Mark Cox (tennis)

For the former London Broncos rugby league player, see Mark Cox (rugby league).

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Mark Cox (born 5 July 1943 in Leicester) 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 No. 14 in the world on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on July 2, 1977). Cox was educated at Millfield School in Somerset.

Cox obtained an economics undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge (Downing College), where he was a member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club.

During his career, he won eight singles titles and three doubles titles, reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Nationals (in 1966), and the final at the event in Cincinnati (in 1977). He also played on Great Britain's Davis Cup team, and was on the team that reached the 1978 final against the United States. He has also gone down in tennis history as the first amateur player to beat a professional. In May 1968, at the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth, when he was 24, he beat the American Pancho Gonzales (0-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3), in two and a quarter hours. Since he retired in 1981, Cox has worked as a coach, and also as a television commentator for the BBC. He is also 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.

Grand Prix and WCT singles finals (16)

Titles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1972	Cleveland WCT, U.S.	Hard	Ray Ruffels	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	1973	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–1
3.	1973	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Patrice Dominguez	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
4.	1975	London WCT, England	Carpet	Brian Fairlie	6–1, 7–5
5.	1975	Washington Indoor WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	6–2, 7–6
6.	1975	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Alexander	6–3, 7–6
7.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
8.	1977	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet	Kjell Johansson	6–3, 6–3

Runners-up (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1969	Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	Thomaz Koch	6–8, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
2.	1972	Louisville WCT, U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 4–6
3.	1973	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Brian Fairlie	6–2, 2–6, 2–6, 6–7
4.	1974	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 5–7
5.	1974	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
6.	1977	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	7–9, 5–7
7.	1977	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	2–6, 3–6
8.	1980	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 4–6

Grand Prix and WCT doubles finals (11)

Titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Graham Stilwell	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3
2.	1973	London, England	Carpet	Owen Davidson	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	6–4, 8–6
3.	1977	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Buster Mottram	John Feaver John James	7–5, 6–4, 6–3

Runners-up (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Copenhagen WCT, Denmark	Carpet	Graham Stilwell	Erik Van Dillen Tom Gorman	4–6, 4–6
2.	1974	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jun Kamiwazumi	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–7
3.	1975	San Antonio WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
4.	1975	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	Erik Van Dillen Dick Stockton	6–1, 5–7, 4–6
5.	1975	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	3–6, 2–6
6.	1975	World Doubles WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–6, 2–6, 6-7
7.	1976	Washington WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	4–6, 5–7
8.	1977	London WCT	Hard (i)	Eddie Dibbs	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	6–7, 7–6, 3–6

References

External links

• Mark Cox (tennis) at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mark Cox (tennis) at the Davis Cup

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