Jay Gooding Explained

Jay Gooding
Birth Date:13 May 1976
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height:188 cm
Careerprizemoney:$26,453
Singlesrecord:0–1 (ATP Tour)
Highestsinglesranking:No. 488 (13 Aug 2001)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2000)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 400 (21 Apr 2003)

Jay Gooding (born 13 May 1976) is an Australian tennis coach and former professional player.

Gooding was born in Melbourne and raised on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. He attended Nambour State High School.

Turning professional in 1998, Gooding competed mostly in ITF satellite and Futures tournaments, with the occasional ATP Challenger appearance. He won five ITF Futures titles in doubles.

Gooding, who had a best singles world ranking of 488, made an ATP Tour main draw at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, where after coming through qualifying he lost in the first round to James Blake.[1]

Based in the United States, Gooding now works as a coach and runs the Gooding Todero Academy, which he founded with Argentine Jorge Todero. Gooding previously had an academy in New York and as a USTA coach was involved in coaching Christina McHale and Melanie Oudin. As a personal coach he has toured with Louisa Chirico, helping her reach a career high ranking of 58.[2] In 2020 he became head coach of the Orlando Storm in World TeamTennis.[3]

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (5)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Japan F6, KashiwaHard David McNamara Tasuku Iwami
Mitsuru Takada
6–7(3), 6–4, 7–6(6)
2.Japan F7, ChibaHard David McNamara Sulistyo Wibowo
Bonit Wiryawan
w/o
3.Australia F1, MelbourneHard David McNamara Paul Hanley
Jordan Kerr
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
4.Luxembourg F2, LuxembourgClay Sebastian Fitz Roberto Álvarez
Jordane Doble
6–7(3), 6–3, 6–3
5.USA F8, Little RockHard Jordan Kerr Nick Crowell
Luke Shields
6–3, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. News: Enqvist ends Agassi's winning streak . . 4 March 2003 . en-AU.
  2. News: Rothenberg . Ben . With Rare Comfort on the Clay Court, a Teenager Leaves Her Mark . . 6 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Orlando Storm Announces New Leadership Team . orlandostorm.com . 25 February 2020.