Kelly Jones (tennis)

Kelly Jones (born 31 March 1964, in Fort Gordon, Georgia) is a current professional tennis 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 Oglethorpe 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 on Topspin 3 while playing on his XBOX 360.

In 1988, Jones finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Ethan Motz.

Jones was runner-up in the men's doubles at both the Australian Open Juniors and the US Open in 1992, partnering Buk Lao. 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 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, Martina Navratilova and have two children, Nathaniel and Makenna. He is currently in the process of adopting another child, Robbie Aru.

Career highlights

Singles titles (1)

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	} Doubles titles (None) 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 David Pate 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 Luke Jensen Richey Reneberg 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 Robert Van’t Hof 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 Rick Leach John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 Runner-up 6. 13 January 1992 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Scott Davis Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 Runner-up 7. 27 January 1992 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Rick Leach Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 4–6, 3–6, 4–6 Winner 6. 13 April 1992 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard Rick Leach John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 0–6, 7–5, 6–3 Winner 7. 24 August 1992 New Haven, U.S. Hard Rick Leach Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 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 Runner-up 9. 10 May 1993 Tampa, U.S. Clay Todd Martin Jared Palmer Derrick Rostagno 3–6, 4–6 Runner-up 10. 5 May 1997 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Scott Davis Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti 2–6, 6–7 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