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Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton (born 1963, Winnipeg) is a Canadian curler and coach, two-time world and three-time Brier champion skip with a record 11 Manitoba titles, later Olympic mixed doubles gold coach.
Jelena Dokic
Jelena Dokic (Јелена Докић), Australian former tennis player, commentator, and author; career-high world No. 4 (2002), six WTA titles, 1999 Wimbledon upset of Hingis, and advocate against domestic violence.
Jelena Janković (Јелена Јанковић)
Jelena Janković (Јелена Јанковић), Serbian tennis player, world No. 1 from 11 August 2008 and 2008 year-end No. 1 without a Grand Slam title; 15 WTA titles, 2008 US Open finalist, 2012 Fed Cup finalist, retired 2022.
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player born 1997 in Riga; 2017 French Open singles champion as first unseeded Open Era winner there, 2024 US Open doubles champion with Kichenok, career-high No. 5, 5-0 vs Swiatek.
Jeline Vandromme
Jeline Vandromme (born 2007) is a Belgian tennis player, 2025 US Open girls' junior champion and ITF Junior Finals winner, later a WTA top-130 professional with six ITF tour titles.
Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Brady (born 1995, Harrisburg, PA), American tennis player, 2021 Australian Open finalist, 2020 US Open semifinalist, WTA career-high No. 13, Lexington 2020 champion, UCLA 2014 NCAA champion, twice returned from long injury layoffs.
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Capriati, born 1976 in New York, is an American former tennis player who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal and three Grand Slam titles during her celebrated 2001 comeback.
Jennifer Jones (curler)
Jennifer Jones (born 1974, Winnipeg) is a Canadian curler, Sochi 2014 Olympic gold medalist with an 11-0 record, six-time Scotties champion, two-time world champion, and record holder for career Scotties wins.
Jenson Brooksby
Jenson Brooksby, American tennis player from Sacramento coached by Joseph Gilbert; career-high No. 33 (2022), first ATP title at 2025 Houston while ranked 507; unorthodox counterpuncher who has spoken publicly about autism.
Jeong So Yeong
Jeong So Yeong (정소영, Chung So-Young, born 1967), South Korean badminton player; won women's doubles gold with Hwang Hye-Yeong at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and Asian Games medals in 1986, 1990, and 1994. Distinct from the boccia Paralympian of the same name.
Jesper Parnevik
Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer (born 1965, Stockholm), five-time PGA Tour winner and four-time European Tour winner, twice Open Championship runner-up, three Ryder Cups, world No. 7 in 2000, 2016 Insperity Invitational champion on PGA Tour Champions.
Jessica Korda
Jessica Korda, American LPGA Tour golfer (joined 2011), six-time tour winner whose titles include the 2012 Australian Open won in a six-player playoff and the 2018 Honda LPGA Thailand; older sister of Nelly Korda, returning part-time in 2026 after a back injury and maternity leave.
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born 1994, Buffalo, NY) is an American tennis player, career-high world No. 3 in singles and No. 1 in doubles, 2024 US Open finalist, daughter of Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula.
Jeu de paume
Jeu de paume, medieval French palm-and-racket ball game, ancestor of tennis and real tennis (courte paume). Golden age in 16th-century France with 250 Paris halls; site of the 1789 Tennis Court Oath at Versailles.
Jeu provençal
Jeu provençal, or la longue, a 19th-century Provençal boules sport from southern France, ancestor of pétanque; players throw 650–800 g steel boules 15–20 m, shooters taking a three-step run, governed by the FFPJP/FIPJP.
Jia Yifan
Jia Yifan (贾一凡), Chinese women's doubles badminton player born 1997 in Tianjin; Olympic gold Paris 2024 and silver Tokyo 2020 with Chen Qingchen, four world titles, now paired with Zhang Shuxian.
Jil Teichmann
Jil Belen Teichmann, Swiss left-handed tennis player born 1997 in Barcelona; two WTA titles (2019 Prague, Palermo), former No. 21, 2022 Billie Jean King Cup winner, 2026 Roland Garros R16 comeback.
Jill Officer
Jill Officer is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, born in 1975, best known as second on Team Jennifer Jones, winning the 2014 Olympic gold medal and two world championships.
Jim Courier
Jim Courier (James Spencer Courier, born 1970), American tennis player, four-time Grand Slam champion (French 1991-92, Australian 1992-93), world No. 1 for 58 weeks from February 1992, Hall of Fame 2005.
Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk, American golfer (born 1970), 17 PGA Tour wins, 2003 U.S. Open champion, first 58 in PGA Tour history (2016 Travelers), nine Ryder Cups, 2018 and 2027 U.S. captain, 2021 U.S. Senior Open winner.
Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors (born 1952, Belleville, Illinois), American left-handed tennis great with a two-fisted backhand; eight Grand Slam titles, Open Era record 109 singles titles, year-end No. 1 1974-78, and the 1991 US Open semifinal run at age 39.
Jimmy Walker (golfer)
Jimmy Walker (born 1979, Oklahoma City) is an American PGA Tour golfer from Boerne, Texas, a Baylor alumnus with six Tour wins including the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol, and a 2014 and 2016 Ryder Cup player.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player born 1985 in Le Mans; 2008 Australian Open finalist, 18 ATP titles, two Masters 1000, career-high No. 5, Olympic doubles silver 2012, Davis Cup 2018, retired 2022.
Joan Mccusker
Joan McCusker, born 1965 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian curler, second on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three Canadian and world titles (1993, 1994, 1997) and 1998 Nagano Olympic gold, later a CBC curling analyst.
Joaquín Niemann
Joaquin Niemann, Chilean golfer, Torque GC captain on LIV Golf with a record nine individual wins; former PGA Tour winner (Greenbrier 2019, Genesis 2022); yet to commit to LIV Golf 2.0 for 2027.
Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course (赛马会滘西洲公众高尔夫球场)
The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course (赛马会滘西洲公众高尔夫球场) is a 54-hole public golf facility on Kau Sai Chau island off Sai Kung, Hong Kong, opened in 1995.
Joe Dean (golfer)
Joe Dean, English DP World Tour golfer (Joseph Dean), former supermarket delivery driver and truck driver; 2024 Kenya Open runner-up, 2026 Last-Chance Qualifier winner, and maiden DP World Tour title at the 2026 Husqvarna British Masters.
Joe Salisbury
Joe Salisbury (born 1992, London) is a retired British doubles tennis player, six-time Grand Slam champion, and ATP doubles World No. 1 from 4 April 2022, known for the US Open three-peat with Rajeev Ram.
Joel Dahmen
Joel Dahmen (born 1987, Clarkston, Washington) is an American PGA Tour golfer, 2021 Corales Puntacana Championship winner, testicular cancer survivor, and Netflix Full Swing personality.
Johanna Heldin
Johanna Maria Heldin, born 1994 in Uppsala, is a Swedish curler, alternate for Team Hasselborg. She won Olympic bronze at Beijing 2022 and gold at Milano Cortina 2026, plus European and world championship medals.