American tennis player and coach
Larry Stefanki Country (sports) Born (1957-07-23 ) July 23, 1957 (age 67) Elmhurst, Illinois , United StatesHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 1979 Retired 1988 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Prize money $ 290,073Career record 57–87 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 35 (25 February 1985) Australian Open 2R (1981 ) French Open 1R (1981 ) Wimbledon 3R (1982 ) US Open 2R (1981 , 1982 ) Career record 92–105 Career titles 3 Highest ranking No. 50 (9 July 1984) Australian Open 2R (1981 , 1982 ) French Open 2R (1981 ) Wimbledon 3R (1985 ) US Open 2R (1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 ) Wimbledon 2R (1982 , 1984 ) US Open 1R (1982 , 1986 ) Coachee singles titles total 10(R) – 6(K) – 3(H) – 3(G) – 4(R) = 26 total Coachee(s) doubles titles total 3(Mc) – 1(R) – 5(K) – 1(R) = 10 total List of notable tournaments Last updated on: 26 September 2022.
Larry Stefanki (born July 23, 1957), is an American tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
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.
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.
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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)
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Result
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Date
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Opponent
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Win
1–0
Feb 1985 La Quinta , United States
Grand Prix
Hard
David Pate
6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
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ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–4)
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Partnet
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0–1
Mar 1980 Stuttgart , Germany
Grand Prix
Carpet
Chris Mayotte
Wojtek Fibak Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 6–7
Loss
0–2
Oct 1980 Canton , China
Grand Prix
Carpet
Andy Kohlberg
Ross Case Jaime Fillol
2–6, 6–7
Win
1–2
Aug 1981 Stowe , United States
Grand Prix
Hard
Johan Kriek
Brian Gottfried Bob Lutz
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss
1–3
Oct 1981 Tokyo , Japan
Grand Prix
Clay
Robert Van't Hof
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss
1–4
Jan 1982 Auckland , New Zealand
Grand Prix
Hard
Robert Van't Hof
Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith
5–7, 6–7
Win
2–4
Nov 1982 Taipei , Taiwan
Grand Prix
Carpet
Robert Van't Hof
Fred McNair Tim Wilkison
6–3, 7–6
Win
3–4
Jun 1984 Bristol , United Kingdom
Grand Prix
Grass
Robert Van't Hof
John Alexander John Fitzgerald
6–4, 5–7, 9–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
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1–0
Mar 1981 Lagos , Nigeria
Challenger
Hard
Peter Feigl
5–7, 6–3, 6–0
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(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.
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Wojtek Fibak 
Tomáš Šmíd
Ross Case 
Jaime Fillol
Heinz Günthardt 
Balázs Taróczy
Andrew Jarrett 
Peter Feigl
