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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)

Mark Knowles
Country	Bahamas
Residence	Nassau, Bahamas
Date of birth	September 4, 1971 (age 38)
Place of birth	Nassau, Bahamas
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (200 lb; 14.0 st)
Turned pro	1992
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$6,578,240
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	690–329
Career titles	52
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)
	Last updated on: October 12, 2009.

For the Australian field hockey player, see Mark Knowles (field hockey).

Men's Doubles

Grand Slam titles:

3 (with

Daniel Nestor)

Titles:

49

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (10):

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 No. 93. He has been very 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. He also won the 2009 Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany. Mark is known for his "quick hands and unbelievable volleys".^{[citation needed]}

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 and he is a five-time Olympian.

He annually holds his highly regarded charity tournament on Paradise Island, off his home island of New Providence, from which all 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.

Knowles partnered with Nestor once again, and won the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. They defeated Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 6–3, 6–2 to take their first Tennis Masters Cup title.^[1] This team doesn't plan to play with each other again.

On September 9, 2007, Mark announced www.markknowlestennis.com as his official website. Knowles is married and has two children.

[edit] Men's Doubles Finals (95)

[edit] Won (52)

Legend
Grand Slam (3)
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 Series (14)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (17)

Titles by surface
Hard (34)
Clay (11)
Grass (3)
Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	August 2, 1993	Montreal, Canada (1)	Hard	Jim Courier	Glenn Michibata David Pate	6–1, 1–6, 7–6
2.	September 19, 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	6–4, 7–6
3.	April 17, 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jonathan Stark	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 6–4
4.	August 21, 1995	Indianapolis, U.S. (1)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–3, 7–5
5.	January 8, 1996	Doha, Qatar (1)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–3
6.	February 5, 1996	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Roger Smith	Jim Grabb Michael Tebbutt	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
7.	February 26, 1996	Memphis, U.S. (1)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
8.	May 13, 1996	Hamburg, Germany (1)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 7–6
9.	August 12, 1996	Cincinnati, U.S. (1)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	6–2, 7–5
10.	March 17, 1997	Indian Wells, U.S. (1)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	7–5, 6–4
11.	May 19, 1997	Rome, Italy (1)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Byron Black Alex O'Brien	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
12.	August 17, 1998	Cincinnati, U.S. (2)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
13.	January 10, 2000	Doha, Qatar (2)	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
14.	November 27, 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–2
15.	January 8, 2001	Doha, Qatar (3)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Juan Balcells Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
16.	March 5, 2001	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Brian MacPhie	Jan-Michael Gambill Jonathan Stark	6–3, 7–6(4)
17.	August 20, 2001	Indianapolis, U.S. (2)	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau	7–6(3), 6–3
18.	January 28, 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(4), 6–3
19.	March 4, 2002	Dubai, UAE (1)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	3–6, 6–3, [13-11]
20.	March 18, 2002	Indian Wells, U.S. (2)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
21.	April 1, 2002	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
22.	June 24, 2002	Nottingham, England	Grass	Mike Bryan	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	0–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
23.	August 19, 2002	Indianapolis, U.S. (3)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
24.	October 21, 2002	Madrid, Spain (1)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3
25.	February 24, 2003	Memphis, U.S. (2)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 7–6(3)
26.	March 3, 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Daniel Nestor	David Ferrer Fernando Vicente	6–3, 6–3
27.	April 28, 2003	Houston, U.S. (1)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6–4, 6–3
28.	May 19, 2003	Hamburg, Germany (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
29.	June 16, 2003	London/Queen's Club, England (1)	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 6–4
30.	October 27, 2003	Basel, Switzerland (1)	Carpet (i)	Daniel Nestor	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–2
31.	March 1, 2004	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–5, 6–3
32.	May 3, 2004	Barcelona, Spain (1)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–3, 6–2
33.	August 9, 2004	Cincinnati, U.S. (3)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–6(5), 6–3
34.	September 13, 2004	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Leander Paes David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
35.	October 25, 2004	Madrid, Spain (2)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
36.	March 21, 2005	Indian Wells, U.S. (3)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–6(6), 7–6(2)
37.	April 25, 2005	Houston, U.S. (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Martín García Luis Horna	6–3, 6–4
38.	October 17, 2005	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5–3, 5–4(2)
39.	October 24, 2005	Madrid, Spain (3)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
40.	February 6, 2006	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Chris Haggard Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–3
41.	March 20, 2006	Indian Wells, U.S. (4)	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
42.	May 1, 2006	Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–7(5), 6–3, [10-5]
43.	May 15, 2006	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 6–4, [10-6]
44.	October 30, 2006	Basel, Switzerland (2)	Carpet (i)	Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 6–4, [10-8]
45.	June 11, 2007	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
46.	June 17, 2007	London/Queen's Club, England (2)	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(4), 7–5
47.	November 18, 2007	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–2, 6–3
48.	March 2, 2008	Memphis, U.S. (3)	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6, 6–2
49.	March 8, 2008	Dubai, UAE (2)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Martin Damm Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6
50.	October 18, 2008	Basel, Switzerland (3)	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–3
51.	February 22, 2009	Memphis, United States (4)	Hard (i)	Mardy Fish	Travis Parrott Filip Polasek	7–6, 6–1
52.	August 16, 2009	Montréal, Canada (2)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	6–4, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (43)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	March 21, 1994	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 6–2
2.	January 30, 1995	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	August 14, 1995	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–4
4.	April 22, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–1, 7–6
5.	August 26, 1996	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 7–5
6.	February 17, 1997	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Brian MacPhie Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
7.	March 31, 1997	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
8.	June 8, 1998	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
9.	August 24, 1998	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
10.	September 14, 1998	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Cyril Suk Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
11.	November 22, 1998	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
12.	March 8, 1999	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Justin Gimelstob Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
13.	April 17, 2000	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Justin Gimelstob	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 6–4
14.	February 25, 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	4–6, 6–3, [10-4]
15.	March 11, 2002	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 7–6
16.	June 10, 2002	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 6–4
17.	July 8, 2002	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–1, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5
18.	August 5, 2002	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
19.	October 14, 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
20.	October 28, 2002	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 7–5
21.	January 6, 2003	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–4, 7–6
22.	January 27, 2003	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
23.	June 14, 2004	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
24.	February 14, 2005	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	7–6, 7–6
25.	November 7, 2005	Paris, France	Carpet	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
26.	February 20, 2006	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	6–2, 6–7, [10-3]
27.	March 6, 2006	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	1–6, 6–2, [10-1]
28.	May 22, 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–6, [10-4]
29.	October 23, 2006	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–4
30.	November 20, 2006	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–4
31.	January 15, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–7, [10-6]
32.	February 19, 2007	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–6, 4–6, [10-8]
33.	April 16, 2007	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–4
34.	October 28, 2007	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	James Blake	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–1
35.	March 26, 2008	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–2
36.	April 27, 2008	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–3
37.	August 23, 2008	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Marcelo Melo André Sá	7–5, 6–2
38.	October 6, 2008	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	6–1, 7–5
39.	October 13, 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 6–2
40.	January 31, 2009	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
41.	April 26, 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 7–6
42.	September 13, 2009	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
43.	October 11, 2009	Beijing, China	Hard	Andy Roddick	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2

