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Paul Kronk (born 22 September 1954) is a former tennis player from Australia.

Paul Kronk

Kronk at the 1974 Dutch Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1954-09-22) 22 September 1954 (age 67) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	106–183
Career titles	0
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1978)
Wimbledon	4R (1981)
Doubles
Career record	171–157
Career titles	9
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1978, 1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1979)
US Open	F (1976)

Kronk won seven doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 25 April 1976, when he was No. 78 in the world.

Kronk won seven doubles titles, and 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.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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

Career finals

Doubles (6 wins, 2 losses)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	David Carter	Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	1981	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	David Carter	Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco, Sr.	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	3.	1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	David Carter	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	4.	1981	Munich, Germany	Clay	David Carter	Eric Fromm Shlomo Glickstein	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5.	1981	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	David Carter	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	4–6, 1–6
Win	6.	1981	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	David Carter	Marko Ostoja Louk Sanders	7–6, 6–1
Win	7.	1981	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet (i)	Peter McNamara	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	8.	1982	Metz, France	Hard (i)	David Carter	Matt Doyle Dave Siegler	6–3, 7–6

External links

• Paul Kronk at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Paul Kronk at the International Tennis Federation

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