Mark Knowles

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Mark Knowles Tennis player
Mark Knowles
Nation: BahamasBahamas Bahamas
Birthday: 4th September 1971
Size: 191 cm
Weight: 88 kg
1st professional season: 1992
Resignation: 2012
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 7,058,483
singles
Career record: 42:77
Highest ranking: 96 (June 24 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 744: 381
Career title: 55
Highest ranking: 1 (June 24, 2002)
Weeks as No. 1: 65
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mark Knowles (born September 4, 1971 in Nassau ) is a retired Bahamian tennis player .

Career

Mark Knowles began his professional career in 1992. He concentrated on tennis doubles at an early age and on June 24, 2002 was number 1 in the doubles world rankings for the first time. With his doubles partner, the Canadian Daniel Nestor , he won the Australian Open in 2002 , the US Open in 2004 and the French Open in 2007 . After the US Open 2007, Knowles and Nestor ended their collaboration. He then played for three years with the Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi before winning two more titles each with Mardy Fish and Xavier Malisse . Knowles ended his career after the US Open 2012 . He reached 13 Grand Slam finals and won 55 doubles titles, winning 744 of his doubles games and losing only 379.

Knowles played for the Bahamas Davis Cup team for more than 13 years and participated in five Olympic Games between 1992 and 2008. He is the record player in his country with 29 games and is also the most successful player with a total of 41 wins (23 in singles and 18 in doubles).

