | Newport, U.S. | Grass | Peter Lundgren | Scott Davis
Dan Goldie | 6–3, 7–6 |- | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 3. | 20 November 1989 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard (i) | Joey Rive | Luke Jensen
Richey Reneberg | 0–6, 4–6 |- | bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 3. | 15 January 1990 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Robert Van't Hof | Gilad Bloom
Paul Haarhuis | 7–6, 6–0 |- | bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 4. | 12 February 1990 | San Francisco, U.S. | Carpet | Robert Van’t Hof | Glenn Layendecker
Richey Reneberg | 2–6, 7–6, 6–3 |- | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 4. | 25 June 1990 | Manchester, England | Grass | Nick Brown | Mark Kratzmann
Jason Stoltenberg | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |- | bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 5. | 22 October 1990 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Patrick Galbraith | Jim Grabb
David Pate | 7–6, 6–4 |- |- bgcolor="#dfe2e9" | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 5. | 4 November 1991 | Paris, France | Carpet | Rick Leach | John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |- | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 6. | 13 January 1992 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Hard | Scott Davis | Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 7. | 27 January 1992 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Rick Leach | Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde | 4–6, 3–6, 4–6 |- bgcolor="#d0f0c0" | bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 6. | 13 April 1992 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Hard | Rick Leach | John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd | 0–6, 7–5, 6–3 |- bgcolor="#d0f0c0" | bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 7. | 24 August 1992 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | Rick Leach | Patrick McEnroe
Jared Palmer | 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 |- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 8. | 14 September 1992 | U.S. Open, New York | Hard | Rick Leach | Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg | 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6 |- | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 9. | 10 May 1993 | Tampa, U.S. | Clay | Todd Martin | Jared Palmer
Derrick Rostagno | 3–6, 4–6 |- | bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up | 10. | 5 May 1997 | Atlanta, U.S. | Clay | Scott Davis | Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti | 2–6, 6–7 |- | bgcolor=98FB98|Winner | 8. | 26 May 1997 | St. Poelten, Austria | Clay | Scott Melville | Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen | 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

v t e Tennis world No. 1 men's doubles players
Current ATP world No. 1 in bold, as of week of 9 December 2024 ATP rankings was introduced on 1 March 1976
1–5	Bob Hewitt (1976 – 6 w) Raúl Ramírez (1976/1977 – 62 w) Frew McMillan (1977/1979 – 85 w) Tom Okker (1979 – 11 w) John McEnroe (1979/1989 – 269 w)
6–10	Stan Smith (1981 – 8 w) Paul McNamee (1981 – 3 w) Peter Fleming (1982/1984 – 17 w) Tomáš Šmíd (1984/1985 – 34 w) Anders Järryd (1985/1992 – 107 w)
11–15	Robert Seguso (1985/1988 – 62 w) Ken Flach (1985/1986 – 5 w) Stefan Edberg (1986/1987 – 15 w) Yannick Noah (1986/1987 – 19 w) Slobodan Živojinović (1986 – 7 w)
16–20	Andrés Gómez (1986 – 13 w) Emilio Sánchez (1989 – 6 w) Jim Grabb (1989/1993 – 13 w) Jim Pugh (1989/1990 – 26 w) Danie Visser (1990 – 27 w)
21–25	Rick Leach (1990 – 9 w) Pieter Aldrich (1990 – 19 w) David Pate (1991 – 25 w) John Fitzgerald (1991/1992 – 40 w) Todd Woodbridge (1992/2001 – 204 w)
26–30	Kelly Jones (1992 – 1 w) Mark Woodforde (1992/2000 – 83 w) Richey Reneberg (1993 – 5 w) Patrick Galbraith (1993/1994 – 4 w) Grant Connell (1993/1994 – 17 w)
31–35	Paul Haarhuis (1994/1999 – 71 w) Byron Black (1994 – 8 w) Jonathan Stark (1994 – 6 w) Jacco Eltingh (1995/1998 – 63 w) Mahesh Bhupathi (1999 – 4 w)
36–40	Leander Paes (1999/2000 – 39 w) Jared Palmer (2000/2002 – 39 w) Alex O'Brien (2000 – 5 w) Jonas Björkman (2000/2005 – 74 w) Donald Johnson (2002 – 20 w)
41–45	Mark Knowles (2002/2005 – 65 w) Daniel Nestor (2002/2012 – 108 w) Max Mirnyi (2003/2012 – 57 w) Bob Bryan (2003/2015 – 439 w) Mike Bryan (2003/2019 – 506 w)
46–50	Nenad Zimonjić (2008/2010 – 40 w) Marcelo Melo (2015/2018 – 56 w) Jamie Murray (2016 – 9 w) Nicolas Mahut (2016/2017 – 39 w) Henri Kontinen (2017 – 26 w)
51–55	Łukasz Kubot (2018 – 19 w) Mate Pavić (2018/2024 – 62 w) Juan Sebastián Cabal (2019/2020 – 29 w) Robert Farah (2019/2021 – 68 w) Nikola Mektić (2021 – 3 w)
56–60	Joe Salisbury (2022 – 26 w) Rajeev Ram (2022/2023 – 9 w) Wesley Koolhof (2022/2023 – 34 w) Neal Skupski (2022/2023 – 35 w) Austin Krajicek (2023/2024 – 26 w)
61–65	Rohan Bopanna (2024 – 8 w) Matthew Ebden (2024 – 9 w) Marcel Granollers (2024 – 22 w) Horacio Zeballos (2024 – 22 w) Marcelo Arévalo (2024 – 5 w)
(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) weeks record underlined.

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