Daniel Cox

Daniel Cox

Full name	Daniel Mark L. Cox
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Lincoln, England
Born	28 September 1990 Lincoln, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$256,299
Singles
Career record	0–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 206 (28 July 2014)
Current ranking	No. 507 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2014)
US Open	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 309 (6 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 1,066 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
Last updated on: 18 July 2016.

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

Whilst playing tennis for Lancashire, 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 recently chose 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 Boy's 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.

Career statistics

Challenger circuit

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 July 2014	Binghamton	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	Sergiy Stakhovsky Marius Copil	6–7, 6–2, 10–6

ITF circuit

Singles: 26 (14–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	27 June 2009	Futures	Norway F2, Gausdal, Norway	Hard	Sergei Krotiouk	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Winner	2.	17 July 2010	Futures	Great Britain F10, Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Josh Goodall	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Winner	3.	24 July 2010	Futures	Ireland F1, Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Andrea Falgheri	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	4.	11 September 2010	Futures	Great Britain F13, London, United Kingdom	Hard	Daniel Evans	6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	25 September 2010	Futures	Great Britain F15, Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Joshua Milton	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Winner	6.	6 November 2010	Futures	Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	David Goffin	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	5 March 2011	Futures	USA F6, Harlingen, Texas, United States	Hard	Dayne Kelly	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	26 February 2012	Futures	USA F5, Brownsville, Texas, United States	Hard	Peter Polansky	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	11 August 2012	Futures	Great Britain F13, London, United Kingdom	Hard	Daniel Evans	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	6 April 2013	Futures	Qatar F1, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Marek Semjan	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	5.	27 April 2013	Futures	Great Britain F9, Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Borna Ćorić	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	7 July 2013	Futures	Great Britain F12, Manchester, United Kingdom	Grass	Tom Farquharson	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	27 July 2013	Futures	Ireland F1, Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Albano Olivetti	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	3 August 2013	Futures	Great Britain F15, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Ashley Hewitt	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	10 August 2013	Futures	Great Britain F16, Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Boy Westerhof	6–7^(6–8), 2–6
Winner	10.	31 August 2013	Futures	Great Britain F17, Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Marcus Willis	6–2, 6–3
Winner	11.	14 September 2013	Futures	Great Britain F19, London, United Kingdom	Hard	Josh Goodall	7–6^(10–8), 2–2 ret.
Winner	12.	6 April 2014	Futures	Qatar F1, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Yannick Mertens	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	7 December 2014	Futures	Qatar F4, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Adrien Bossel	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	24 January 2015	Futures	Great Britain F1, Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	31 January 2015	Futures	Great Britain F2, Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Alexander Ward	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	28 March 2015	Futures	Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard	Quentin Halys	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	24 May 2015	Futures	Turkey F20, Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Erik Crepaldi	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	18 July 2015	Futures	Great Britain F7, Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Daniel Evans	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	23 August 2015	Futures	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Lloyd George Harris	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	13 September 2015	Futures	Great Britain F9, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Daniel Evans	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 September 2013	Futures	Great Britain F18, Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	21 March 2015	Futures	Great Britain F4, Bidston, Wirral, United Kingdom	Hard	David Rice	Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof	2–6, 6–4, [2–12]

References

1. Sutton International Junior Tournament April 2006

External links

• Daniel Cox at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Cox at the International Tennis Federation