Mark Knowles

BAH Age 54 191 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1988–2000

Mark Knowles represented the Bahamas on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 96. In TennisDB's records, Mark Knowles finished with a career record of 23–52 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

96 (Jun 24, 1996)

Elo peak

1623 (38th percentile)

Singles record

23–52 (30.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$7,058,933

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Mark Knowles's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Janko Tipsarevic #169	0-0 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2003	Q1 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Ronald Agenor #177	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 2001	Q1 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Cedric Kauffmann #311	6-3 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2000*	Q3 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Laurence Tieleman #113	7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2000*	Q2 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Jimy Szymanski #187	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 2000	Q1 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Mark Knowles's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sebastien Lareau	0	3	3	Aug 16, 2000	H2H
Jeff Tarango	1	1	2	Oct 20, 1999	H2H
Chris Wilkinson	1	1	2	Jun 24, 1998	H2H
Brett Steven	1	1	2	Jan 30, 1997	H2H
Andrei Olhovskiy	0	2	2	May 8, 1996	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Mark Knowles Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	First Round	0	1	Kenneth Carlsen #59 def. Mark Knowles #108 7-5 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Mark Knowles career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	16	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	918	728
1989	17	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	732	430
1991	19	ATP	2	3	5	40.0%	570	291
1992	20	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	290	258
1993	21	ATP	3	3	6	50.0%	258	173
1994	22	ATP	2	7	9	22.2%	173	231
1995	23	ATP	3	4	7	42.9%	231	139
1996	24	ATP	10	17	27	37.0%	139	117
1997	25	ATP	0	5	5	0.0%	116	363
1998	26	ATP	2	3	5	40.0%	363	273
1999	27	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	275	223
2000	28	Qualifying Q	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
2000	28	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	226	350
2001	29	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2003	31	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	23	52	75	30.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Mark Knowles career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1988	16	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	17	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1991	19	ATP	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	20	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1993	21	ATP	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1994	22	ATP	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
1995	23	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1996	24	ATP	2	9	11	18.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	1	5	80.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1997	25	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1998	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1999	27	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	28	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2000	28	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2001	29	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	31	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	8	31	39	20.5%	2	8	10	20.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	5	4	9	55.6%	23	52	75	30.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Mark Knowles career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1988	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1991	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1993	21	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1994	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1995	23	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1996	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	8	9	17	47.1%	10	17	27	37.0%
1997	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1998	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1999	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2000	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	7	25	32	21.9%	15	20	35	42.9%	23	50	73	31.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 73/75 (97.3%) of Mark Knowles's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Mark Knowles performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	19	5/5	2.4	1.6	62.5%	68.6%	47.8%	56.2%	55.0%	60.2%	39.4%
1992	20	2/2	4.0	6.5	52.4%	78.2%	49.7%	83.3%	55.0%	64.9%	38.8%
1993	21	6/6	3.8	3.3	51.6%	75.1%	49.1%	56.8%	65.1%	62.4%	38.3%
1994	22	8/9	2.6	6.9	59.6%	65.0%	41.6%	46.5%	48.0%	55.5%	39.0%
1995	23	6/7	1.8	5.3	60.7%	63.3%	46.7%	46.2%	51.1%	56.4%	32.9%
1996	24	25/27	5.6	5.7	53.7%	71.0%	48.5%	58.3%	38.5%	60.4%	37.9%
1997	25	5/5	3.0	4.0	54.9%	54.9%	45.0%	51.2%	43.5%	50.0%	40.2%
1998	26	4/5	2.8	5.5	61.8%	67.3%	34.9%	59.2%	66.1%	54.8%	39.8%
1999	27	2/3	4.5	4.0	64.3%	58.9%	46.9%	38.9%	21.4%	54.0%	34.7%
2000	28	2/2	1.5	5.5	56.9%	57.1%	51.5%	35.4%	25.9%	54.5%	35.5%
Career		65/75	3.9	5.1	56.5%	67.7%	46.5%	54.4%	46.2%	58.2%	37.9%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 65/75 (86.7%) of Mark Knowles's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Mark Knowles advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1988	16	1484	98.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.14
1989	17	1449	88.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.67	—	—	—	+0.23
1991	19	1461	102.6	+0.62	-2.64	0.990	49.0%	+33	—	—	50.0%	-0.63	—	1–0	—	+0.38
1992	20	1484	109.1	-0.44	+1.34	1.106	52.0%	—	—	—	50.0%	+1.00	—	0–1	—	+0.08
1993	21	1526	114.5	+0.34	+0.85	1.017	50.3%	+6	—	—	50.0%	0.00	0–2	1–1	—	+0.13
1994	22	1509	115.5	-3.12	+0.60	0.877	47.3%	-8	—	—	40.7%	-0.78	0–4 (0%)	1–1	—	-0.25
1995	23	1550	118.7	-1.39	-0.67	0.755	45.0%	-34	—	—	38.1%	-1.05	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	-0.33
1996	24	1535	112.8	-1.69	-0.03	0.957	49.0%	-18	-15	+77	42.5%	-0.31	5–6 (45%)	5–9 (36%)	98.4	+2.14
1997	25	1493	119.1	-2.58	+0.64	0.804	45.6%	-15	—	—	18.2%	-2.09	0–2	0–2	—	-0.32
1998	26	1484	96.7	-2.46	-1.13	0.881	48.0%	—	—	+134	20.0%	-2.20	1–0	—	—	+0.87
1999	27	1451	98.8	-0.82	-1.79	0.754	44.4%	+7	—	—	14.3%	-2.14	0–1	—	—	+0.26
2000	28	1437	100.7	-2.24	-1.34	0.780	45.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.25	—	—	—	+0.06
2001	29	1421	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	31	1410	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1623	115.1	-1.54	-0.20	0.906	48.1%	-6	-15	+98	36.7%	-0.88	8–17 (32%)	9–15 (38%)	94.9	+4.52

