Alun Jones (tennis)

Alun Jones

Alun Jones at the 2007 US Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Yarralumla, Canberra, Australia
Born	(1980-04-26) 26 April 1980 (age 45) Boksburg, South Africa
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed, Two-handed Backhand
Prize money	$298,154
Singles
Career record	4–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 123 (13 August 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008)
French Open	Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007, 2008)
US Open	1R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	4–6
Highest ranking	No. 149 (28 April 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2003)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)

Alun Jones (born 26 April 1980) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

Jones started playing tennis at age 7. His parents are David, a civil engineer, and Susan. Jones wife is Jill and he has a son called Robbie who has played for Australia in the ANZ Cup in Futsal. Jones also likes playing rugby, soccer, basketball and cricket. Alun played the role of Tom Cavendish in the 2004 movie Wimbledon . ^[1]

Summer of 2007

During the summer of 2007, Jones obtained a 20–4 record at several Challenger tournaments and one Futures tournament. ^[2] This took his world ranking from 198 to a career high of 123. He was granted a wildcard to the 2007 US Open under a reciprocal agreement with Australian Open. ^[3] He was eliminated in the first round, losing in four sets to second seed Rafael Nadal.

Singles titles

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (2)
Futures (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	19 November 2002	Berri	Grass	Paul Baccanello	6–2, 6–2
2.	2 May 2005	Phuket	Hard	Patrick Schmölzer	6–1, 6–1
3.	16 May 2005	Phuket	Hard	Phillip King	6–3, 6–1
4.	30 May 2005	Maspalomas	Clay	Ignasi Villacampa	6–1, 6–2
5.	12 September 2006	Hope Island	Hard	Robert Smeets	6–3, 7–6
6.	24 October 2006	Mildura	Grass	Samuel Groth	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
7.	31 October 2006	Berri	Grass	Shannon Nettle	6–4, 6–3
8.	20 March 2007	Lyneham	Clay	Vasilis Mazarakis	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
9.	10 July 2007	Felixstowe	Grass	Nicolas Tourte	6–3, 6–4
10.	23 July 2007	Nottingham	Grass	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
11.	9 December 2007	Burnie	Hard	Rameez Junaid	6–0, 6–1

References

1. "Alun Jones". IMDb. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
2. "Search Steve G's Men's Pro Tennis Results". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
3. Pearce, Linda (16 August 2007). "Moore and Jones granted wildcards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2007.

External links

• Alun Jones at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alun Jones at the International Tennis Federation
• Alun Jones at Tennis Australia
• Alun Jones at ESPN.com
• Jones World Ranking History