Alun Jones (tennis)

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Alun Jones
Alun Jones

Alun Jones (born on the 26 April 1980 in Boksburg, South Africa) is an Australian professional tennis player. He currently resides in Canberra, Australia with fiancee Jill.

Jones started playing tennis at age 7. His parents are David, a civil engineer, and Susan. Jones also likes playing rugby, soccer, basketball and cricket. Alun played the role of Tom Cavendish in the 2004 movie Wimbledon.[1]

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. November 19, 2002 Flag of Australia Berri Grass Flag of Australia Paul Baccanello 6–2 6–2
2. May 2, 2005 Flag of Thailand Phuket Hard Flag of Austria Patrick Schmolzer 6–1 6–1
3. May 16, 2005 Flag of Thailand Phuket Hard Flag of the United States Phillip King 6–3 6–1
4. May 30, 2005 Flag of Thailand Maspalomas Clay Flag of Spain Ignasi Villacampa-Roses 6–1 6–2
5. September 12, 2006 Flag of Australia Hope Island Hard Flag of Australia Robert Smeets 6–3 7–6
6. October 24, 2006 Flag of Australia Mildura Grass Flag of Australia Samuel Groth 3–6 7–5 6–4
7. October 31, 2006 Flag of Australia Berri Grass Flag of Australia Shannon Nettle 6–4 6–3
8. March 20, 2007 Flag of Australia Lyneham Clay Flag of Greece Vasilis Mazarakis 3–6 6–1 6–3
9. July 10, 2007 Flag of the United Kingdom Felixstowe Grass Flag of France Nicolas Tourte 6–3 6–4
10. July 23, 2007 Flag of the United Kingdom Nottingham Grass Flag of Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–3 4–6 6–4
11. December 9, 2007 Flag of Australia Burnie Hard Flag of Australia Rameez Junaid 6–0 6–1

[edit] References

  1. ^ Alun Jones. IMDb. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  2. ^ Search Steve G's Men's Pro Tennis Results. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  3. ^ Pearce, Linda (2007-08-16). Moore and Jones granted wildcards. The Sydney Morning Telegraph. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.

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