Mark Knowles

 

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 93. He has been extremely successful in doubles partnering w/ Canadian Daniel Nestor. The pair have won the Australian Open in 2002, the US Open in 2004, and the French Open in 2007. 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.

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 will now play with Jamie Murray in the Madrid Masters [1] but has no finalized plans for 2008.[2]

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

Titles (48)

Legend Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (16) ATP Tour (27)

Titles by Surface Hard (29) 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 Jarryd	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, USA	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, USA	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	6-2, 7-5
10.	17 March, 1997	Indian Wells, USA	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, USA	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaitre 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 Pala Pavel Vizner	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, USA	Hard (i)	Brian MacPhie	Jan-Michael Gambill Jonathan Stark	6-3, 7-6(4)
17.	20 August, 2001	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Mahesh Bhupathi Sebastien Lareau	7-6(3), 6-3
18.	28 January, 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Michael 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, USA	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	6-4, 6-4
21.	1 April, 2002	Miami, USA	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, USA	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, USA	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, USA	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, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6-3, 6-4
30.	27 October, 2003	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	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 Sebastian Prieto	6-3, 6-2
33.	9 August, 2004	Cincinnati, USA	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, USA	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7-6(6), 7-6(2)
37.	25 April, 2005	Houston, USA	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Martin Garcia 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 Zimonjic	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
42.	6 February, 2006	Delray Beach, USA	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Chris Haggard Wesley Moodie	6-2, 6-3
43.	20 March, 2006	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6-4, 6-4
44.	1 May, 2006	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6-7(5), 6-3, 10-5
45.	15 May, 2006	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4-6, 6-4, 10-6
46.	30 October, 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4-6, 6-4, 10-8
47.	11 June, 2007	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Lukas Dlouhy Pavel Vizner	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
48.	17 June, 2007	London, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-6(4), 7-5

Runner-ups (33)

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, USA	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, USA	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Brian MacPhie Gary Muller	4-6, 7-6, 7-5
7.	31 March, 1997	Miami, USA	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, USA	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, USA	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Justin Gimelstob Richey Reneberg	6-4, 6-7, 6-3
13.	17 April, 2000	Atlanta, USA	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, USA	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	Michael Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
23.	14 June, 2004	London, 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