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Mark Knowles Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1992	20	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	22	R128	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1995	23	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1996	24	—	R64	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1997	25	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	26	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	28	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q3	3–4 (43%)
2001	29	—	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	31	—	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	4–8 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	9–16 (36%)

Masters 1000

Mark Knowles Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MIA	W-L Win %
1993	21	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	22	R64	—	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1995	23	—	—	R32	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
1996	24	R64	—	R64	R64	R128	0–4 (0%)
1997	25	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	27	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–11 (21%)

ATP 500

Mark Knowles ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	NAP	TKY	WAS	MEM	W-L Win %
1989	17	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	19	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	21	—	—	—	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
1994	22	—	R64	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1996	24	—	R32	R64	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	25	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	27	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	28	—	R64	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	4–11 (27%)

ATP 250

Mark Knowles ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	HKG	MTP	U.S	NWP	QUE	SEL	SHA	BOG	FOR	GUA	LIV	MOS	EAS	SAN	SCH	W-L Win %
1988	16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1993	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	24	R32	R32	—	—	R16	R64	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1997	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1998	26	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1999	27	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	10–19 (34%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 24, 1996

First Top 100

Mar 11, 1996

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Mark Knowles ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	15	—	—	—	—	890	903	901	920	920	941	914	918
1988	16	917	918	924	916	964	943	705	657	684	680	715	728
1989	17	732	529	472	440	434	434	453	466	465	441	434	430
1990	18	427	503	611	661	708	706	712	790	790	786	—	—
1991	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	570	420	393	336	293	291
1992	20	290	289	290	290	287	286	265	282	259	238	255	258
1993	21	260	264	239	215	209	207	179	163	176	187	176	173
1994	22	161	165	152	164	170	175	208	214	210	209	224	231
1995	23	258	263	263	263	204	204	206	174	176	144	144	139
1996	24	140	113	100	103	114	96	106	117	115	131	126	117
1997	25	112	148	167	146	140	164	200	236	246	261	265	363
1998	26	364	386	414	740	1124	1122	459	416	409	275	276	273
1999	27	274	277	279	270	274	273	280	284	276	233	233	223
2000	28	221	211	217	225	222	197	232	225	215	333	336	350
2001	29	353	382	381	390	396	476	540	725	1198	1309	1303	1383
2002	30	1380	1379	1377	1378	1385	1381	1400	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Mark Knowles's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Sandor Noszaly	HUN	95	1,593	59	17	42	28.8%	1991–1996	Match log
Francisco Montana	USA	100	1,529	54	17	37	31.5%	1990–1997	Match log
Paul Wekesa	KEN	100	1,559	57	17	40	29.8%	1988–1995	Match log
Radomir Vasek	CZE	91	1,590	60	20	40	33.3%	1989–2000	Match log
Brian Garrow	USA	93	1,582	39	12	27	30.8%	1988–1991	Match log
Roger Smith	BAH	96	1,605	68	26	42	38.2%	1987–1997	Match log
Maurice Ruah	VEN	90	1,578	58	20	38	34.5%	1989–1998	Match log
Daniel Orsanic	ARG	107	1,545	45	14	31	31.1%	1990–1998	Match log
Arne Thoms	GER	98	1,614	58	23	35	39.7%	1988–1997	Match log
Stephane Huet	FRA	96	1,584	53	14	39	26.4%	1993–2001	Match log
Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	ESP	88	1,584	116	38	78	32.8%	1989–1997	Match log
Nuno Marques	POR	86	1,536	119	35	84	29.4%	1988–2000	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mark Knowles?: Mark Knowles is 54 years old, born on September 4, 1971.
Which country does Mark Knowles represent?: Mark Knowles represents Bahamas in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Mark Knowles?: Mark Knowles is 191 cm / 6'3".
Is Mark Knowles left-handed or right-handed?: Mark Knowles plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Mark Knowles won?: Mark Knowles has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Mark Knowles won?: TennisDB does not group any of Mark Knowles's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Mark Knowles' highest ATP ranking?: Mark Knowles' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 96, first achieved on June 24, 1996.
What is Mark Knowles' career win-loss record?: Mark Knowles has a career ATP singles record of 23 wins and 52 losses (30.7%).
How much career prize money has Mark Knowles earned?: Mark Knowles has earned at least $7,058,933 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Mark Knowles's career appear in TennisDB?: Mark Knowles appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1988 through 2000.
On which surface does Mark Knowles have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Mark Knowles's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 20.5% (8–31).
Who has Mark Knowles faced most often?: Mark Knowles' most frequent opponent is Sebastien Lareau, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.