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.
Grand Slam finals Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore 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: 19 (9 wins / 10 losses) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1974Melbourne, Australia Grass Mike Estep Grover Raz Reid Allan Stone 6–7, 4–6Loss 0–2 Sep 1976U.S. Open, New York City Clay Cliff Letcher Marty Riessen Tom Okker 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–3 Feb 1977 Miami, U.S. Clay Cliff Letcher Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 4–6Loss 0–4 Mar 1977 Hampton, U.S. Carpet Cliff Letcher Sandy Mayer Stan Smith 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–5 May 1977 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay Cliff Letcher Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler 3–6, 3–6Loss 0–6 Jan 1979Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Cliff Letcher Wojciech Fibak Kim Warwick 6–7, 5–7Loss 0–7 Jan 1980Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Cliff Letcher Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6–7, 2–6Win 1–7 Feb 1980 San Juan, U.S. Hard Paul McNamee Robert Trogolo Mark Turpin 7–6, 6–3Win 2–7 Apr 1980 Palm Harbor, U.S. Hard Paul McNamee Steve Docherty John James 6–4, 7–5Win 3–7 Jan 1981 Guarujá, Brasil Hard David Carter Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco, Sr. 6–1, 7–6Win 4–7 Feb 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay David Carter Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux 6–1, 6–2Win 5–7 Feb 1981 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay David Carter Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco, Sr. 6–7, 6–4, 6–0Loss 5–8 Mar 1981 Tampa, U.S. Hard David Carter Bernard Mitton Butch Walts 3–6, 6–3, 1–6Win 6–8 May 1981 Munich, West Germany Clay David Carter Eric Fromm Shlomo Glickstein 6–3, 6–4Loss 6–9 Jul 1981 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay David Carter Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt 4–6, 1–6Win 7–9 Jul 1981 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay David Carter Marko Ostoja Louk Sanders 7–6, 6–1Win 8–9 Oct 1981 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Carpet (i) Peter McNamara Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 8–10 Mar 1982 Linz, Austria Clay Rod Frawley Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson 2–6, 0–6Win 9–10 Mar 1982 Metz, France Hard (i) David Carter Matt Doyle Dave Siegler 6–3, 7–6
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