| Daniel Cox | |
| Fullname: | Daniel Mark L. Cox |
| Country Represented: | Great Britain |
| Residence: | Lincoln, England |
| Birth Date: | 1990 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lincoln, England |
| Height: | 5inchesft7inchesin (ftin) |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$301,476 |
| Singlesrecord: | 0–5 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 206 (28 July 2014) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 365 (29 May 2023) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q1 (2014) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (2014) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (2011, 2014) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2014) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–1 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 309 (6 April 2015) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No ranking (29 May 2023) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (2011) |
| Updated: | 29 May 2023 |
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 recently chose Marco Tennis Academy, in Marbella, as a training base, favouring the warm weather training in Spain over that in the United Kingdom.
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.
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 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.
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.
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Norway F2, Gausdal | Futures | Hard |  Sergei Krotiouk | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-Sea | Futures | Grass |  Josh Goodall | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ||
| Win | 3–0 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet |  Andrea Falgheri | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 4–0 | Great Britain F13, London | Futures | Hard | Dan Evans | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 5–0 | Great Britain F15, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Joshua Milton | 7–6(7–1), 6–4 | ||
| Win | 6–0 | Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard |  David Goffin | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 6–1 | USA F6, Harlingen | Futures | Hard |  Dayne Kelly | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 6–2 | USA F5, Brownsville | Futures | Hard |  Peter Polansky | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 6–3 | Great Britain F13, London | Futures | Hard | Dan Evans | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 6–4 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Marek Semjan | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8) | ||
| Loss | 6–5 | Great Britain F9, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Borna Ćorić | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 7–5 | Great Britain F12, Manchester | Futures | Grass | Tom Farquharson | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 8–5 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet |  Albano Olivetti | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 9–5 | Great Britain F15, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Ashley Hewitt | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 9–6 | Great Britain F16, Chiswick | Futures | Hard | Boy Westerhof | 6–7(6–8), 2–6 | ||
| Win | 10–6 | Great Britain F17, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Marcus Willis | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 11–6 | Great Britain F19, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | Josh Goodall | 7–6(10–8), 2–2 ret. | ||
| Win | 12–6 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | Yannick Mertens | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 13–6 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | Adrien Bossel | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 13–7 | Great Britain F1, Sheffield | Futures | Hard (i) | Daniel Smethurst | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 14–7 | Great Britain F2, Sunderland | Futures | Hard (i) | Alexander Ward | 7–6(10–8), 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 14–8 | Great Britain F5, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard (i) | Quentin Halys | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 14–9 | Turkey F20, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Erik Crepaldi | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 14–10 | Great Britain F7, Felixstowe | Futures | Grass | Dan Evans | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 14–11 | Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Harris | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 14–12 | Great Britain F9, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Dan Evans | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 15–12 | M15 Almada, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Fábio Coelho | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 16–12 | M25 Bath, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Charles Broom | 6–4, 7-6(7-5) | ||
| Loss | 16–13 | M15 Torelló, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Imanol Lopez Morillo | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 16–14 | M25 Nottingham, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Arthur Fery | 5–7, 6–2, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 16–15 | M25 Nottingham, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Alastair Gray | 6–3, 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 16–16 | M25 Nottingham, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jules Marie | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 16–17 | M25 Roehampton, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Luke Saville | 4–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Spain F36, Martos | Futures | Hard | Dan Evans | Kamil Čapkovič Dmitri Sitak | 4–6, 5–2 ret. | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Great Britain F15, Chiswick | Futures | Hard (i) |  Uladzimir Ignatik | Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot | 0–6, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | USA F24, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Adam Hubble | Chris Eaton Neal Skupski | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | Great Britain F17, Cardiff | Futures | Hard (i) | Daniel Smethurst | Oliver Golding Sean Thornley | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–5 | Great Britain F18, Sheffield | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Lewis Burton Marcus Willis | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–6 | Anning, China | Challenger | Hard |  Gong Maoxin | Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 1–6 | Binghamton, US | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Smethurst |  Marius Copil Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–6] | ||
| Loss | 1–7 | Great Britain F4, Wirral | Futures | Hard (i) | David Rice | Antal van der Duim Boy Westerhof | 2–6, 6–4, [2–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–8 | Great Britain F9, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | David Rice | Lloyd Glasspool Joshua Ward-Hibbert | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–9 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Milos Sekulic | Antoine Bellier Benjamin Bonzi | 2–6, 3–6 |