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Daniel Cox
Full nameDaniel Mark L. Cox
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
ResidenceLincoln, England
Born (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 35)
Lincoln, England
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$332,194
Singles
Career record0–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 206 (28 July 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2014)
French OpenQ2 (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2011, 2014)
US OpenQ1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 309 (6 April 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2011)

Daniel Mark L. Cox (born 28 September 1990 in Lincoln, England), is a British tennis player.

While playing tennis for Lincolnshire, he first came into international prominence when he reached the finals of Le Petit As, Tarbes. A right-hander who favours slow hardcourts, but seems to be comfortable on all surfaces, Cox choices to train at the Marco Tennis Academy, in Marbella, as a training base, favouring the warm weather training in Spain over that in the United Kingdom.

Career

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2006

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Daniel spent the first few months of the year attempting to qualify for various Futures and Satellite tournaments. Although he came across little success initially, he finally qualified for a Futures event in Portugal before losing in the first round to an ATP top 500 player.

He took very little time to adjust himself to the 18-and-under circuits when he finally made his debut in April. He reached the semi-finals of a Grade 5 tournament in Sutton[1] and followed it by a finals appearance in a Grade 5 tournament in Nottingham the very next week.

2007

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Cox advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Boys' Singles championship before losing to Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic. In the Boys' Doubles competition, Daniel reached the quarter-finals with Gastão Elias of Portugal.

2011

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2011 was the best year of Cox's career to date, reaching a career high singles ranking of 258 and receiving a wildcard into both the men's singles and doubles at Wimbledon. In the singles, he lost 2–6, 4–6, 4–6 to Sergiy Stakhovsky in round one. In the doubles, he partnered James Ward, losing again in round one to Mikhail Kukushkin and Michael Russell, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6.

2014

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In 2014, Cox reached the world's top 250 for the first time. He entered the Australian Open qualifiers for the first time in his career. He was defeated in the first round by American Denis Kudla.

After a few good wins in Challenger tours, Cox again entered the qualifying stage at a Grand Slam for the first time; this time it was Roland Garros. Cox defied the odds in the first round defeating Israel's Number 2 Amir Weintraub 6–2, 6–1. This was his first every victory in a Grand Slam qualification round outside of Wimbledon. In the second round he faced top qualifying seed – and world number 89 – Paolo Lorenzi and lost 3–6, 6–7.

