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Kelly Jones (tennis)

American tennis player

Field	Value
name	Kelly Jones
country
residence	Tampa, Florida, US
birth_date
birth_place	Fort Gordon, Georgia, US
height
turnedpro	1986
retired	1998
plays	Right-handed
careerprizemoney	$1,168,278
singlesrecord	47–83
singlestitles	2
highestsinglesranking	No. 86 (August 13, 1990)
AustralianOpenresult	4R (1993)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (1990)
Wimbledonresult	3R (1990)
USOpenresult	2R (1987, 1988, 1990)
doublesrecord	220–204
doublestitles	8
highestdoublesranking	No. 1 (October 12, 1992)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	F (1992)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	2R (1990, 1995, 1996)
WimbledonDoublesresult	3R (1992)
USOpenDoublesresult	F (1992)

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 replaced 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 several high-profile players including Mardy Fish, Xavier Malisse and James Blake.

Personal life

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