Greg Jones (tennis)

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Greg Jones (Born 1989) is an Australian tennis player. Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher. He competed in the Sydney GPS Schools tennis competition representing the Shore school, before eventually foregoing his school education to pursue his tennis career.

Jones competed in a number of high profile events throughout his junior career including all four of the junior grand slams, most notably making the final of the 2007 French Open.

Jones has also enjoyed success on the ATP Challenger circuit, reaching the final of a tournament in Burnie, Tasmania, before losing to Nathan Healy. Since the beginning of 2007, Jones has steadily improved his ATP ranking to well inside the top 500 in the world.

Jones has also been announced as part of the Australian Davis Cup team to compete in the September 2007 Davis Cup tie in Belgrade against Serbia, making his debut as an "orange boy".

In 2007 Jones, having achieved a finals showing at the French Open, a semifinal at Wimbledon and a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open was very hopeful for a win at the last US Open Junior event, which was his last match in the ITF Junior Competition.