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Mark Cox (tennis)

Summary

Mark Cox (born 5 July 1943) is a former tennis player from England, who played professional and amateur tennis in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was ranked as high as world No. 12 on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking in October 1977).

Mark Cox
Country (sports)United Kingdom United Kingdom
Born (1943-07-05) 5 July 1943 (age 80)
Leicester, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1970 (amateur from 1958)
Retired1981
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record593-370 (61.5%) in pre Open-Era & Open Era[1]
Career titles22[1]
Highest rankingNo. 12 (3 October 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1967, 1971)
French Open3R (1968)
Wimbledon4R (1968, 1977, 1979)
US OpenQF (1966)
Other tournaments
WCT FinalsQF (1975)
Doubles
Career record142–157 (Open era)
Career titles3 (Open era)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1978)

Education edit

Cox was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School in Leicester and Millfield School in Somerset. He obtained an economics undergraduate degree from Downing College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club.

Career edit

He played his first tournament on 3 November 1958 at the Torquay Indoor Championship.[2] During his career, he won twenty two singles titles[2] and three doubles titles spanning both the pre-Open Era and Open Era, reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. National Championships (in 1966), and the final at the event in Cincinnati (in 1977).[3] He also played for Great Britain's Davis Cup team, and was on the team that reached the 1978 final against the United States.[4] He has also gone down in tennis history as the first amateur player to beat a professional.[5]

In May 1968, at the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth, he beat the American Pancho Gonzales in five sets in two and a quarter hours.[6] Cox also achieved big upset wins over No. 1 seed, Rod Laver, at the 1971 Australian Open,[7] and over No. 2 seed, Ken Rosewall, at the 1972 US Open.[8] Cox defeated future world No. 1 Jimmy Connors in his debut Grand Slam match at the 1970 US Open. He retired from playing in 1981. After his final title in 1977 it would take another 17 years for a British player to win a top-level tour title (Jeremy Bates at Seoul in 1994). To date he is the last English born male to win a top level UK tournament on grass (Eastbourne in 1973). During his latter playing years and after his retirement, Cox has worked as a coach, and also as a television commentator for the BBC.

Personal life edit

Cox is a Patron of a charity "CRY" (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and an ambassador for the Win Tennis Academy at Bisham. He lives with his wife Susie in London.[citation needed]

