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John Marks

AUS Age 73 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1970–1980

John Marks represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 60. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 30–81 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

60 (Feb 5, 1979)

Elo peak

1632 (40th percentile)

Singles record

30–81 (27.0%)

Singles titles

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 →

John Marks's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ulrich Marten	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 1980*	R32	Melbourne Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Peter Feigl #76	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1980*	R32	Brisbane International	ATP 250	Grass
Shlomo Glickstein #204	4-6 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1980*	QF	Hobart	ATP 250	Hard
Rohun Beven #347	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1980*	R16	Hobart	ATP 250	Hard
Warren Maher	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jan 3, 1980*	R32	Hobart	ATP 250	Hard

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John Marks's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Phil Dent	1	6	7	Dec 28, 1979	H2H
Dick Stockton	2	1	3	Dec 13, 1979	H2H
John Sadri	1	2	3	Nov 15, 1979	H2H
Balazs Taroczy	1	2	3	Aug 22, 1979	H2H
Nick Saviano	0	3	3	Apr 19, 1979	H2H

Career Results

John Marks career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1970	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1971	18	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1973	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	21	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1975	22	5	1	6	83.3%	333	330
1976	23	3	15	18	16.7%	272	165
1977	24	4	13	17	23.5%	174	174
1978	25	9	16	25	36.0%	183	63
1979	26	4	26	30	13.3%	64	115
1980	27	2	3	5	40.0%	223	223
Career		30	81	111	27.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

John Marks career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1970	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1971	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1975	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%
1976	23	1	6	7	14.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	15	18	16.7%
1977	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	4	13	17	23.5%
1978	25	0	2	2	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	7	6	13	53.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1979	26	1	5	6	16.7%	1	9	10	10.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	26	30	13.3%
1980	27	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career	—	4	16	20	20.0%	6	26	32	18.8%	20	33	53	37.7%	0	6	6	0.0%	30	81	111	27.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

John Marks 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 %
1975	22	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	1	5	80.0%
1976	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1978	25	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	0	—	—	8	8	16	50.0%
1979	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	0	0	—	—	3	13	16	18.8%
1980	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	9	19	28	32.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	17	32	49	34.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 49/111 (44.1%) of John Marks's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

John Marks 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
1970	17	1486	100.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.07
1971	18	1471	103.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+31	37.5%	-0.63	—	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.18
1973	20	1454	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0.15
1974	21	1434	96.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	+7	30.0%	-1.60	1–1	1–0	—	+0.27
1975	22	1554	121.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	+44	62.5%	+0.12	4–0 (100%)	2–0	—	+0.10
1976	23	1438	102.2	—	—	—	—	+50	+81	+85	27.3%	-1.68	0–4 (0%)	1–1	—	+1.68
1977	24	1434	105.6	—	—	—	—	—	+62	+34	30.4%	-1.52	3–4 (43%)	2–3 (40%)	100.4	+0.56
1978	25	1629	130.5	—	—	—	—	-205	-118	+66	35.9%	-0.81	3–0 (100%)	0–6 (0%)	101.6	-0.89
1979	26	1457	112.2	—	—	—	—	-86	-22	+140	19.4%	-2.11	2–5 (29%)	1–6 (14%)	95.6	+0.37
1980	27	1460	100.7	—	—	—	—	-68	—	—	41.7%	-0.50	1–1	—	—	+0.91
Career		1632	116.6	—	—	—	—	-58	-11	+67	30.7%	-1.37	14–15 (48%)	8–18 (31%)	101.1	+3.09

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

John Marks Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1976	23	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1977	24	R64	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1978	25	F	R64	R64	—	7–3 (70%)
1979	26	R64	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
W-L		5–4 (56%)	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	0–2 (0%)	7–12 (37%)

ATP 500

John Marks ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1979	26	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

John Marks ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BRI	GST	HAM	HKG	MEL	NAP	NWP	QUE	TKY	WAS	BER	BIR	CLE	COL	DAY	DUT	HOB	JOH	KHA	LOS	LOU	MAN	NEW	NIC	NOR	TKY	PER	SAN	SOU	SUR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TUL	U.S	W-L Win %
1970	17	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1971	18	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	21	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1975	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	5–1 (83%)
1976	23	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	3–13 (19%)
1977	24	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1978	25	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	2–13 (13%)
1979	26	R16	R32	R32	R16	R64	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	R32	R16	R64	4–20 (17%)
1980	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	0–2 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	8–8 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	22–65 (25%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Feb 5, 1979

First Top 100

Dec 31, 1978

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

John Marks ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	22	—	—	—	—	333	330	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	272	—	—	—	—	—	165
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	174	—	—	—	—	—
1978	25	180	—	—	—	—	—	125	—	—	—	—	63
1979	26	64	69	67	73	80	85	94	92	—	—	—	115
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	223

Similar Players

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

John Marks's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Robin Drysdale	GBR	#60	1,618	112	35	77	31.3%	$9,754	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Jorge Andrew	VEN	#66	1,625	141	36	105	25.5%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Keith Richardson	USA	#63	1,538	61	18	43	29.5%	—	1976–1979	Rivalries	Match log
David Schneider	USA	#62	1,586	117	30	87	25.6%	—	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Rick Fagel	USA	#60	1,615	146	47	99	32.2%	$64,787	1972–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Greg Halder	CAN	#56	1,538	34	8	26	23.5%	—	1974–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	#66	1,588	141	47	94	33.3%	$276	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Kachel	AUS	#77	1,614	118	32	86	27.1%	—	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	#63	1,726	306	125	181	40.8%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Marcello Lara	MEX	#59	1,672	168	59	109	35.1%	—	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Dowdeswell	ZIM	#64	1,542	58	18	40	31.0%	—	1969–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Alvin Gardiner	AUS	#77	1,524	143	43	100	30.1%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Marks?: John Marks is 73 years old, born on December 9, 1952.
Which country does John Marks represent?: John Marks represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is John Marks left-handed or right-handed?: John Marks plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has John Marks won?: John Marks has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has John Marks won?: TennisDB does not group any of John Marks's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is John Marks' highest ATP ranking?: John Marks' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on February 5, 1979.
What is John Marks' career win-loss record?: John Marks has a career ATP singles record of 30 wins and 81 losses (27.0%).
Which seasons of John Marks's career appear in TennisDB?: John Marks appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1970 through 1980.
On which surface does John Marks have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, John Marks's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 37.7% (20–33).
Who has John Marks faced most often?: John Marks' most frequent opponent is Phil Dent, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.