Have a look at the bio, family and wife of Channel Nine aka 9 sports reporter Tony Jones
Tony Jones is an Australian sports presenter and broadcaster who recently got embroiled in a beef with Danielle Collins and Novak Djokovic, find out more about him below.
While Danielle hit back at Jones, Novak refused to give an on-court interview with the broadcaster due to his comments.
The Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic for comments he made on TV that the 24-time Grand Slam champion considered insulting and offensive.
Who is Channel Nine (9) sports reporter Tony Jones as video of his comments on Novak Djokovic goes viral, bio, age, height, family, wife, children, education and salary
Channel Nine’s Tony Jones shouted “Novak, he’s overrated, Novak’s a has-been, Novak kick him out” towards Djokovic fans while live on air at the Australian Open on Friday and as a result, Djokovic refused to do his usual on-court interview after Sunday’s fourth-round win over Jiri Lehecka because of Channel Nine being official broadcasters of the tournament.
Who is Tony Jones, Australian sports presenter embroiled in a beef with Danielle Collins and Novak Djokovic, bio, age, education, profession, career, and more
A few words about what happened on court. pic.twitter.com/jRof2npiwH
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 19, 2025
Have to say, this is one of the strangest things Tony Jones has done on camera.
I know it’s a ‘joke’, but to have such a lack of respect from the host broadcaster is….slightly questionable. 😳pic.twitter.com/iPRUTYZStn
— Todd Scoullar (@ToddScoullar) January 17, 2025
Over the years, Tony Jones has been embroiled in all kinds of controversies, like trying to kiss a pregnant weather girl.
Tony Jones sparks beef with Collins and Djokovic
Danielle recently got heckled during her second-round match against local girl Destanee Aiava, to which she hit back. Tony Jones then went on to call the 31-year-old a “brat” before saying she “overstepped” with her comments. He added:
My view is she’s a brat. When you get people like Danielle Collins who lives this (lavish) lifestyle and then rubs our noses in it…I thought it overstepped the mark.”
Shortly after the incident, Tony Jones made several infamous remarks towards Serbian fans and Novak Djokovic. He stated:
Back to Melbourne Park, where you can see the Novak Djokovic fans there in full voice. The chants are quite extraordinary. Novak, he’s overated! Novak’s a has-been! Novak, kick him out! Boy I’m glad they can’t hear me.”
In response, the Serb refused to give a post-match on-court interview to Channel Nine.
Tony Jones bio
Tony Jones is an Australian sports presenter who was born on October 1, 1961, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia but his height isn’t known. He is currently 63 years old and also goes by the name Chompers. Jones currently works as a sports presenter at Nine News Melbourne on weeknights and hosts the network’s Australian Open coverage. He has been working with Network Nine for over 38 years since 1987 but his salary at the network isn’t known publicly.
The Melbourne based broadcaster for Channel is married to wife Annette with the two also having a pet dog. Tony and his wife Annette live in Melbourne with their son Mitchell and daughter Lauren.
Jones began his career in radio newsrooms in country Victoria and Melbourne’s 3AW before joining Channel Nine Melbourne in 1986.
Nationality
Tony is an Australian national.
Profession
Tony Jones is a renowned TV sports journalist and sports commentator who has been active since 1986. He currently works with Nine Network.
Education
Tony Jones obtained his education from a radio school before starting out his career in Victoria and Melbourne radio newsrooms.
Career
After completing his education, Tony started out working in country Victoria and Melbourne’s 3AW. He then joined the Nine Network in May 1986, moving from news to sports. He eventually began presenting weekend sports bulletins in 1988 and weeknight sports presenting by 1990.
Throughout his career, Jones has notably worked with the Nine Network in Australia as a sports reporter for Nine News. He also worked as a host with “The Sunday Footy Show” between 2006 and 2008, before returning in 2017. Tony Jones currently works as the weeknight sport presenter for Nine News Melbourne. He has also worked across various other segments like Nine’s AFL coverage, Prime Time Sport Interactive, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games coverage, the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and more.
Here is @TJch9 Tony Jones – the journalist that made insulting comments towards Djokovic – trying to forcefully kiss a woman without her consent on live tv
Why does he still have a job @9NewsAUS ? pic.twitter.com/dRzQwknPnQ
— Dan Gernez (@GernezDan) January 19, 2025
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