Cox was rewarded with reaching a career high by receiving a wildcard to the main draw of Wimbledon. He lost in 4 sets to former top-25 player Jérémy Chardy 2–6, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6. After his defeat, Cox went to play on some more Challenger tours reaching the semi-finals in Binghamton before losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky. At Binghamton, Cox won his first ever title at Challenger level, teaming-up with fellow Brit Daniel Smethurst to win the Doubles, defeating Stakhovsky and Marius Copil in the final 6–7, 6–2, 10–6.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 33 (16–17)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (16–17)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–12)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (2–4)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2009Norway F2, GausdalFuturesHardRussia Sergei Krotiouk7–6(7–1), 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2010Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-SeaFuturesGrassUnited Kingdom Josh Goodall7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win3–0Jul 2010Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpetItaly Andrea Falgheri6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–0Sep 2010Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan Evans6–1, 6–1
Win5–0Sep 2010Great Britain F15, WrexhamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Joshua Milton7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win6–0Nov 2010Israel F4, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHardBelgium David Goffin3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss6–1Mar 2011USA F6, HarlingenFuturesHardAustralia Dayne Kelly1–6, 3–6
Loss6–2Feb 2012USA F5, BrownsvilleFuturesHardCanada Peter Polansky1–6, 3–6
Loss6–3Aug 2012Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan Evans2–6, 5–7
Loss6–4Apr 2013Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHardSlovakia Marek Semjan6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss6–5Apr 2013Great Britain F9, BournemouthFuturesClayCroatia Borna Ćorić7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Win7–5Jul 2013Great Britain F12, ManchesterFuturesGrassUnited Kingdom Tom Farquharson6–3, 6–2
Win8–5Jul 2013Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpetFrance Albano Olivetti6–3, 6–3
Win9–5Aug 2013Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Ashley Hewitt6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Loss9–6Aug 2013Great Britain F16, ChiswickFuturesHardNetherlands Boy Westerhof6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win10–6Aug 2013Great Britain F17, WrexhamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Marcus Willis6–2, 6–3
Win11–6Sep 2013Great Britain F19, RoehamptonFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Josh Goodall7–6(10–8), 2–2 ret.
Win12–6Apr 2014Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHardBelgium Yannick Mertens6–3, 6–4
Win13–6Dec 2014Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHardSwitzerland Adrien Bossel6–4, 6–0
Loss13–7Jan 2015Great Britain F1, SheffieldFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom Daniel Smethurst4–6, 4–6
Win14–7Jan 2015Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom Alexander Ward7–6(10–8), 6–3
Loss14–8Mar 2015Great Britain F5, ShrewsburyFuturesHard (i)France Quentin Halys4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss14–9May 2015Turkey F20, AntalyaFuturesHardItaly Erik Crepaldi3–6, 4–6
Loss14–10Jul 2015Great Britain F7, FelixstoweFuturesGrassUnited Kingdom Dan Evans2–6, 1–6
Loss14–11Aug 2015Egypt F27, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHardSouth Africa Lloyd Harris2–6, 2–6
Loss14–12Sep 2015Great Britain F9, NottinghamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan Evans7–6(7–4), 3–6, 1–6
Win15–12Jul 2021M15 Almada, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHardPortugal Fábio Coelho6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Win16–12Jan 2022M25 Bath, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard (i)United Kingdom Charles Broom6–4, 7-6(7-5)
Loss16–13Mar 2022M15 Torelló, SpainWorld Tennis TourHardSpain Imanol Lopez Morillo4–6, 4–6
Loss16–14Jul 2022M25 Nottingham, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourGrassUnited Kingdom Arthur Fery5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss16–15Aug 2022M25 Nottingham, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourGrassUnited Kingdom Alastair Gray6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss16–16Apr 2023M25 Nottingham, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHardFrance Jules Marie3–6, 3–6
Loss16–17Jul 2023M25 Roehampton, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourGrassAustralia Luke Saville4–6, 6–1, 1–6

Doubles: 10 (1–9)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (0–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–9)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2008Spain F36, MartosFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan EvansSlovakia Kamil Čapkovič
Russia Dmitri Sitak
4–6, 5–2 ret.
Loss0–2Oct 2009Great Britain F15, ChiswickFuturesHard (i)Belarus Uladzimir IgnatikUnited Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss0–3Sep 2011USA F24, Costa MesaFuturesHardAustralia Adam HubbleUnited Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 3–6
Loss0–4Oct 2011Great Britain F17, CardiffFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom Daniel SmethurstUnited Kingdom Oliver Golding
United Kingdom Sean Thornley
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–5Sep 2013Great Britain F18, SheffieldFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Richard BloomfieldUnited Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Marcus Willis
1–6, 1–6
Loss0–6May 2014Anning, ChinaChallengerHardChina Gong MaoxinAustralia Alex Bolt
Australia Andrew Whittington
4–6, 3–6
Win1–6Jul 2014Binghamton, USChallengerHardUnited Kingdom Daniel SmethurstRomania Marius Copil
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–6]
Loss1–7Mar 2015Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom David RiceNetherlands Antal van der Duim
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
2–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Loss1–8Sep 2015Great Britain F9, NottinghamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom David RiceUnited Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss1–9Apr 2016Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHardSweden Milos SekulicSwitzerland Antoine Bellier
France Benjamin Bonzi
2–6, 3–6

References

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    Daniel Cox
    Full nameDaniel Mark L. Cox
    Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
    ResidenceLincoln, England
    Born (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 35)
    Lincoln, England
    Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
    PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
    Prize moneyUS$332,194
    Singles
    Career record0–5
    Career titles0
    Highest rankingNo. 206 (28 July 2014)
    Grand Slam singles results
    Australian OpenQ1 (2014)
    French OpenQ2 (2014)
    Wimbledon1R (2011, 2014)
    US OpenQ1 (2014)
    Doubles
    Career record0–1
    Career titles0
    Highest rankingNo. 309 (6 April 2015)
    Grand Slam doubles results
    Wimbledon1R (2011)

    Daniel Mark L. Cox (born 28 September 1990 in Lincoln, England), is a British tennis player.

