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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. 109 men's doubles player in 1992. He is currently the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, SC.
Biography
Jones played intramural tennis at Pepperdine University from 1982 to 1990, where he won the NCAA Division 3 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the US Olympic 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 Topspin 3 while playing on his Xbox 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 Juniors and the US Open in 1992, partnering Rick Leach . In October 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 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 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 Matthew Phillips , Harrison Smith , and Alex Biffle .
Jones is married to another former professional tennis player, Tami Whitlinger and have two children, Nate and Makenna. He is currently contemplating adopting another child, Robbie Aru.
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
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Doubles titles (8)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–2)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–0)
ATP Tour (6–7)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (2–2)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score in the final
Winner
1.
12 January 1987
Auckland , New Zealand
Hard
Brad Pearce
Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde
7–6, 7–6
Runner-up
1.
9 February 1987
Lyon, France
Carpet
Guy Forget Yannick Noah
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
2.
19 October 1987
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Patrik Kühnen
Wojtek Fibak Michiel Schapers
2–6, 4–6
Winner
2.
11 July 1988
Newport , U.S.
Grass
Peter Lundgren
Scott Davis Dan Goldie
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up
3.
20 November 1989
Johannesburg , South Africa
Hard (i)
Joey Rive
0–6, 4–6
Winner
3.
15 January 1990
Auckland, New Zealand
Hard
Robert Van't Hof
Gilad Bloom Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 6–0
Winner
4.
12 February 1990
San Francisco , U.S.
Carpet
Glenn Layendecker Richey Reneberg
2–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up
4.
25 June 1990
Manchester , England
Grass
Nick Brown
Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg
3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner
5.
22 October 1990
Lyon , France
Carpet
Patrick Galbraith
Jim Grabb David Pate
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up
5.
4 November 1991
Paris , France
Carpet
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up
6.
13 January 1992
Sydney Outdoor , Australia
Hard
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up
7.
27 January 1992
Australian Open, Melbourne
Hard
Todd Woodbridge 4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner
6.
13 April 1992
Tokyo Outdoor , Japan
Hard
John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd
0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner
7.
24 August 1992
New Haven , U.S.
Hard
Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer
7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Runner-up
8.
14 September 1992
U.S. Open , New York
Hard
6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up
9.
10 May 1993
Tampa , U.S.
Clay
Todd Martin
Derrick Rostagno
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
10.
5 May 1997
Atlanta , U.S.
Clay
Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
2–6, 6–7
Winner
8.
26 May 1997
St. Poelten , Austria
Clay
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
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
External links
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
6–10
11–15
16–20
21–25
26–30
31–35
36–40
41–45
46–50
51–55
56–60
61–65
(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w))
weeks record underlined.
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