Kelly Jones (tennis)

Kelly Jones (born March 31, 1964) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. Jones reached the finals in doubles at the Australian and US Opens in 1992. He was the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 2011-2019. He was replace by former assistant J.J. Whitlinger.

Biography

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 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games U.S. tennis team.

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 for 1 week.

After 12 years on the professional tour, Jones retired in 1998. During his career, he won eight top-level doubles titles. Jones also won a tour singles event in Singapore, where he captured the title both 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 totaled US$1,165,009.

Since retiring from the tour, Jones has coached high-profile players including Mardy Fish, Xavier Malisse and James Blake.

Jones is married to Tami Whitlinger, a former professional tennis player. They have a daughter, Kenna also a professional tennis player.

Career finals

Singles (2 wins)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1989	Singapore	Hard	Template:Flagicon Amos Mansdorf	6–1, 7–5
Win	2–0	May 1990	Singapore	Hard	Template:Flagicon Richard Fromberg	6–4, 2–6, 7–6

Doubles (8 wins - 10 losses)

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)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce	Template:Flagicon Carl Limberger Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Feb 1987	Lyon, France	Carpet	Template:Flagicon David Pate	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1987	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Patrik Kühnen	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Michiel Schapers	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jul 1988	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Dan Goldie	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–3	Nov 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Joey Rive	Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	0–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Jan 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robert Van't Hof	Template:Flagicon Gilad Bloom Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
Win	4–3	Feb 1990	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Robert Van’t Hof	Template:Flagicon Glenn Layendecker Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	2–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Jun 1990	Manchester, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Nick Brown	Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann Template:Flagicon Jason Stoltenberg	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	5–4	Oct 1990	Lyon, France	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon David Pate	7–6, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Nov 1991	Paris, France	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	Jan 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–7	Jan 1992	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Apr 1992	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	7–7	Aug 1992	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Sep 1992	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–9	May 1993	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Todd Martin	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Derrick Rostagno	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–10	May 1997	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman Template:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–7
Win	8–10	May 1997	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon 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 Slam tournaments
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

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