Larry Stefanki
American tennis player and coach

Larry Stefanki
Stefanki coaching Fernando González
Country (sports) United States
Born (1957-07-23) July 23, 1957 (age 68)
Elmhurst, Illinois, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1979
Retired1988
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$290,073
Singles
Career record57–87
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 35 (25 February 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1981)
French Open1R (1981)
Wimbledon3R (1982)
US Open2R (1981, 1982)
Doubles
Career record92–105
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 50 (9 July 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1981, 1982)
French Open2R (1981)
Wimbledon3R (1985)
US Open2R (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1982, 1984)
US Open1R (1982, 1986)
Coaching career
(1995–)
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total10(R) – 6(K) – 3(H) – 3(G) – 4(R) = 26 total
Coachee doubles titles total3(Mc) – 1(R) – 5(K) – 1(R) = 10 total
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)
Last updated on: 26 September 2022.

Larry Stefanki (born July 23, 1957), is an American tennis coach and former professional tennis player.

Tennis career

He played for nine years starting in 1979, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 35 in singles after winning the Indian Wells Masters at La Quinta in 1985 as well as three in doubles. He is one of three Stefanki brothers to have played on the varsity tennis team at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 until 1979 under coach Bill Wright. As a freshman in 1976 at Foothill College, he won the California Junior College Championship in Singles and Doubles.

Coaching

He is more renowned as a tennis coach, having trained such players as John McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Tim Henman amongst others. Ríos and Kafelnikov both achieved their number 1 tennis rankings while under his guidance, and Henman reached a career-high of 4 under his tutelage.

Stefanki was also the coach of Fernando González, after taking over this role from Horacio de la Peña in May 2006. Under Stefanki the Chilean reached back-to-back finals in Vienna, the Madrid Masters and Basel in 2006 and the 2007 Australian Open final —a tournament in which he eased past the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Rafael Nadal, and Tommy Haas— which saw González, 26, reach a career-high of #5 in the ATP rankings.

Stefanki was the coach of American tennis player Andy Roddick until his retirement in 2012. He is credited with improving Roddick's tactics and all-court game and helping him reach the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open, the fourth round of the 2009 French Open for the first time, the 2009 Wimbledon final for the third time, winning the 2010 Sony Ericsson Masters in Miami and the 2010 Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia. Stefanki has recently been working with Olympic developmental hopefuls in Los Angeles. He and his wife and three sons now live in Encinitas, California.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1985 La Quinta, United States Grand Prix Hard United States David Pate 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–2)
Indoors (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1980 Stuttgart, Germany Grand Prix Carpet United States Chris Mayotte Poland Wojtek Fibak
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 		4–6, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Oct 1980 Canton, China Grand Prix Carpet United States Andy Kohlberg Australia Ross Case
Chile Jaime Fillol 		2–6, 6–7
Win 1–2 Aug 1981 Stowe, United States Grand Prix Hard United States Johan Kriek United States Brian Gottfried
United States Bob Lutz 		2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–3 Oct 1981 Tokyo, Japan Grand Prix Clay United States Robert Van't Hof Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 		6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 1982 Auckland, New Zealand Grand Prix Hard United States Robert Van't Hof United Kingdom Andrew Jarrett
United Kingdom Jonathan Smith 		5–7, 6–7
Win 2–4 Nov 1982 Taipei, Taiwan Grand Prix Carpet United States Robert Van't Hof United States Fred McNair
United States Tim Wilkison 		6–3, 7–6
Win 3–4 Jun 1984 Bristol, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass United States Robert Van't Hof Australia John Alexander
Australia John Fitzgerald 		6–4, 5–7, 9–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1981 Lagos, Nigeria Challenger Hard Austria Peter Feigl 5–7, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1981 Lagos, Nigeria Challenger Hard United States Bruce Kleege United States Ian Harris
United States Craig Wittus 		6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 1R A NH A A A A Q3 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 3R Q3 1R 1R Q3 1R A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open A 2R 2R A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 2–4 3–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 13 5–13 28%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R W 2R 2R A A A A 1 / 4 8–3 73%
Miami A A A A A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canada A A A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A 1R A 2R 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 6–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 / 10 10–9 53%

Doubles

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 2R 1R 1R A NH A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open 1R 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 8 6–8 43%
US Open 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 1–3 3–4 2–3 1–3 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 19 12–19 39%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A 1R A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Miami A A A A A 1R 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Hamburg 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A QF 1R A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Cincinnati A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 0 / 11 5–11 31%

References

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