Career finals edit

Singles: 36 (22 titles, 14 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1963 Manly, Australia Grass   Martin Mulligan 2–6, 2–6[9]
Win 1. 1966 Baltimore, U.S. Grass   Jim McManus 6–3, 6–2, 6–3[9]
Loss 2. 1967 East London, South Africa Clay   Tom Okker 7–9, 5–7[9]
Win 2. 1968 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard   Allen Fox 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2[9]
Open era
Loss 3. 1968 London, England Carpet (i)   Stan Smith 4–6, 4–6[9]
Win 3. 1968 Eastbourne, England Grass   Owen Davidson 6–4, 6–4[9]
Win 4. 1968 Istanbul, Turkey Clay   Patricio Rodríguez 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4[9]
Win 5. 1968 Perth, Scotland Carpet (i)   Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–4[9]
Win 6. 1969 Bloemfontein, South Africa Hard   Bob Maud 6–2, 7–5[9]
Loss 4. 1968 Buffalo, New York, U.S. Hard (i)   Clark Graebner 8–6, 9–7, 6–2[9]
Loss 5. 1969 Macon, U.S. Carpet (i)   Manuel Orantes 8–10, 5–7, 6–4, 7–9[9]
Loss 6. 1969 Caracas, Venezuela Clay   Thomaz Koch 6–8, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6[9]
Loss 7. 1969 Willemstad, Curaçao Clay   Cliff Richey 4–6, 3–6, 3–6[9]
Win 7. 1969 Charlotte, U.S. Clay   Jan Kodeš 13–11, 6–2[9]
Win 8. 1969 Stalybridge, England Carpet (i)   Bob Hewitt 6–4, 6–3[9]
Win 9. 1969 Torquay, England Hard (i)   John Clifton 8–6, 6–3[9]
Win 10. 1969 London, England Carpet (i)   Bob Hewitt 4–6, 9–7, 6–2[9]
Win 11. 1969 Perth, Scotland Carpet (i)   Ismail El Shafei 3–6, 14–12, 6–1[9]
Win 12. 1970 Hutt Valley, Australia Hard   Brian Fairlie 6–2, 6-4
Win 13. 1970 Bournemouth, England Clay   Bob Hewitt 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win 14. 1972 Macon, U.S. Carpet (i)   Roy Emerson 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 8. 1972 Louisville WCT, U.S. Clay   Arthur Ashe 4–6, 4–6
Win 15. 1972 Cleveland WCT, U.S. Hard   Ray Ruffels 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9. 1973 London WCT, England Hard (i)   Brian Fairlie 6–2, 2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Win 16. 1973 Denver WCT, U.S. Carpet (i)   Arthur Ashe 6–1, 6–1
Win 17. 1973 Eastbourne, England Grass   Patrice Dominguez 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 10. 1974 Bologna WCT, Italy Carpet   Arthur Ashe 4–6, 5–7
Loss 11. 1974 London WCT, England Hard (i)   Björn Borg 7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win 18. 1975 Washington Indoor WCT, U.S. Carpet (i)   Dick Stockton 6–2, 7–6
Win 19. 1975 London WCT, England Carpet (i)   Brian Fairlie 6–1, 7–5
Win 20. 1975 Atlanta WCT, U.S. Carpet (i)   John Alexander 6–3, 7–6
Win 21. 1976 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i)   Manuel Orantes 4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Win 22. 1977 Helsinki, Finland Carpet (i)   Kjell Johansson 6–3, 6–3
Loss 12. 1977 London/Queen's Club, England Grass   Raúl Ramírez 7–9, 5–7
Loss 13. 1977 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay   Harold Solomon 2–6, 3–6
Loss 14. 1980 Stuttgart, West Germany Hard (i)   Tomáš Šmíd 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1973 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i)   Graham Stilwell   Erik van Dillen
  Tom Gorman 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1. 1973 Cologne, West Germany Carpet (i)   Graham Stilwell   Tom Okker
  Marty Riessen 		7–6, 6–3
Win 2. 1973 London, England Carpet (i)   Owen Davidson   Gerald Battrick
  Graham Stilwell 		6–4, 8–6
Loss 2. 1974 Denver WCT, U.S. Carpet (i)   Jun Kamiwazumi   Arthur Ashe
  Roscoe Tanner 		3–6, 6–7
Loss 3. 1975 San Antonio WCT, U.S. Hard   Cliff Drysdale   John Alexander
  Phil Dent 		6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 4. 1975 Memphis, U.S. Carpet (i)   Cliff Drysdale   Erik van Dillen
  Dick Stockton 		6–1, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 5. 1975 Atlanta WCT, U.S. Carpet (i)   Cliff Drysdale   Anand Amritraj
  Vijay Amritraj 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 1975 World Doubles WCT, Mexico Carpet (i)   Cliff Drysdale   Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez 		6–7, 7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss 7. 1976 Washington WCT, U.S. Carpet   Cliff Drysdale   Eddie Dibbs
  Harold Solomon 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 8. 1977 London WCT, England Hard (i)   Eddie Dibbs   Ilie Năstase
  Adriano Panatta 		6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win 3. 1977 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i)   Buster Mottram   John Feaver
  John James 		7–5, 6–4, 6–3

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Mark Cox: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Mark Cox: Tournament activity/results". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ^ Lawrence Journal-World. "Sports Briefs". 19 July 1977, p. 11. Retrieved on 15 July 2013.
  4. ^ Wilmington Morning Star. "Davis Cup players named". 17 November 1978, p. 3-C. Retrieved on 15 July 2013.
  5. ^ Spartanburg Herald-Journal. "Mark Cox Is Tennis Champ". 3 May 1970, p. B4. Retrieved on 15 July 2013.
  6. ^ Montreal Gazette. He followed this up for good measure by beating two times Wimbledon Champion Roy Emerson in the next round. "British Tennis Amateur Mark Cox Upsets U.S. Pro Pancho Gonzales". Associated Press, 25 April 1968, p. 14. Retrieved on 15 July 2013.
  7. ^ Stone, Peter. "Laver leaves tired, beaten". The Age, 12 March 1971, p. 24. Retrieved on 15 July 2013.
  8. ^ Times Daily (Florence, South Carolina). "The 'Giant Killer': Mark Cox Upsets Rosewall In U.S. Open Tennis Play". Associated Press, 3 September 1972, p. 16. Retrieved on 15 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Mark Cox: Tournament results titles/finals". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

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