Paul Kronk

Australian tennis player

Paul Kronk
Singles
Kronk at the 1974 Dutch Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1954年09月22日) 22 September 1954 (age 70) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Plays	Right-handed
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

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Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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

Career finals

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Doubles (9 wins, 10 losses)

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

Notes

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

References

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^ 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.