Larry Stefanki

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.

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1985	La Quinta, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	David Pate	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Loss	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

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1981	Lagos, Nigeria	Challenger	Hard	Peter Feigl	5–7, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1981	Lagos, Nigeria	Challenger	Hard	Bruce Kleege	Ian Harris   Craig Wittus	6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Singles

Doubles