John Marks (tennis)

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

John Marks

Full name	John M.P. Marks
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(1952-12-09) 9 December 1952 Sydney, Australia
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 (1977^Dec)
French Open	QF (1978)
Wimbledon	QF (1978)
US Open	SF (1978)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1979)[2]
Medal record Summer Universiade 1973 Moscow Mixed Doubles

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 )

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Ross Case	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles (7 titles)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Chris Kachel Peter McNamara	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1.	1976	Palma, Spain	Clay	Mark Edmondson	John Andrews Colin Dibley	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	1977	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	John Bartlett	Pat DuPré Chris Lewis	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Win	3.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
Win	4.	1977	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Chris Kachel	Mike Cahill Terry Moor	4–6, 6–0, 7–6
Loss	3.	1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Mark Edmondson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	4–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	Mark Edmondson	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	5.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Sherwood Stewart Butch Walts	2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	1979	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win	6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	7.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	1979	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Mark Edmondson	Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles

Tournament	1976	1977		1978	1979	SR
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

1. A Brit dominates Down Under: 3 January down the years, ESPN, retrieved 6 January 2013.
2. Wimbledon Results Archive

External links

• John Marks at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• John Marks at the International Tennis Federation