Justin Gimelstob
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| Full name | Justin Jeremy Gimelstob |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Santa Monica, California |
| Born |
January 26, 1977 Livingston, New Jersey |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Retired | 2007 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) |
David Nainkin (circa 2000) Brandon Coupe |
| Prize money | $2,575,522 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 107–172 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 63 (April 19, 1999) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1999) |
| French Open | 1R (1999, 2000, 2003, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2000, 2003, 2005) |
| US Open | 3R (1997, 1999) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 174–158 |
| Career titles | 13 |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (May 8, 2000) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2001) |
| French Open | 1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1998, 2004) |
| US Open | 3R (1999, 2004, 2007) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1998) |
| French Open | W (1998) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1998) |
| US Open | QF (1998) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | SF (1998) |
| Hopman Cup | W (1997) |
Justin Jeremy Gimelstob (born January 26, 1977) is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, and as of 2009 lived in Santa Monica, California.
He was the top-ranked boy in his age group at the ages of 12, 14, 16, and 18. As a pro, he made the final of the Newport Tournament in singles and has 15 doubles championships to his name, including the 1998 Australian Open and 1998 French Open mixed doubles titles with Venus Williams. He was twice a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team.
In singles matches, he has defeated Andre Agassi,Petr Korda,Àlex Corretja,Patrick Rafter, and Gustavo Kuerten.
Gimelstob most recently coached American John Isner.
He started playing tennis when he was eight, and was the top-ranked boy in his age group from ages 12 through 18. In 1991, he was ranked No. 1 in the USTA Boys' 14 age group, and he was No. 1 ranked again in the USTA Boys' 16 age group, winning the USTA championship, in 1993. He was also ranked No. 1 at age 18, and in 1995 he won the USTA National Boys' 18 Championships.
Gimelstob grew up in the New Vernon section of Harding Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey, in 1995. As a sophomore at Newark Academy, Gimelstob led the school's tennis team to a 26–0 record and won the state Tournament of Champions. In 2005, he was entered into the high school's hall of fame, the Newark (N.J.) Academy Hall of Fame. The high school named its tennis facility after him and his brothers.
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