Kelly Jones
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceTampa, Florida, US
Born (1964-03-31) March 31, 1964
Fort Gordon, Georgia, US
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired1998
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,168,278
Singles
Career record48–84
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 86 (August 13, 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1993)
French Open2R (1990)
Wimbledon3R (1990)
US Open2R (1987, 1988, 1990)
Doubles
Career record220–204
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 1 (October 12, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1992)
French Open2R (1990, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon3R (1992)
US OpenF (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 is currently the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

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.

Career finals

Singles (2 wins)

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

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament19841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Career SRCareer 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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