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This article is about Kelly Jones the tennis player. For information on the singer of the same name, see Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones (born March 31 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.

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. He played collegiately at Pepperdine University.

Career highlights

Doubles titles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
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 the final	Score
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

Singles titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
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

External links

• Kelly Jones at the Association of Tennis Professionals

• American tennis coaches
• American tennis players
• Olympic tennis players of the United States
• Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Pepperdine University alumni
• People from Georgia (U.S. state)
• 1964 births
• Living people