Jay Gooding (born 13 May 1976) is an Australian tennis coach and former professional player.

Gooding was born in Melbourne and raised on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Turning professional in 1998, Gooding competed mostly in ITF satellite and Futures tournaments, with the occasional ATP Challenger appearance.

Gooding, who had a best singles world ranking of 488, made an ATP Tour main draw at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, where after coming through qualifying he lost in the first round to James Blake.

As a personal coach he has toured with Louisa Chirico, helping her reach a career high ranking of 58.