Jonathan Canter (born June 4, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Early years

Canter was born in Los Angeles, where his father, Stanley S. Canter, worked as a film producer. His father, who was also manager of Jimmy Connors for a time, produced films such as Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Tarzan and the Lost City and Hornets' Nest, which he also wrote.

He won the boys 16 and under singles in the 1979 Ojai Tennis Tournament. The promising junior made the quarterfinals of the 1981 US Open and the following year, he reached further quarterfinals at the US Open and French Open. His best performances however came in the doubles. With countryman Michael Kures as his partner, Canter won the boys' doubles title at the 1982 US Open, beating Australians Pat Cash and John Frawley in the final. He also made the doubles semifinals at the 1982 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Chuck Willenborg. At the same event the following year, Canter was once again a singles quarterfinalist.

Professional career

Canter never made the third round of the singles draw at a Grand Slam. He twice came close, the first time at the 1986 French Open when he squandered a two set lead over Jean-Philippe Fleurian in their second-round encounter. In the US Open that year, after coming from two sets down to defeat Tim Mayotte in his opening match, Canter was again at the wrong end of a second-round match decided in five sets, losing to Dan Goldie.

He did, however, reach the third round on four occasions in the doubles. His biggest win came during the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, where he and partner Bruce Derlin upset reigning champions John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd.

In 1985, Canter won his only Grand Prix/ATP title, at the Melbourne Outdoor tournament. The following year, he would make it to No. 36 in the world. His best results that season were semifinal appearances at Montreal and Toronto. In Montreal, he had a win over world No. 4, Yannick Noah.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1982French OpenClayUnited States Michael KuresAustralia Pat Cash Australia John Frawley2–6, 6–7
Win1982US OpenHardUnited States Michael KuresAustralia Pat Cash Australia John Frawley7–6, 6–2

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 1985Melbourne, AustraliaGrand PrixGrassAustralia Peter Doohan5–7, 6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1989Nagoya, JapanChallengerHardIndia Ramesh Krishnan1–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Sep 1993Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHardSouth Africa Christo Van Rensburg2–6, 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 1989Nagoya, JapanChallengerHardIndia Ramesh KrishnanUnited States John Letts United States Bruce Man-Son-Hing5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Loss0–2May 1990Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaChallengerHardNew Zealand Bruce DerlinNigeria Nduka Odizor Kenya Paul Wekesa3–6, 4–6
Win1–2May 1990Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHardNew Zealand Bruce DerlinAustralia Neil Borwick New Zealand David Lewis6–4, 6–4
Win2–2Dec 1991Guam, United StatesChallengerHardUnited States Kenny ThorneSouth Africa David Adams United States Doug Eisenman6–1, 6–2
Win3–2Oct 1993Réunion Island, FranceChallengerHardUnited States Jeff TarangoSouth Africa Lan Bale South Africa Mark Kaplan6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH

Singles

Tournament19821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ3AA1RA1RAQ2A1RAAAA0 / 30–30%
French OpenAAAA2R2RAAAAAAAA0 / 22–250%
WimbledonQ2Q1Q11R2R1RA1RQ1Q1AA1RA0 / 51–517%
US OpenA1R1R2R2R2RA1RAAAAQ2A0 / 63–633%
Win–loss0–00–10–11–33–32–40–00–20–00–10–00–00–10–00 / 166–1627%
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAA2R1R2RAAAAQ2A0 / 32–340%
MiamiAAA3R2R1R2R3RAAAA1RQ30 / 66–650%
RomeAAAAA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
CanadaAAA2RSF1RA3RAAAAAA0 / 47–464%
CincinnatiAAAA3R3RAAAAAAAA0 / 24–267%
ParisAAAAAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0–
Win–loss0–00–00–03–27–33–51–25–30–00–00–00–00–10–00 / 1619–1654%

Doubles

Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open1RA3RAAA3RA1RAAA0 / 44–450%
French OpenA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Wimbledon2R1RQ3AAA2R3RQ2AAQ10 / 44–450%
US OpenAAAAAA3R1RAAAA0 / 22–250%
Win–loss1–21–22–10–00–00–05–32–20–10–00–00–00 / 1111–1150%
ATP Masters Series
MiamiAA1RAAA2R1R2RAAA0 / 42–433%
CanadaAAAAAAQF1RAAAA0 / 22–250%
CincinnatiAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–03–20–31–10–00–00–00 / 74–736%

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