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Jay Lee Salter, OAM (born 14 August 1975) is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Melbourne and went to school in Melbourne at Cleeland High School and Wesley College and then turned professional in 1992. He is best known for his junior tennis results representing Victoria and Australia in under 14s, 16s and 18s, reaching a singles 1/4 final in the 1991 Australian Open and winning doubles titles with Mark Philippoussis throughout Asia. Representing Victoria he won each National team championship in every age group and was ranked number 1 or 2 in Australia between the ages of 11 to 18. Although he retired from tennis at the age of 20, he reached an ATP ranking of 608 in singles and 535 in doubles and had defeated players, such as Thomas Johannson and Tommy Hass<www.jaysalter.com.au>. He is among the most successful players in Melbourne Australia, having won numerous open tournaments throughout Victoria and was named State Grade Pennant player of the year in 2009<www.tennisaustralia.com.au>. He has also been a part of 3 State Grade winning titles and a National teams event<http://www.kooyong.com.au/Kooyong%20Teams%20Win%20National%20Tennis%20League%20Titles.pdf> and won 9 consecutive Kooyong men's open singles titles<http://www.kooyong.com.au/>. At the completion of his playing career, Jay then completed year 12 and then a Bachelor of Science and VUT and later Deakin University majoring in Psychology and Biological/Computer Science. This lead to roles with Coles Myer in POS and Internal systems security and later Zanity, specialising in internet marketing<http://www.jaysalter.com.au/>. As a side project Jay also returned to tennis and began coaching<http://www.tenniscoachingmelbourne.com.au/> Marinko Matosevic from the age of 13 and then full time at the age of 17<https://en. .org/wiki/Marinko_Matosevic>, watching him reach a career high ranking of 47 ATP in the world<http://www.marinkomatosevic.com.au/> Further to his tennis career, both coaching and playing Jay has also had a very successful business career, engaging in many small businesses and in late 2013 starting up his own Digital Strategy and Marketing company<www.digitalstrategyandmarketing.com.au>, working with some of Australia's largest brands.
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