John Marks (tennis)
Appearance
Full name | John M.P. Marks | ||||||||
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Country (sports) | Australia | ||||||||
Residence | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 9 December 1952||||||||
Turned pro | 1975 | ||||||||
Retired | 1980 | ||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||
Singles | |||||||||
Career record | 27–74 (Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) | ||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 44 (3 January 1979)[1] | ||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | F (1978) | ||||||||
French Open | 2R (1978) | ||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (1978) | ||||||||
US Open | 1R (1977, 1979) | ||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||
Career record | 153–102 (Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) | ||||||||
Career titles | 7 | ||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (1977Dec) | ||||||||
French Open | QF (1978) | ||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1978) | ||||||||
US Open | SF (1978) | ||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1979)[2] | ||||||||
Medal record
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John M.P. Marks (born 9 December 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Marks is best remembered for finishing runner-up in singles at the 1978 Australian Open, defeating Arthur Ashe in the semifinals. As a result of this slam final appearance, he achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 44, after entering the tournament ranked No. 177.[1] Marks never won a singles title during his career, but won 7 doubles titles and reached the semifinals of the men's doubles at the 1978 US Open. As a junior, Marks won the Australian Open boys' doubles in 1971, partnering Michael Phillips.
Career finals
Singles (2 runners-up )
Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1975 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | Ross Case | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1978 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Guillermo Vilas | 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Doubles (7 titles)
Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 1975 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | Mark Edmondson | Chris Kachel Peter McNamara |
6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1. | 1976 | Palma, Spain | Clay | Mark Edmondson | John Andrews Colin Dibley |
6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1976 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | Mark Edmondson | Syd Ball Kim Warwick |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1977 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | John Bartlett | Pat Du Pré Chris Lewis |
7–5, 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 1977 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Mark Edmondson | Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret |
6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 4. | 1977 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Chris Kachel | Mike Cahill Terry Moor |
4–6, 6–0, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1978 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Mark Edmondson | Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta |
3–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1978 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | Mark Edmondson | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 1978 | Hong Kong | Hard | Mark Edmondson | Hank Pfister Brad Rowe |
5–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1978 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | Mark Edmondson | Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts |
2–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1979 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Mark Edmondson | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd |
3–6, 1–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 6. | 1979 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Mark Edmondson | Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas |
2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1979 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Mark Edmondson | Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt |
2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 7. | 1979 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | Mark Edmondson | Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz |
6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Tournament | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | SR | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | F | 1R | 0 / 5 |
French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | |
US Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | |
Strike Rate | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 13 |
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
References
- ^ a b A Brit dominates Down Under: 3 January down the years, ESPN, retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ Wimbledon Results Archive
External links
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- Universiade bronze medalists for Australia
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