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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2009 | Norway F2, Gausdal | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2010 | Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-Sea | Futures | Grass | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Jul 2010 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 4–0 | Sep 2010 | Great Britain F13, London | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 5–0 | Sep 2010 | Great Britain F15, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
Win | 6–0 | Nov 2010 | Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–1 | Mar 2011 | USA F6, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–2 | Feb 2012 | USA F5, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–3 | Aug 2012 | Great Britain F13, London | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 6–4 | Apr 2013 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 6–5 | Apr 2013 | Great Britain F9, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–5 | Jul 2013 | Great Britain F12, Manchester | Futures | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 8–5 | Jul 2013 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 9–5 | Aug 2013 | Great Britain F15, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 9–6 | Aug 2013 | Great Britain F16, Chiswick | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(6–8), 2–6 |
Win | 10–6 | Aug 2013 | Great Britain F17, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 11–6 | Sep 2013 | Great Britain F19, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(10–8), 2–2 ret. |
Win | 12–6 | Apr 2014 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 13–6 | Dec 2014 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 13–7 | Jan 2015 | Great Britain F1, Sheffield | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 14–7 | Jan 2015 | Great Britain F2, Sunderland | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Loss | 14–8 | Mar 2015 | Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 14–9 | May 2015 | Turkey F20, Antalya | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 14–10 | Jul 2015 | Great Britain F7, Felixstowe | Futures | Grass | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 14–11 | Aug 2015 | Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 14–12 | Sep 2015 | Great Britain F9, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 15–12 | Jul 2021 | M15 Almada, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
Win | 16–12 | Jan 2022 | M25 Bath, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 7-6(7-5) |
Loss | 16–13 | Mar 2022 | M15 Torelló, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 16–14 | Jul 2022 | M25 Nottingham, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Grass | ![]() |
5–7, 6–2, 5–7 |
Loss | 16–15 | Aug 2022 | M25 Nottingham, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 16–16 | Apr 2023 | M25 Nottingham, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 16–17 | Jul 2023 | M25 Roehampton, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Doubles: 10 (1–9)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2008 | Spain F36, Martos | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–2 ret. |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2009 | Great Britain F15, Chiswick | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2011 | USA F24, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Oct 2011 | Great Britain F17, Cardiff | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Sep 2013 | Great Britain F18, Sheffield | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–6 | May 2014 | Anning, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–6 | Jul 2014 | Binghamton, US | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–6] |
Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2015 | Great Britain F4, Wirral | Futures | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [2–10] |
Loss | 1–8 | Sep 2015 | Great Britain F9, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Loss | 1–9 | Apr 2016 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
References
- ^ Sutton International Junior Tournament April 2006 Archived 30 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine