Mark Knowles

Men's Doubles

Grand Slam titles:

Titles:

49

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (10):

Grand Slam results

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 (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 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. He lost in the 2007 Madrid Masters with Jamie Murray 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..

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. This team doesn't plan to play with each other again.

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

Finals (84)

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

Runner-ups (37)

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
37.	23 August, 2008	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Marcelo Melo Andre Sa	7–5, 6–2

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