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP World Tour Finals (1)
ATP Masters Series
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (17)
ATP International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 500 (15)
ATP International Series
ATP World Tour 250 (19)
ATP Challenger Tour (11)
ATP title by topping
Hard Court (37)
Sand (11)
Grass (4)
Carpet (4)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. 2nd August 1993 CanadaCanada Montreal (1) Hard court United StatesUnited States Jim Courier CanadaCanada Glenn Michibata David Godfather
United StatesUnited States
6: 1, 1: 6, 7: 6
2. September 19, 1994 ColombiaColombia Bogotá sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited States Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 7: 6
3. April 17, 1995 JapanJapan Tokyo Hard court United StatesUnited States Jonathan Stark AustraliaAustralia John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd
SwedenSweden
7: 5, 6: 4
4th August 21, 1995 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis (1) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited States Scott Davis Todd Martin
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 7: 5
5. January 8, 1996 QatarQatar Doha (1) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands
7: 6, 6: 3
6th 5th February 1996 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai carpet BahamasBahamas Roger Smith United StatesUnited States Jim Grabb Michael Tebbutt
AustraliaAustralia
4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
7th February 26, 1996 United StatesUnited States Memphis (1) Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia
7: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4
8th. May 13, 1996 GermanyGermany Hamburg (1) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor FranceFrance Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
6: 4, 7: 6
9. August 12, 1996 United StatesUnited States Cincinnati (1) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor AustraliaAustralia Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 2, 7: 5
10. March 17, 1997 United StatesUnited States Indian Wells (1) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
AustraliaAustralia
7: 5, 6: 4
11. May 19, 1997 ItalyItaly Rome (1) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor ZimbabweZimbabwe Byron Black Alex O'Brien
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
12. August 17, 1998 United StatesUnited StatesCincinnati (2) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor FranceFrance Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
FranceFrance
6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
13. January 10, 2000 QatarQatarDoha (2) Hard court BelarusBelarus Max Mirny United StatesUnited StatesAlex O'Brien Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 6: 4
14th November 27, 2000 SwedenSweden Stockholm Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 3, 6: 2
15th January 8, 2001 QatarQatarDoha (3) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor SpainSpain Juan Balcells Andrei Olchowski
RussiaRussia
6: 3, 6: 1
16. March 5, 2001 United StatesUnited States San Jose (1) Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Brian MacPhie United StatesUnited States Jan-Michael Gambill Jonathan Stark
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 7: 6 4
17th August 20, 2001 United StatesUnited StatesIndianapolis (2) Hard court United StatesUnited States Brian MacPhie IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau
CanadaCanada
7: 6 3 , 6: 3
18th January 28, 2002 AustraliaAustralia Australian Open Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor FranceFrance Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro
FranceFrance
7: 6 4 , 6: 3
19th March 4, 2002 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai (1) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor AustraliaAustralia Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle
AustraliaAustralia
3: 6, 6: 3, [13:11]
20th March 18, 2002 United StatesUnited StatesIndian Wells (2) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus
6: 4, 6: 4
21st April 1, 2002 United StatesUnited States Miami Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
4: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 2
22nd June 24, 2002 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nottingham race United StatesUnited States Mike Bryan United StatesUnited StatesDonald Johnson Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States
0: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 4
23. August 19, 2002 United StatesUnited StatesIndianapolis (3) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IndiaIndiaMahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus
4: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 4
24. October 21, 2002 SpainSpain Madrid (1) Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IndiaIndiaMahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 6: 3
25th February 24, 2003 United StatesUnited StatesMemphis (2) Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
6: 2, 7: 6 3
26th March 3, 2003 MexicoMexico Acapulco sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor SpainSpain David Ferrer Fernando Vicente
SpainSpain
6: 3, 6: 3
27. April 28, 2003 United StatesUnited States Houston sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited StatesJan-Michael Gambill Oliver Graydon
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 6: 3
28. May 19, 2003 GermanyGermany Hamburg (2) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IndiaIndiaMahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus
6: 4, 6: 4
29 June 16, 2003 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Queen's Club (1) race CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IndiaIndiaMahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus
6: 3, 6: 4
30th October 27, 2003 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Basel (1) Carpet (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor ArgentinaArgentina Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
ArgentinaArgentina
6: 4, 6: 2
31. March 1, 2004 FranceFrance Marseille Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
7: 5, 6: 3
32. May 3, 2004 SpainSpain Barcelona (1) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor ArgentinaArgentinaMariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
ArgentinaArgentina
6: 3, 6: 2
33. August 9, 2004 United StatesUnited StatesCincinnati (3) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia
7: 6 5 , 6: 3
34. September 13, 2004 United StatesUnited States US Open Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IndiaIndia Leander Paes David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 3, 6: 3
35. October 25, 2004 SpainSpainMadrid (2) Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited StatesBob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 6: 4
36. March 21, 2005 United StatesUnited StatesIndian Wells (3) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor AustraliaAustralia Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley
AustraliaAustralia
7: 6 6 , 7: 6 2
37. April 25, 2005 United StatesUnited StatesHouston (2) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor ArgentinaArgentina Martín García Luis Horna
PeruPeru
6: 3, 6: 4
38. October 17, 2005 AustriaAustria Vienna Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IsraelIsrael Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael
5: 3, 5: 4 2
39. October 24, 2005 SpainSpainMadrid (3) Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IndiaIndiaLeander Paes Nenad Zimonjić
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
40. February 6, 2006 United StatesUnited States Delray Beach Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor South AfricaSouth Africa Chris Haggard Wesley Moodie
South AfricaSouth Africa
6: 2, 6: 3
41. March 20, 2006 United StatesUnited StatesIndian Wells (4) Hard court CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited StatesBob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 6: 4
42. May 1, 2006 SpainSpainBarcelona (2) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor PolandPoland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland
6: 7 5 , 6: 3, [10: 5]
43. May 15, 2006 ItalyItalyRome (2) sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor IsraelIsraelJonathan Erlich Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael
4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 6]
44. October 30, 2006 SwitzerlandSwitzerlandBasel (2) Carpet (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor PolandPolandMariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland
4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 8]
45. June 11, 2007 FranceFrance French Open sand CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
46. June 17, 2007 United KingdomUnited KingdomQueen's Club (2) race CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor United StatesUnited StatesBob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States
7: 6 4 , 7: 5
47. November 18, 2007 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai Hard court (i) CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle
AustriaAustria
6: 2, 6: 3
48. March 2, 2008 United StatesUnited StatesMemphis (3) Hard court (i) IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi ThailandThailand Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
ThailandThailand
7: 6 5 , 6: 2
49. March 8, 2008 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesDubai (2) Hard court IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Czech RepublicCzech RepublicMartin dam Pavel Vízner
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
7: 5, 7: 6 7
50. October 18, 2008 SwitzerlandSwitzerlandBasel (3) carpet IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi GermanyGermany Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber
GermanyGermany
6: 3, 6: 3
51. February 16, 2009 United StatesUnited StatesMemphis (4) Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Mardy Fish United StatesUnited States Travis Parrott Filip Polášek
SlovakiaSlovakia
7: 6 7 , 6: 1
52. August 16, 2009 CanadaCanada Montréal (2) Hard court IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi BelarusBelarus Max Mirny Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
6: 4, 6: 3
53. August 8, 2010 United StatesUnited States Washington, DC Hard court United StatesUnited States Mardy Fish Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4: 6, 7: 6 7 , [10: 7]
54. July 31, 2011 United StatesUnited States los Angeles Hard court BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse IndiaIndia Somdev Devvarman Treat Conrad Huey
PhilippinesPhilippines
7: 6 3 , 7: 6 10
55. 19th February 2012 United StatesUnited StatesSan Jose (2) Hard court (i) BelgiumBelgium Xavier Malisse GermanyGermany Frank Moser Kevin Anderson
South AfricaSouth Africa
6: 4, 1: 6, [10: 5]

Mixed

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. July 5, 2009 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wimbledon race GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld IndiaIndia Leander Paes Cara Black
ZimbabweZimbabwe
7: 5, 6: 3

Private

Mark Knowles is married with three children, two sons and a daughter.

Web links

Commons : Mark Knowles  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Mark Knowles: One Door Closes, Another Opens," atpworldtour.com. Retrieved September 9, 2012.