Paul Kronk

Paul Kronk

Kronk at the 1974 Dutch Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1954-09-22) 22 September 1954 (age 70) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	106–183
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 66 (6 June 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1978)
Wimbledon	4R (1981)
Doubles
Career record	171–157
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 35 (4 January 1982)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1978, 1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1979)
US Open	F (1976)

Paul Kronk (born 22 September 1954) is a former tennis player from Australia.

Kronk won nine doubles titles during his professional career. The big-serving right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking in June 1980, when he was No. 66 in the world. His highest doubles ranking of world No. 35 was achieved in January 1982. Kronk was a runner-up in the US Open and a two-time runner-up in the Australian Open, on all occasions partnering compatriot Cliff Letcher. ^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1976	US Open	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1978	Australian Open	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Wojciech Fibak Kim Warwick	6–7, 5–7
Loss	1979	Australian Open	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 2–6

Career finals

Doubles (9 wins, 10 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1974	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Mike Estep	Grover Raz Reid Allan Stone	6–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1976	U.S. Open, New York City	Clay	Cliff Letcher	Marty Riessen Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Cliff Letcher	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Mar 1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Letcher	Sandy Mayer Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5	May 1977	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Cliff Letcher	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–6	Jan 1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Wojciech Fibak Kim Warwick	6–7, 5–7
Loss	0–7	Jan 1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Cliff Letcher	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 2–6
Win	1–7	Feb 1980	San Juan, U.S. [a]	Hard	Paul McNamee	Robert Trogolo Mark Turpin	7–6, 6–3
Win	2–7	Apr 1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	Paul McNamee	Steve Docherty John James	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–7	Jan 1981	Guarujá, Brasil	Hard	David Carter	Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco, Sr.	6–1, 7–6
Win	4–7	Feb 1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	David Carter	Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–7	Feb 1981	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	David Carter	Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco, Sr.	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	5–8	Mar 1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	David Carter	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	6–8	May 1981	Munich, West Germany	Clay	David Carter	Eric Fromm Shlomo Glickstein	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–9	Jul 1981	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	David Carter	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	4–6, 1–6
Win	7–9	Jul 1981	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	David Carter	Marko Ostoja Louk Sanders	7–6, 6–1
Win	8–9	Oct 1981	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet (i)	Peter McNamara	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–10	Mar 1982	Linz, Austria	Clay	Rod Frawley	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 0–6
Win	9–10	Mar 1982	Metz, France	Hard (i)	David Carter	Matt Doyle Dave Siegler	6–3, 7–6

Notes

1. Tournament part of Grand Prix circuit but doubles event not officially listed by the ATP.

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 313. ISBN   9780356085968.

External links

• Paul Kronk at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Paul Kronk at the International Tennis Federation