American tennis player

John Whitlinger (born February 4, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Career finals
  • 2.1 Doubles (1–6)
• 3 Coaching career
• 4 Personal
• 5 Honors and awards
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Playing career

Whitlinger played in 10 majors in his career. He won one doubles *le in his career.

Career finals

Doubles (1–6)

Coaching career

Whitlinger coached the Stanford men's tennis team as an *ociate from 1987 to 2004, and as head coach from 2005 until his retirement in 2014. He coached KC Corkery and Sam Worburg to the 2004 NCAA Doubles Championship and Bradley Klahn to the 2010 NCAA Singles Championship.

Personal

Whitlinger's son J.J. (John Jr.) Whitlinger is a men's tennis coach at Furman University. He has two nieces who are professional tennis players, Teri and Tami Whitlinger, and he is the son of former professional basketball player Warren Whitlinger.

Honors and awards

• 1997 ITA National *ociate Coach of the Year
• Fox River Valley Tennis Hall of Fame Cl* of 1998
• ITA Collegiate Hall of Fame Cl* of 1999
• 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year
• USTA Midwest Section Hall of Fame Cl* of 2010
• Neenah High School Hall of Fame Cl* of 2015
• Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame

References

External links

• John Whitlinger at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• John Whitlinger at the International Tennis Federation