    While playing tennis for Lincolnshire, he first came into international prominence when he reached the finals of Le Petit As, Tarbes. A right-hander who favours slow hardcourts, but seems to be comfortable on all surfaces, Cox choices to train at the Marco Tennis Academy, in Marbella, as a training base, favouring the warm weather training in Spain over that in the United Kingdom.

    Career

    2006

    Daniel spent the first few months of the year attempting to qualify for various Futures and Satellite tournaments. Although he came across little success initially, he finally qualified for a Futures event in Portugal before losing in the first round to an ATP top 500 player.

    He took very little time to adjust himself to the 18-and-under circuits when he finally made his debut in April. He reached the semi-finals of a Grade 5 tournament in Sutton[1] and followed it by a finals appearance in a Grade 5 tournament in Nottingham the very next week.

    2007

    Cox advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Boys' Singles championship before losing to Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic. In the Boys' Doubles competition, Daniel reached the quarter-finals with Gastão Elias of Portugal.

    2011

    2011 was the best year of Cox's career to date, reaching a career high singles ranking of 258 and receiving a wildcard into both the men's singles and doubles at Wimbledon. In the singles, he lost 2–6, 4–6, 4–6 to Sergiy Stakhovsky in round one. In the doubles, he partnered James Ward, losing again in round one to Mikhail Kukushkin and Michael Russell, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6.

    2014

    In 2014, Cox reached the world's top 250 for the first time. He entered the Australian Open qualifiers for the first time in his career. He was defeated in the first round by American Denis Kudla.

    After a few good wins in Challenger tours, Cox again entered the qualifying stage at a Grand Slam for the first time; this time it was Roland Garros. Cox defied the odds in the first round defeating Israel's Number 2 Amir Weintraub 6–2, 6–1. This was his first every victory in a Grand Slam qualification round outside of Wimbledon. In the second round he faced top qualifying seed – and world number 89 – Paolo Lorenzi and lost 3–6, 6–7.

    Cox was rewarded with reaching a career high by receiving a wildcard to the main draw of Wimbledon. He lost in 4 sets to former top-25 player Jérémy Chardy 2–6, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6. After his defeat, Cox went to play on some more Challenger tours reaching the semi-finals in Binghamton before losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky. At Binghamton, Cox won his first ever title at Challenger level, teaming-up with fellow Brit Daniel Smethurst to win the Doubles, defeating Stakhovsky and Marius Copil in the final 6–7, 6–2, 10–6.

    Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

    Singles: 33 (16–17)

