Greg Jones (tennis)

Australian tennis player

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Greg Jones

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born	(1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 32) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$337,512
Singles
Career record	1–6 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 179 (26 April 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	Q3 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2010, 2011)
US Open	Q3 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	4–8 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 216 (1 November 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010, 2011, 2013)
Last updated on: 28 April 2021.

Greg Jones

Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Tennis
Commonwealth Games
	2010 Delhi	Singles

Greg Jones (born 1989) is a former Australian professional tennis player.

Early life

Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher’s aide. He competed in the Sydney GPS Schools tennis competition representing the Shore school, before eventually forgoing his school education to pursue his tennis career.

Jones competed in a number of high-profile events throughout his junior career including all four of the junior grand slams, most notably making the final of the 2007 French Open.

In 2007, Jones, having reached the finals of the junior event at the French Open, a semifinal at Wimbledon and a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open, was very hopeful for a win at the last US Open Junior event, which was his last match in the International Tennis Federation Junior Competition.

Jones had a Junior career high ranking of 4 and won 191 out of 219 matches.

Professional career

Jones began playing professional tournaments in 2006. In his fourth ever professional event he made the final of the Burnie challenger in Tasmania, before spending time overseas in future events in an attempt to improve his ranking. Jones finished 2007 ranked 386, given his youth and ranking he was given wildcards into the 2008 Adelaide International qualifying draw, the 2008 Medibank International (which was his first ATP Tour main draw event^[1])and the 2008 Australian Open qualifying draw. The highlight of 2008 for Jones was winning his first futures title in USA and he finished the year ranked 434.

2009 saw Jones compete in all the Australian ATP events again in January, but he was unable to qualify for any of the main draw in either Brisbane, Sydney or the Australian Open. Jones won his second future tournament of his career in April 2009 in Australia, before heading overseas to play in both Challengers and Futures tournaments, which was highlighted by a Challenger semifinal in Russia.

2010 started slowly for Jones, who once again was unable to qualify for Brisbane, Sydney or the Australian Open. In February he was able to make a second finals appearance at the challenger tournament in Burnie, going down to rising star Bernard Tomic in the final,^[2] Jones continued his good form with a finals showing in an Australian futures tournament two weeks later. On 10 October 2010, Jones won silver for Australia in the Men's Tennis in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi, losing to India's Somdev Devvarman in the gold medal match played at the R.K. Khanna tennis stadium.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (3–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–5) ITF Futures (3–5)

Finals by surface Hard (1–6) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–3) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2007	Tasmania, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Nathan Healey	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	May 2008	USA F10, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Clinton Thomson	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2008	Great Britain F10, Frinton on Sea	Futures	Grass	Michel Koning	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2008	Australia F10, Happy Valley	Futures	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	1–6, 6–73–7
Loss	1–4	May 2009	Australia F3, Bundaberg	Futures	Clay	Jose Statham	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	2–4	May 2009	Australia F4, Ipswich	Futures	Clay	Jose Statham	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 2010	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Bernard Tomic	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–6	Feb 2010	Australia F2, Berri	Futures	Grass	John Millman	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–7	May 2011	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–8	Feb 2012	Caloundra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	0–6, 2–6
Loss	2–9	Jul 2013	Manta, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Michael Russell	6–4, 0–6, 5–7
Win	3–9	Oct 2013	Australia F9, Sydney	Futures	Hard	Jordan Thompson	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–10	Mar 2016	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Dayne Kelly	4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–3) ITF Futures (4–5)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (1–3) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2007	Kuwait F1, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Mohammad Ghareeb	Aisam Qureshi Purav Raja	6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2007	Australia F8, Traralgon	Futures	Hard	Andrew Coelho	Brydan Klein Matthew Ebden	6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2008	Australia F7, Gympie	Futures	Hard	Adam Hubble	Haydn Lewis Mikal Statham	7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Loss	1–3	Oct 2008	Australia F9, Sale	Futures	Clay	Andrew Gregory	Dane Propoggia Matt Reid	walkover
Loss	1–4	May 2009	Italy F11, Parma	Futures	Clay	Antal Van Der Duim	Juan-Martin Aranguren Walter Trusendi	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–4	Jul 2009	Great Britain F8, Felixstowe	Futures	Grass	Robert Smeets	Tristan Farron-Mahon Andreas Siljestrom	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Jul 2010	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Adam Feeney	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Feb 2013	West Lakes, Australia	Challenger	Hard	James Duckworth	Matt Reid Sam Groth	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–7	May 2013	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Clay	Peter Polansky	Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren	6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	3–7	Sep 2014	USA F26, Irvine	Futures	Hard	Gregory Ouellette	Carsten Ball Junior Alexander Ore	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	4–7	Mar 2016	Australia F3, Mornington	Futures	Clay	Andrew Whittington	Gavin Van Peperzeel Bradley Mousley	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–8	Jun 2016	USA F17, Charlottesville	Futures	Hard	Jose Statham	Thai-Son Kwiatkowski Mac Styslinger	4–6, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2007	French Open	Clay	Uladzimir Ignatik	3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q3	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

References

1. Jones learns a lifetime of lessons in 75 minutes
2. "Battle heats up for Davis Cup places". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

External links

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• Greg Jones at the Association of Tennis Professionals