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Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales . In 1987 , he won the boy's singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. He turned professional later that year, and reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at Livingston, New Jersey . Stoltenberg's first top-level title was won in 1993 at Manchester . He was also part of the Australian team which finished runners-up in that year's Davis Cup , losing in the final to Germany . Stoltenberg's best performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1996 , when he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon before being knocked-out by eventual champion Richard Krajicek . During his career, Stoltenberg won four top-level singles titles and five doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 19 in singles and No. 23 in doubles. His career prize money totalled US$3,305,212. His last singles title came in 1997 at Coral Springs, Florida . He retired from the professional tour in 2001 . After retiring from the tour, Stoltenberg became the coach of Lleyton Hewitt . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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