Jeff "Salzy" Salzenstein was born on October 14,1973 and is an American left-handed former professional tennis player.
18 Facts About Jeff Salzenstein
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Jeff Salzenstein's father was a tennis coach, and his parents divorced when he was five years old.
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Jeff Salzenstein was the 13th double winner in the tournament's 25-year history, and was awarded the tournament's sportsmanship award.
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In 1990 Jeff Salzenstein reached the quarter-finals at the Under-16 Championships, and in 1992 he was ranked second in Under-18 boys in the United States.
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Jeff Salzenstein attended Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
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Jeff Salzenstein won the singles state title as a senior, and was captain of the school tennis team.
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Jeff Salzenstein reached the semifinals at the NCAA singles championships in 1995.
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Jeff Salzenstein won back-to-back team national titles with the team when he was its captain in 1995 and 1996.
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Jeff Salzenstein was PAC-10 All-Academic in 1994, and 1995 and 1996.
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Jeff Salzenstein was named the Senior Athlete of the Year at Stanford in 1996.
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Jeff Salzenstein was injured for much of 1998 and 1999, and had surgeries before he was 24 years old on his knee and ankle.
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Jeff Salzenstein finished his degree at Stanford at this time.
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Jeff Salzenstein won at Aptos in 2003 and at Leon, Mexico in 2004.
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Jeff Salzenstein played at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon in 2004, and at the International Series Tournament at Delray Beach, where he made it to the semifinals.
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In 2004 he became the oldest American to break into the top 100 in men's tennis, when Jeff Salzenstein did it at 30 years of age.
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At 33 years of age, Jeff Salzenstein stopped competing in tennis, and moved into coaching.
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In 2001, Jeff Salzenstein was inducted into the Colorado Tennis Hall Of Fame.
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Jeff Salzenstein is the founder of JS Performance Tennis School in Denver, Colorado, the CEO of Tennis Evolution, and runs a YouTube tennis coaching channel that goes by the same name.