Mark Knowles

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**Mark Knowles**

Country	Bahamas
Residence	Nassau, Bahamas
Date of birth	September 4, 1971 (1971-09-04) (age 36)
Place of birth	Nassau, Bahamas
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	88 kg (190 lb/13.9 st)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$5,914,831
Singles
Career record:	42-77
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 96 (June 24, 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1st (1994, 1997)
French Open	2nd (1996)
Wimbledon	2nd (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996)
US Open	2nd (1996)
Doubles
Career record:	634 - 298
Career titles:	49
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (June 24, 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2002)
French Open	W (2007)
Wimbledon	F (2002)
US Open	W (2004)
Infobox last updated on: April 28, 2008.

Men's Doubles

Grand Slam titles:

3 (with

Daniel Nestor)

Titles:

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (10):

Australian Open	Winner (2002 w/Nestor) Finalist (1995, 2003 w/Nestor)
French Open	Winner (2007 w/Nestor) Finalist (1998, 2002 w/Nestor)
Wimbledon	Finalist (2002 w/Nestor)
U.S. Open	Winner (2004 w/Nestor) Finalist (1998 w/Nestor)

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Mark Knowles (born September 4, 1971 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a professional male tennis player from the Bahamas. He was awarded All American honors at UCLA in both singles and doubles. His highest singles ranking on the ATP was World Number 93. He has been extremely successful in doubles partnering with Canadian Daniel Nestor. The pair have won the 2002 Australian Open, the 2004 U.S. Open, and the 2007 French Open. They are looking to win Wimbledon to add to their names to only a select group of great doubles teams who have won the Slams on all 4 surfaces. Mark is known for his quick hands and unbelievable volleys."

On July 5, 2006, Knowles participated in the longest match in Wimbledon history, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes.

Knowles has also played singles and doubles for the Bahamas Davis Cup team for more than 13 years. Knowles is a 4 time Olympian.

He annually holds his highly regarded charity tournament on Paradise Island off of his home island Nassau where all of his proceeds go to local children's charities. The Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational debuted in 2001 and it is attended by many great players such as Andre Agassi and James Blake, Jim Courier, Tommy Haas and The Bryan Brothers.

Knowles was elected (by his peers) as Vice President of the ATP and was selected to be on the ATP Drug Force Council.

His longterm partnership with Daniel Nestor ended after the 2007 U.S. Open. Nestor decided it was time to try playing with a new partner. Knowles was expected to play with former Grand Slam champion in doubles Mahesh Bhupathi in the fall but Bhupathi is out until the end of the year due to back surgery. He lost in the 2007 Madrid Masters with Jamie Murray^[1] and continued playing with new partners when he and James Blake unseeded beat the #2 seeds and #4 seeds in the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel losing in the Finals to Bob and Mike Bryan, the #1seeds. He lost in second round of the 2007 Paris Masters, where he partnered Fabrice Santoro for the first time. Knowles and Santoro lost to Jordan Kerr and André Sá..^[2]

Knowles partnered Nestor once again, and won the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. It was a fitting ending for a team that will go down as one of the most successful Doubles teams to ever play the game. They defeated Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 6–3, 6–2 to take their first Tennis Masters Cup title.^[3] This team doesn't plan to play with each other again.

On September 9, 2007, Mark announced www.markknowlestennis.com as his official website.

1 Finals (84)
- 1.1 Won (49)
- 1.2 Runner-ups (36)
2 Notes
3 External links

[edit] Finals (84)

[edit] Won (49)

Legend
Grand Slam (3)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (16)
ATP Tour (29)

Titles by Surface
Hard (32)
Clay (11)
Grass (3)
Carpet (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	2 August 1993	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jim Courier	Glenn Michibata David Pate	6–1, 1–6, 7–6
2.	19 September 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	6–4, 7–6
3.	17 April 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jonathan Stark	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 6–4
4.	21 August 1995	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–3, 7–5
5.	8 January 1996	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–3
6.	5 February 1996	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Roger Smith	Jim Grabb Michael Tebbutt	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
7.	26 February 1996	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
8.	13 May 1996	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 7–6
9.	12 August 1996	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	6–2, 7–5
10.	17 March 1997	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	7–5, 6–4
11.	19 May 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Byron Black Alex O'Brien	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
12.	17 August 1998	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
13.	10 January 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
14.	27 November 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–2
15.	8 January 2001	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Juan Balcells Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
16.	5 March 2001	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Brian MacPhie	Jan-Michael Gambill Jonathan Stark	6–3, 7–6(4)
17.	20 August 2001	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau	7–6(3), 6–3
18.	28 January 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(4), 6–3
19.	4 March 2002	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	3–6, 6–3, 13-11
20.	18 March 2002	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
21.	1 April 2002	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
22.	24 June 2002	Nottingham, England	Grass	Mike Bryan	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	0–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
23.	19 August 2002	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
24.	21 October 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3
25.	24 February 2003	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 7–6(3)
26.	3 March 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Daniel Nestor	David Ferrer Fernando Vicente	6–3, 6–3
27.	28 April 2003	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jan-Michael Gambill Oliver Graydon	6–4, 6–3
28.	19 May 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
29.	16 June 2003	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 6–4
30.	27 October 2003	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Daniel Nestor	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–2
31.	1 March 2004	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–5, 6–3
32.	3 May 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–3, 6–2
33.	9 August 2004	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–6(5), 6–3
34.	13 September 2004	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Leander Paes David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
35.	25 October 2004	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
36.	21 March 2005	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–6(6), 7–6(2)
37.	25 April 2005	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Martín García Luis Horna	6–3, 6–4
38.	17 October 2005	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5–3, 5–4(2)
39.	24 October 2005	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
40.	6 February 2006	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Chris Haggard Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–3
41.	20 March 2006	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
42.	1 May 2006	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–7(5), 6–3, 10-5
43.	15 May 2006	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 6–4, 10-6
44.	30 October 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 6–4, 10-8
45.	11 June 2007	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
46.	17 June 2007	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(4), 7–5
47.	18 November 2007	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–2, 6–3
48.	2 March 2008	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6, 6–2
49.	8 March 2008	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Martin Damm Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (36)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	21 March 1994	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 6–2
2.	30 January 1995	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	14 August 1995	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–4
4.	22 April 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–1, 7–6
5.	26 August 1996	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 7–5
6.	17 February 1997	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Brian MacPhie Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
7.	31 March 1997	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
8.	8 June 1998	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
9.	24 August 1998	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
10.	14 September 1998	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Cyril Suk Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
11.	22 November 1998	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
12.	8 March 1999	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Justin Gimelstob Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
13.	17 April 2000	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Justin Gimelstob	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 6–4
14.	25 February 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	4–6, 6–3, 10-4
15.	11 March 2002	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 7–6
16.	10 June 2002	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 6–4
17.	8 July 2002	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–1, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5
18.	5 August 2002	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
19.	14 October 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
20.	28 October 2002	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 7–5
21.	6 January 2003	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–4, 7–6
22.	27 January 2003	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
23.	14 June 2004	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
24.	14 February 2005	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	7–6, 7–6
25.	7 November 2005	Paris, France	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
26.	20 February 2006	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	6–2, 6–7, 10-3
27.	6 March 2006	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	1–6, 6–2, 10-1
28.	22 May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–6, 10-4
29.	23 October 2006	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–4
30.	20 November 2006	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–4
31.	15 January 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–7, 10-6
32.	19 February 2007	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–6, 4–6, 10-8
33.	16 April 2007	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–4
34.	28 October 2007	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	James Blake	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–1
35.	26 March 2008	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–2
36.	27 April 2008	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–3