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Onny Parun OBE (born 15 April 1947) is a former tennis player of Croatian descent from New Zealand, who was among the world's top 20 for five years and who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1971 and 1972. He made the final of the Australian Open in 1973, losing to John Newcombe in four sets, and was a US Open quarterfinalist in 1973 and also a quarterfinalist at the French Open in 1975. He eventually went on to coach the Bhatti brothers.

Onny Parun
OBE
Parun in the mid 1960s
Country (sports)New Zealand
ResidenceWellington, New Zealand
Born (1947-04-15) 15 April 1947 (age 75)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1969 (amateur from 1967)
Retired1982
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record321–294
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 18 (16 September 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1973)
French OpenQF (1975)
WimbledonQF (1971, 1972)
US OpenQF (1973)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1974)
Doubles
Career record162–221
Career titles2
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1973)
French OpenW (1974)
Wimbledon3R
US OpenQF (1971)

Parun and Australian Dick Crealy won the French Open doubles title in 1974. He also made the Masters in 1974, qualifying by finishing in the top eight on the grand prix table. Parun played Davis Cup from 1966 to 1982 and won a string of national titles, including the Benson and Hedges Open three times in four years.

Parun became the second player from New Zealand to reach a Grand Slam Singles final, 62 years after Anthony Wilding had reached the 1913 Wimbledon final, and Parun became the second player from New Zealand to win a Grand Slam Doubles title, 61 years after Wilding had won the 1914 Wimbledon doubles title and was also the last player from New Zealand to reach the finals of a Grand Slam Doubles title before Michael Venus was successful in the 2017 French Open.

Parun reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on 5 March 1975, when he became World No. 19. His brother, Tony Parun, also played professional tennis.

In September 1974, he defeated Jimmy Connors in San Francisco to end the No. 1 world ranked player's run of 160 weeks atop the ATP rankings.

In the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours, Parun was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to tennis.[1] Since retiring from competition, Parun has been a coach, and trades shares on the US share market.[2][3]


Grand Slam finals



Singles (1 runner-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1973Australian OpenGrass John Newcombe3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles (1 title)


Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1974French OpenClay Dick Crealy Robert Lutz
Stan Smith		6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles


Tournament 19661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982 SR
Australian Open A A A A A A A F 3R A A A 1R A A 1R 1R A 0 / 5
French Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 4R QF A 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 13
Wimbledon Q1 2R 3R 2R 1R QF QF A 1R 3R 4R 3R 1R 2R 4R A A 0 / 13
US Open A A A 1R 2R 3R 3R QF 2R 3R 1R 3R A 1R 1R A A 0 / 11
Strike rate 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 42

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.


Career finals



Singles (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)


Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1968 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Barry Phillips-Moore 3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 1973 Australian Open, Australia Grass John Newcombe 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–2 Jan 1973 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Patrick Proisy 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 1973 Aptos, US Hard Jeff Austin 6–7, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 1974 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Björn Borg 4–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–5 Jul 1974 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Balázs Taróczy 1–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–5 Nov 1974 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Kim Warwick 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–5 Nov 1974 Bombay, India Clay Tony Roche 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 3–6 Dec 1974 Adelaide, Australia Grass Björn Borg 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 4–6 Jan 1975 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Brian Fairlie 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 5–6 Dec 1975 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Brian Fairlie 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 5–7 Mar 1976 Washington, US Carpet (i) Harold Solomon 3–6, 1–6
Win 6–7 Apr 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Cliff Drysdale 7–6, 6–3

References


  1. "No. 49010". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1982. p. 40.
  2. Jonathan Millmow (28 September 2013). "Night owl Onny Parun still loves a challenge". The Dominion Post.
  3. Joseph Romanos (23 April 2009). "The Wellingtonian interview: Onny Parun". The Wellingtonian.


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На других языках

[de] Onny Parun

Onny Parun, OBE (* 15. April 1947 in Wellington) ist ein ehemaliger neuseeländischer Tennisspieler.
- [en] Onny Parun

[es] Onny Parun

Onny Parun (Wellington, Nueva Zelanda, 15 de abril de 1947) es un exjugador de tenis neozelandés que se destacó a principios de los años 1970, recordado más que nada por alcanzar la final del Abierto de Australia en 1972, cayendo en la final ante John Newcombe.

[ru] Парун, Онни

Онни Парун (англ. Onny Parun; род. 15 апреля 1947, Веллингтон) — новозеландский теннисист и теннисный тренер. Победитель Открытого чемпионата Франции (1974) в мужском парном разряде, финалист Открытого чемпионата Австралии (1973) в одиночном разряде, шестикратный чемпион Новой Зеландии в одиночном разряде. Кавалер ордена Британской империи (1982), член Спортивного зала славы Новой Зеландии.


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