[edit] Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	F	QF	QF	1R	2R	1R	2R	W	F	QF	1R	1R	SF	SF	F	1 / 17	41–16
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	F	2R	1R	3R	F	3R	QF	SF	2R	W	1R	3R	1 / 15	35–13
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R	SF	3R	3R	3R	SF	3R	3R	F	QF	SF	QF	SF	QF	1R	QF	0 / 18	45–18
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	QF	1R	A	F	1R	1R	QF	QF	SF	W	1R	3R	QF	3R	F	1 / 16	40–15
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	3 / 66	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–3	5–3	14–4	6–4	6–3	12–4	5–3	2–4	8–4	19–3	14–4	16–3	7–4	7–4	16–3	6–4	15–4	N/A	161–62
Olympics
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			QF	Not Held			1R	Not Held			1R	NH	0 / 5	3–5
Year End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	RR	RR	F	A	A	A	NH	SF	SF	RR	F	W	RR	SF	1 / 11	22–22
Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME		A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	W	2R	2R	1R	1R	W	QF	SF	W	W	1R	QF	2R	4 / 16	32–12
Miami	NME		A	A	A	1R	F	QF	SF	F	SF	2R	2R	SF	W	QF	SF	SF	1R	QF	F	1R	1 / 17	38–16
Monte Carlo	NME		A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	QF	2R	SF	QF	2R	2R	F	QF	0 / 12	11–12
Rome	NME		A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	W	1R	QF	1R	1R	QF	QF	QF	QF	W	SF	2R	SF	2 / 16	21–14
Madrid	NME		A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	A	1R	W	QF	W	W	F	2R	F	2R	3 / 15	19–12
Canada	NME		A	A	A	W	SF	2R	F	2R	QF	2R	QF	2R	F	2R	SF	QF	SF	QF	QF	W	2 / 17	31–15
Cincinnati	NME		A	A	A	2R	A	F	W	A	W	SF	1R	1R	QF	SF	W	SF	QF	QF	SF	SF	3 / 15	30–12
Shanghai	NME		Not Held																			SF	0 / 1	2–1
Paris	NME		A	A	A	A	2R	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	A	2R	QF	SF	QF	F	QF	2R	2R	2R	0 / 15	18–15
Hamburg	NME		A	A	A	A	A	1R	W	2R	QF	QF	2R	SF	QF	W	QF	QF	F	2R	2R	NME	2 / 14	21–12
Masters Series SR	N/A		0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 3	0 / 7	0 / 8	2 / 8	2 / 7	1 / 8	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 9	3 / 9	1 / 9	2 / 9	2 / 9	2 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 9	1 / 9	17 / 138	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A		0–0	0–0	0–0	6–2	9–7	9–8	15–6	16–5	14–7	9–9	4–7	11–9	26–6	13–8	21–7	20–7	19–7	6–9	12–9	12–8	N/A	223–122
Year End Ranking
Year End Ranking	959	307	743	534	139	63	30	7	7	19	9	35	48	19	1	8	1	7	5	4	7	5	N/A

A = did not attend tournament

[edit] Mixed doubles

[edit] Won (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Partner	Surface	Finalists	Score
1.	2009	Wimbledon	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Grass	Leander Paes Cara Black	7–5, 6–3

[edit] Runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Partner	Surface	Finalists	Score
1.	2007	French Open	Elena Bovina	Clay	Cara Black Wayne Black	6–3, 6–3

[edit] References

^ Tennis Masters Cup (2007-10-08). "Knowles & Nestor Part as Masters Cup Champions" (in English). Tennis Masters Cup. http://www.masters-cup.com/1/news/2007/doubles8.asp. Retrieved 2007-10-08.

[edit] External links

[Knowles_.26_Nestor_Part_as_Masters_Cup_Champions-0] Tennis Masters Cup (2007-10-08). "Knowles & Nestor Part as Masters Cup Champions" (in English). Tennis Masters Cup. http://www.masters-cup.com/1/news/2007/doubles8.asp. Retrieved 2007-10-08.

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