Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970, in Narrabri, Australia) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No. 1 junior p...
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Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970, in Narrabri, Australia) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. He turned professional later that year, and reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at Livingston, New Jersey.
Stoltenberg's 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 event came in 1996, when he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon before being knocked-out by eventual champion Richard Krajicek.
During his career, Stoltenberg won four top-level singles...
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