Background
Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971.
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Jonathan Stark
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Stanford University.
Career
Stark reached the World Number. 1 doubles ranking in 1994. In college he played tennis for Stanford University, where he was a singles and doubles All-American in 1990 and 1991.
He reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles final in 1991, partnering Jared Palmer.
Stark turned professional in 1991 and joined the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. His first top-level singles title came in 1993 at Bolzano (beating Cédric Pioline in the final).
In 1994, Stark captured the men"s doubles title at the French Open, partnering Byron Black (the pair were also runners-up at the Australian Open that year). He reached his career high singles ranking of World Number.
36 in February. The final doubles title of Stark"s career came in 2001 at Long Island.
His career prize-money totaled United States$3,220,867. Stark retired from the professional tour in 2001 and lives in Portland, Oregon. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
Singles: 3 (2 titles – 1 runners-up)
Doubles: 40 (19 titles – 21 runners-up)
Runners-up (21)
A = did not attend tournament.
Achievements
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During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles (the 1994 French Open Men"s Doubles and the 1995 Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles). In 1992, he won his first tour doubles title at Wellington. The following year, Stark won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title, partnering Martina Navratilova. Stark won his second top-level singles title in 1996 at Singapore (beating Michael Chang in the final). In 1997, Stark won the doubles title at the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour World Championships, partnering Rick Leach. Over the course of his career, Stark won 2 top-level singles titles and 19 tour doubles titles.
Membership
He was a member of the 1997 United States. Davis Cup team
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