    Legend (singles)
    ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
    ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (16–17)
    Titles by surface
    Hard (12–12)
    Clay (0–1)
    Grass (2–4)
    Carpet (2–0)
    ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
    Win1–0Jun 2009Norway F2, GausdalFuturesHardRussia Sergei Krotiouk7–6(7–1), 6–3
    Win2–0Jul 2010Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-SeaFuturesGrassUnited Kingdom Josh Goodall7–6(7–5), 6–2
    Win3–0Jul 2010Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpetItaly Andrea Falgheri6–1, 3–6, 6–3
    Win4–0Sep 2010Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan Evans6–1, 6–1
    Win5–0Sep 2010Great Britain F15, WrexhamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Joshua Milton7–6(7–1), 6–4
    Win6–0Nov 2010Israel F4, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHardBelgium David Goffin3–6, 6–4, 6–4
    Loss6–1Mar 2011USA F6, HarlingenFuturesHardAustralia Dayne Kelly1–6, 3–6
    Loss6–2Feb 2012USA F5, BrownsvilleFuturesHardCanada Peter Polansky1–6, 3–6
    Loss6–3Aug 2012Great Britain F13, LondonFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan Evans2–6, 5–7
    Loss6–4Apr 2013Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHardSlovakia Marek Semjan6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8)
    Loss6–5Apr 2013Great Britain F9, BournemouthFuturesClayCroatia Borna Ćorić7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
    Win7–5Jul 2013Great Britain F12, ManchesterFuturesGrassUnited Kingdom Tom Farquharson6–3, 6–2
    Win8–5Jul 2013Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpetFrance Albano Olivetti6–3, 6–3
    Win9–5Aug 2013Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Ashley Hewitt6–4, 3–6, 6–1
    Loss9–6Aug 2013Great Britain F16, ChiswickFuturesHardNetherlands Boy Westerhof6–7(6–8), 2–6
    Win10–6Aug 2013Great Britain F17, WrexhamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Marcus Willis6–2, 6–3
    Win11–6Sep 2013Great Britain F19, RoehamptonFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Josh Goodall7–6(10–8), 2–2 ret.
    Win12–6Apr 2014Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHardBelgium Yannick Mertens6–3, 6–4
    Win13–6Dec 2014Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHardSwitzerland Adrien Bossel6–4, 6–0
    Loss13–7Jan 2015Great Britain F1, SheffieldFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom Daniel Smethurst4–6, 4–6
    Win14–7Jan 2015Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom Alexander Ward7–6(10–8), 6–3
    Loss14–8Mar 2015Great Britain F5, ShrewsburyFuturesHard (i)France Quentin Halys4–6, 6–3, 3–6
    Loss14–9May 2015Turkey F20, AntalyaFuturesHardItaly Erik Crepaldi3–6, 4–6
    Loss14–10Jul 2015Great Britain F7, FelixstoweFuturesGrassUnited Kingdom Dan Evans2–6, 1–6
    Loss14–11Aug 2015Egypt F27, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHardSouth Africa Lloyd Harris2–6, 2–6
    Loss14–12Sep 2015Great Britain F9, NottinghamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan Evans7–6(7–4), 3–6, 1–6
    Win15–12Jul 2021M15 Almada, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHardPortugal Fábio Coelho6–2, 5–7, 6–2
    Win16–12Jan 2022M25 Bath, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard (i)United Kingdom Charles Broom6–4, 7-6(7-5)
    Loss16–13Mar 2022M15 Torelló, SpainWorld Tennis TourHardSpain Imanol Lopez Morillo4–6, 4–6
    Loss16–14Jul 2022M25 Nottingham, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourGrassUnited Kingdom Arthur Fery5–7, 6–2, 5–7
    Loss16–15Aug 2022M25 Nottingham, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourGrassUnited Kingdom Alastair Gray6–3, 4–6, 5–7
    Loss16–16Apr 2023M25 Nottingham, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHardFrance Jules Marie3–6, 3–6
    Loss16–17Jul 2023M25 Roehampton, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourGrassAustralia Luke Saville4–6, 6–1, 1–6

    Doubles: 10 (1–9)

    Legend (doubles)
    ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
    ITF Futures Tour (0–8)
    Titles by surface
    Hard (1–9)
    Clay (0–0)
    Grass (0–0)
    Carpet (0–0)
    ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
    Loss0–1Oct 2008Spain F36, MartosFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Dan EvansSlovakia Kamil Čapkovič
    Russia Dmitri Sitak
    4–6, 5–2 ret.
    Loss0–2Oct 2009Great Britain F15, ChiswickFuturesHard (i)Belarus Uladzimir IgnatikUnited Kingdom Chris Eaton
    United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
    0–6, 6–7(5–7)
    Loss0–3Sep 2011USA F24, Costa MesaFuturesHardAustralia Adam HubbleUnited Kingdom Chris Eaton
    United Kingdom Neal Skupski
    3–6, 3–6
    Loss0–4Oct 2011Great Britain F17, CardiffFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom Daniel SmethurstUnited Kingdom Oliver Golding
    United Kingdom Sean Thornley
    4–6, 4–6
    Loss0–5Sep 2013Great Britain F18, SheffieldFuturesHardUnited Kingdom Richard BloomfieldUnited Kingdom Lewis Burton
    United Kingdom Marcus Willis
    1–6, 1–6
    Loss0–6May 2014Anning, ChinaChallengerHardChina Gong MaoxinAustralia Alex Bolt
    Australia Andrew Whittington
    4–6, 3–6
    Win1–6Jul 2014Binghamton, USChallengerHardUnited Kingdom Daniel SmethurstRomania Marius Copil
    Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
    6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–6]
    Loss1–7Mar 2015Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard (i)United Kingdom David RiceNetherlands Antal van der Duim
    Netherlands Boy Westerhof
    2–6, 6–4, [2–10]
    Loss1–8Sep 2015Great Britain F9, NottinghamFuturesHardUnited Kingdom David RiceUnited Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
    United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
    4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
    Loss1–9Apr 2016Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHardSweden Milos SekulicSwitzerland Antoine Bellier
    France Benjamin Bonzi
    2–6, 3–6

    References

    1. ^ Sutton International Junior Tournament April 2006 Archived 30 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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