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.
During the summer of 2007, Jones obtained a 20-4
record at several Challenger tournaments and one
Futures tournament. 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. He was eliminated in
the first round, losing in four sets to second seed
Rafael Nadal.
