Onny Parun

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

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 reached his highest singles ranking on 3 May 1975, when he became the number 18 of the world. His brother Tony Parun also played professional tennis.

Grand Slam finals

Singles

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponents in final	Score in final
1973	Australian Open	John Newcombe	3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1974	French Open	Dick Crealy	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1

ATP Tour singles titles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 November 1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Kim Warwick	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
2.	16 November 1974	Bombay, India	Hard	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–3, 7–6
3.	12 January 1975	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Brian Fairlie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
4.	31 December 1975	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Brian Fairlie	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
5.	6 April 1976	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	7–6, 6–3

External links

• Onny Parun at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Onny Parun at the Davis Cup
• Tennis Corner Profile, Statistics, Head-to-Heads