Tony Parun (born 24 August 1949) is a former professional

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player from

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Playing career

His brother,

Onny Parun Onny Parun (born 15 April 1947) is a former tennis player of Croatian descent from New Zealand, who was among the world's top 20 for five years and who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1971 and 1972. He made the final of the Australi ...

, was also a professional tennis player and they both represented

in the Davis Cup during the 1970s. Parun qualified for the main draw of the

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, where he lost to Mike Machette 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 1–6. Parun has two sons, Anthony and Bernhard, who both played tennis for Germany.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parun, Tony Living people New Zealand male tennis players 1949 births