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John Marks (tennis)

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John Marks
Full nameJohn M. P. Marks
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
Born (1952-12-09) 9 December 1952 (age 71)
Sydney, Australia
Turned pro1975
Retired1980
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record29-80
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 44 (3 January 1979)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1978)
French Open2R (1978)
Wimbledon2R (1978)
US Open1R (1977, 1979)
Doubles
Career record153–103
Career titles7
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1977Dec)
French OpenQF (1978)
WimbledonQF (1978)
US OpenSF (1978)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1979)[2]
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Moscow Mixed doubles

John M. P. Marks (born 9 December 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Marks won the ILTF Western Australian Championships on grass in 1978 at Perth defeating Mark Edmondson, Chris Kachel, and Bob Carmichael in a marathon five set final. Marks would finish as runner-up in the same event in 1979 losing the final to Edmondson.

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 Grand Slam 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

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Singles (2 runners-up )

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Result W/L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 1975 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Australia Ross Case 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 1978 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Argentina Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 1975 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Chris Kachel
Australia Peter McNamara
6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 1976 Palma, Spain Clay Australia Mark Edmondson United States John Andrews
Australia Colin Dibley
6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 1976 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Australia Mark Edmondson Australia Syd Ball
Australia Kim Warwick
3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 1977 Cairo, Egypt Clay Australia John Bartlett United States Pat DuPré
United Kingdom Chris Lewis
7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–2 1977 Båstad, Sweden Clay Australia Mark Edmondson France Jean-Louis Haillet
France François Jauffret
6–4, 6–0
Win 4–2 1977 Manila, Philippines Hard Australia Chris Kachel United States Mike Cahill
United States Terry Moor
4–6, 6–0, 7–6
Loss 4–3 1978 Florence, Italy Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Italy Corrado Barazzutti
Italy Adriano Panatta
3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 1978 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Australia Mark Edmondson Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
4–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 1978 Hong Kong Hard Australia Mark Edmondson United States Hank Pfister
United States Brad Rowe
5–7, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 5–5 1978 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Australia Mark Edmondson United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Butch Walts
2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 5–6 1979 Hamburg, Germany Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win 6–6 1979 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 6–7 1979 Båstad, Sweden Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
South Africa Bob Hewitt
2–6, 2–6
Win 7–7 1979 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Australia Mark Edmondson United States Pat DuPré
United States Robert Lutz
6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

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Key
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

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Tournament 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 SR
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R F 1R Q1 0 / 5
French Open A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 0 / 4
US Open A 1R A 1R A 0 / 2
Strike rate 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 13

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

References

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