Alun Jones (tennis)

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". [cite web|url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0427460/|title=Alun Jones|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2007-09-08]

Summer of 2007

During the summer of 2007, Jones obtained a 20-4 record at several Challenger tournaments and one Futures tournament. [cite web|url=http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Alun+Jones&weektype=from&from_date=8%2F06%2F2007&weeks_back=5&chall=yes&fut=yes&matches=singles | title=Search Steve G's Men's Pro Tennis Results | accessdate=2007-09-08] 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. [cite web| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/moore-and-jones-granted-wildcards/2007/08/15/1186857593004.html|title=Moore and Jones granted wildcards|publisher=The Sydney Morning Telegraph|date=2007-08-16|last=Pearce|first=Linda|accessdate=2007-09-08] He was eliminated in the first round, losing in four sets to second seed. Rafael Nadal.Alun has now retired from tennis to marry his fiance Jill.

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External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Alun+Jones&weeks=12 Jones Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Alun+Jones Jones World Ranking History]